Southern (SO)

Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric · S&P 500
$85.44 +1.97% on the day Market cap $97.4B 52-week range $81.69 to $100.84 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Southern's free cash flow was negative in fiscal 2025, so a cash-flow reverse DCF doesn't give a meaningful answer. The Modeling tab works from revenue and margins instead.

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from SO's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability6
Growth5
Financial health1
Cash efficiency0

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)22.1x
P/E (forward)18.4x
Price / free cash flow—
EV / EBITDA11.7x
Price / sales3.23x
Price / book2.56x
Revenue growth+8.0%
Operating margin24.2%
Net margin14.5%
Return on equity10.9%
Dividend yield3.4%
Debt / equity2.93x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Southern's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$23.1B$29.3B$25.3B$26.7B$29.6B
Net income$2.4B$3.5B$4.0B$4.4B$4.3B
Free cash flow-$1.4B-$1.6B-$1.5B$833M-$2.9B
EPS (diluted)$2.24$3.26$3.62$3.99$3.92
Operating margin16.0%18.3%23.1%26.4%24.7%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Traditional Electric Operating Companies$22.1B75%
Southern Company Gas$5.0B17%
Southern Power$2.2B8%

Superinvestors who own SO

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 5 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $44M0.02%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $20M0.05%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Trimmed $5M0.00%Q2 2026
Eric Marshall
Hodges Capital Management
Trimmed $323,0210.02%Q2 2026
Mark Boyar
Boyar Asset Management
Held $264,6380.15%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Southern's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Dec 2, 2025 Jared Moskowitz
0$89.04—
Dec 2, 2025 Jared Moskowitz
0$89.04—

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

Are Southern insiders buying the stock?

2 open-market insider purchases of SO in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Southern?

5 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold SO in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Joel Greenblatt, Hersh Cohen.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.