Southern Company (SO)

NYSE Utilities Electric Utilities S&P 500
$92.34
-1.00 (-1.07%)
Close of Nov 06, 2026 · end-of-day data
Source: Southern Company's 10-K / 10-Q XBRL data on SEC EDGAR · fetched Nov 05, 2026

Revenue, net income & free cash flow

Income statement

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$19.90B$23.03B$23.50B$21.42B$20.38B$23.11B$29.28B$25.25B$26.72B$29.55B
Operating income$4.49B$2.33B$4.19B$7.74B$4.88B$3.70B$5.37B$5.83B$7.07B$7.29B
Pre-tax income$3.48B$1.07B$2.75B$6.54B$3.50B$2.58B$4.22B$4.34B$5.23B$5.00B
Income tax$951.00M$142.00M$449.00M$1.80B$393.00M$267.00M$795.00M$496.00M$969.00M$828.00M
Net income$2.45B$842.00M$2.23B$4.74B$3.12B$2.39B$3.52B$3.98B$4.40B$4.34B
EBITDA$7.41B$5.79B$7.74B$11.07B$8.79B$7.67B$9.43B$10.81B$12.33B$13.31B
EPS (basic)$2.57$0.84$2.18$4.53$2.95$2.26$3.28$3.64$4.02$3.94
EPS (diluted)$2.55$0.84$2.17$4.50$2.93$2.24$3.26$3.62$3.99$3.92
Diluted shares958.00M1.01B1.02B1.05B1.06B1.07B1.08B1.10B1.10B1.11B
Operating margin22.5%10.1%17.8%36.1%24.0%16.0%18.3%23.1%26.4%24.7%
Net margin12.3%3.7%9.5%22.1%15.3%10.4%12.0%15.7%16.5%14.7%

Balance sheet

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Cash & equivalents$1.98B$2.13B$1.40B$1.98B$1.06B$1.80B$1.92B$748.00M$1.07B$1.64B
Total current assets$9.72B$10.07B$9.58B$9.82B$8.62B$8.96B$10.42B$10.43B$10.69B$10.92B
Goodwill$6.25B$6.27B$5.32B$5.28B$5.28B$5.28B$5.16B$5.16B$5.16B$5.16B
Total assets$109.70B$111.00B$116.91B$118.70B$122.94B$127.53B$134.89B$139.33B$145.18B$155.72B
Total current liabilities$12.92B$13.59B$14.29B$12.55B$12.08B$10.92B$15.72B$13.47B$15.99B$16.89B
Short-term debt$2.24B$2.44B$2.92B$2.06B$609.00M$1.44B$2.61B$2.31B$1.34B$722.00M
Long-term debt$42.63B$44.46B$40.74B$41.80B$45.07B$50.12B$50.66B$57.21B$58.77B$65.65B
Total debt$44.87B$46.90B$43.65B$43.85B$45.68B$51.56B$53.27B$59.52B$60.11B$66.37B
Total liabilities$82.80B$85.15B$87.58B$86.65B$90.41B$94.97B$100.36B$104.11B$108.51B$116.85B
Shareholders' equity$24.76B$24.17B$24.72B$27.50B$27.97B$27.87B$30.41B$31.44B$33.21B$36.02B

Cash flow

fiscal years · USD
Fiscal yearFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Operating cash flow$4.89B$6.39B$6.95B$5.78B$6.70B$6.17B$6.30B$7.55B$9.79B$9.80B
Capital expenditures$7.31B$7.42B$8.00B$7.55B$7.52B$7.59B$7.92B$9.10B$8.96B$12.74B
Free cash flow-$2.42B-$1.03B-$1.06B-$1.77B-$826.00M-$1.42B-$1.62B-$1.54B$833.00M-$2.94B
Investing cash flow-$20.05B-$7.19B-$5.76B-$3.39B-$7.03B-$7.35B-$8.43B-$9.67B-$9.40B-$13.96B
Financing cash flow$15.72B$951.00M-$1.81B-$1.93B-$576.00M$1.95B$2.34B$999.00M-$208.00M$4.70B
Dividends paid$2.10B$2.30B$2.42B$2.57B$2.69B$2.78B$2.91B$3.04B$2.95B$3.02B
Share buybacks$0$0————————
Stock-based compensation$3.00M—————————
Depreciation & amortization$2.92B$3.46B$3.55B$3.33B$3.90B$3.97B$4.06B$4.99B$5.27B$6.03B

Quarterly figures are rebuilt from the year-to-date totals companies report — Q4 is the full year minus the first nine months, since no 10-Q is filed for it. Values are as filed; later restatements replace earlier ones. Fiscal years are labelled by the calendar year in which they end.