Southern Co (SO)

Industry Utilities - Regulated Electric

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$82.89

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$82.91

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Southern is one of the largest utilities in the US. The company serves 9 million customers with vertically integrated electric utilities in three states and natural gas distribution utilities in four states. It owns 46 gigawatts of rate-regulated gene ...

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Income statement

Year chevron-l-regular chevron-r-regular	2024	2025
	26,724m	29,553m
	13,363m	14,324m
	7,068m	7,285m
	26.45	24.65
	4,401m	4,341m
	13,238m	14,267m
Sales, General and administrative	-	-
Interest expenses	2,743m	3,238m
Provision for income taxes	969m	828m
Operating expenses	6,295m	7,039m
Income before taxes	5,229m	4,999m
Net income available to common shareholders	4,401m	4,341m
	4.02	3.94
Net interest income	-2,743m	-3,238m
Advertising and promotion	-	-
Net investment income, net	-	-
Realised capital gains (losses), net	-	-
Total benefits, claims and expenses	-	-
Earnings per share (diluted)	3.99	3.92
Free cash flow per share	0.6249	-1.6475
Book value/share	30.2985	31.2731
Debt equity ratio	1.807426	1.858507

Balance sheet

Year chevron-l-regular chevron-r-regular	2024	2025
Current assets	10,694m	10,917m
Current liabilities	15,993m	16,888m
Total capital	91,976m	101,665m
Total debt	66,277m	74,075m
Total equity	33,208m	36,016m
Total non current liabilities	-	-
Loans	58,768m	65,649m
Total assets	145,180m	155,720m
Total liabilities	-	-
Cash and cash equivalents	1,070m	1,639m
Common stock	1,099m	1,119m

Cash flow

Year chevron-l-regular chevron-r-regular	2024	2025
Cash at beginning of period	921m	1,101m
Cash dividends paid	-2,954m	-3,015m
	833m	-2,935m
Investments (gains) losses	-9,400m	-13,959m
	1,101m	1,640m
Net income	-	-
	9,788m	9,802m
	-8,955m	-12,737m

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