Southern Company (The) (SO) Stock Price, Chart & Analysis

The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the sale of electricity. The company offers electric service to retail customers and wholesale customers; and energy-related products and services to natural gas choice markets. It also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, operates, and manages power generation assets, as well as battery energy storage projects; sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market; and deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, and utility customers. In addition, the company is involved in the distribution of natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee; distributes energy and resilience solutions; and invests in telecommunications. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Sector

Utilities

Industry

Utilities - Regulated Electric

Exchange

NYQ

CEO

Mr. Christopher C. Womack

Employees

29,502

IPO year

1981

Market cap

$107.0B

P/E (TTM)

22.42

Forward P/E

18.90

EPS (TTM)

$4.15

Book value

$34.4

Dividend yield

0.0324%

52-week range

$81.69 – $99.58

Beta

0.30

Revenue (TTM)

$30.2B

Profit margin

15.4%

Return on equity

11.5%