Southern Co.
Current price93.82USD
Fair value (est., median)68.49USD
UndervaluedFair valueOvervalued
+37.0% above fair valueWould need to fall ~27.0% to reach fair value.
Health Check
29.4
Overall / 100
Good (66+)Caution (40–65)Risk (<40)
Value13/100
Trades about 37% above its estimated fair value.
- Discount to fair value
- -37%
- Price to book
- 2.94×
- Fair-value confidence
- —
Future40/100
Modest growth of about 8% a year is expected.
- Forecast growth (rev.)
- 8%
- Revenue CAGR (18y)
- 3.6%
- Earnings CAGR (18y)
- —
Past34.6/100
Patchy track record — earnings have been inconsistent.
- Return on equity
- 12.1%
- Net margin
- 14.8%
- Earnings CAGR (18y)
- —
- Profitable years
- 4/19
Health20/100
Carries meaningful debt relative to equity.
- Debt to equity
- 205.7%
- Net debt to equity
- 201.1%
- Cash covers total debt
- No
- Free cash flow
- Negative
Dividend39.6/100
Yields 2.85%, paying out 69.5% of earnings.
- Dividend yield
- 2.85%
- Payout ratio
- 69.5%
- Covered by free cash flow
- No
- Years paying
- 19
- Dividend growth
- —
Rewards
—
Risks
- Trades 37% above estimated fair value.
- Stretched balance sheet / elevated debt.
Scores are computed automatically from the real financial statements (Value from fair value; the rest from growth, profitability, balance sheet and dividends). A decision aid, not investment advice.
Price, corporate actions & news
Demo series
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Growth & profitability
Revenue, net income and margin.
RevenueNet incomeNet margin %tap a bar for figures
Key figures
| Metric | FY'21 | FY'22 | FY'23 | FY'24 | FY'25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 23.46B | 27.61B | 25.04B | 26.74B | 29.25B |
| Net Income | 0 | 3.52B | 3.98B | 4.40B | 4.34B |
| Net Margin | — | 12.8% | 15.9% | 16.5% | 14.8% |
| Operating Cash Flow | 6.17B | 6.30B | 7.55B | 9.79B | 9.80B |
| OCF Margin | 26.3% | 22.8% | 30.2% | 36.6% | 33.5% |
| Capital Expenditure | 7.59B | 7.92B | 9.10B | 8.96B | 12.74B |
| Free Cash Flow | -1.42B | -1.62B | -1.54B | 833.00M | -2.94B |
| FCF Margin | -6.0% | -5.9% | -6.2% | 3.1% | -10.0% |
| FCF Conversion | — | -46.0% | -38.8% | 18.9% | -67.6% |
| EPS (Diluted) | 0.00/sh | 3.13/sh | 3.53/sh | 3.90/sh | 3.85/sh |
| Dividend / Share | 2.46/sh | 2.58/sh | 2.69/sh | 2.62/sh | 2.67/sh |
Dividend return (if you buy today)if you buy today
Dividend yield2.85%
Dividend / share2.67 USD
If you invest
USD
Shares (≈)106
Est. annual income283.50 USD
At this rate, dividends alone return your capital in ~35.1 years.
Dividend history
Dividend / share & historical yield (USD).
Dividend / share yield %tap a bar for figures
Quarterly dividends & yield
Per-share dividends by quarter, full-year total, and yield on the year's average price · USD
| Year | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Full year | Yield (avg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | — | 0.76 | — | — | 0.76 | 0.8% |
| 2025 | — | — | — | — | 2.67 | 2.9% |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — | 2.62 | 3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.70 | 2.69 | 3.9% |
| 2022 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 2.58 | 3.6% |
| 2021 | 0.64 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 2.46 | 3.9% |
| 2020 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 0.64 | 2.38 | 4.2% |
| 2019 | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 2.28 | 3.9% |
| 2018 | 0.58 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 2.15 | 4.6% |
| 2017 | — | — | — | — | 2.04 | 4.2% |
| 2016 | — | — | — | — | 1.87 | 3.8% |
| 2015 | — | — | — | — | 1.74 | 3.9% |
| 2014 | — | — | — | — | 1.66 | 3.7% |
| 2013 | — | — | — | — | 1.56 | 3.7% |
| 2012 | — | — | — | — | 1.50 | 3.3% |
| 2011 | — | — | — | — | 1.42 | 3.4% |
| 2010 | — | — | — | — | 1.33 | 3.7% |
| 2009 | — | — | — | — | 1.21 | 3.9% |
| 2008 | — | — | — | — | 1.14 | 3.2% |
| 2007 | — | — | — | — | 1.07 | 3.0% |
| 2006 | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 1.54 | 4.5% |
| 2005 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 1.47 | 4.3% |
| 2004 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 1.42 | 4.6% |
| 2003 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 1.38 | 4.6% |
| 2002 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 1.36 | 4.9% |
| 2001 | 0.20 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.34 | 1.22 | 5.1% |
| 2000 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.80 | 4.4% |
| 1999 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.80 | 5.2% |
| 1998 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.80 | 4.8% |
| 1997 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.80 | 5.8% |
| 1996 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.76 | 5.6% |
| 1995 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.76 | 5.5% |
| 1994 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.72 | 6.0% |
| 1993 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.68 | 5.3% |
| 1992 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.68 | 6.0% |
| 1991 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.64 | 7.2% |
| 1990 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.64 | 8.1% |
| 1989 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.64 | 7.8% |
| 1988 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.64 | 9.3% |
| 1987 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.64 | 9.2% |
| 1986 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.64 | 8.2% |
| 1985 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.61 | 9.3% |
| 1984 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.57 | 10.1% |
| 1983 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.53 | — |
| 1982 | — | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.38 | — |
Corporate actions
DCash Dividend
0.76 USD /sh2026-05-18
DCash Dividend
0.70 USD /sh2023-11-17
DCash Dividend
0.70 USD /sh2023-08-18
DCash Dividend
0.70 USD /sh2023-05-12
DCash Dividend
0.68 USD /sh2023-02-17
DCash Dividend
0.68 USD /sh2022-11-18
DCash Dividend
0.68 USD /sh2022-08-12
DCash Dividend
0.68 USD /sh2022-05-13
DCash Dividend
0.66 USD /sh2022-02-18
DCash Dividend
0.66 USD /sh2021-11-12
Valuation breakdown
Fair value = median of the applicable methods (DDM، Graham).
Discounted Cash Flow
Excluded — non-positive free cash flow
N/A
Dividend Discount Model
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84.96 USD
Graham Number
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52.01 USD
Residual Income (justified P/B)
Excluded — needs positive book value
N/A
Earnings Power Value
Excluded — non-positive normalized earnings
N/A
Fair Value (median)68.49 USD
▸ Show assumptions▾ Assumptions
- Effective discount rate
- 6.24%
- CAPM cost of equity
- 7.04%
- Risk-free rate
- 4.50%
- Equity risk premium
- 7.50%
- DCF growth (stage 1)
- 8.00%
- DCF terminal growth
- 3.00%
- DCF forecast years
- 10
- DDM dividend growth
- 3.00%
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Wealth simulator
What if you'd invested in Southern Co. regularly?
Starting year
- Invested
- 1K/yr · 43K total(1984 → today · 43 yrs)
- your value today is
- 342.9K USD
- Total return
- +697.5%(+256.3% Dividends · +441.1% Capital gain)
- Annualised (IRR)
- +11.2%
Invested43KUSD
Dividends110.2KUSD
Capital gain189.7KUSD
InvestedCapital gainDividendstap a bar for figures
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