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Also trades as: SOMN (NYSE) · $vol 18M · 0L8A.L (LSE) · $vol 0M · SOT.DE (XETRA) · $vol 0M

SO NYSE

The Southern Company
1W: +3.7% 1M: +11.7% 3M: -3.6% YTD: +8.8% 1Y: -0.6% 3Y: +54.5% 5Y: +77.9%
$92.65
+0.08 (+0.09%)
After Hours: $92.55 (-0.10, -0.11%)
Weekly Expected Move ±3.0%
$87 $90 $93 $96 $98
NYSE · Utilities · Regulated Electric · Tech Score Buy · Power 71 · $106.5B mcap · 1.15B float · 0.523% daily turnover · Short 75% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 81% of companies Debt: 42.0% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $2.67 (down 97%), The Southern Company would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $77.09B against a stock market value of $106.49B.
Distance to default 9.97 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $41.20B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 17.9%; Altman Z'' 0.86. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$9.8B +0.1% ▲
5Y CAGR: +7.9%
Capital Expenditures
$13.4B -49.5% ▼
5Y CAGR: +12.5%
Free Cash Flow
-$3.6B -531.0% ▼
Dividends Paid
$3.0B -2.1% ▼
Buybacks
$0 +0.0% ▲
Net Change in Cash
$539M +199.4% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$2.3B$3.4B$4.0B$4.3B$4.2B
Depreciation & Amort.$4.0B$4.1B$5.0B$5.3B$6.0B
Stock-Based Comp.$144M$127M$137M$132M$136M
Change in Working Capital-$990M$160M-$135M$1.4B$399M
Other Non-Cash Items$494M-$2.2B-$1.8B-$1.8B-$1.6B
Operating Cash Flow$6.2B$6.3B$7.6B$9.8B$9.8B
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$7.2B-$7.9B-$9.1B-$9.0B$0
Acquisitions (Net)$572M$275M$164M$369M-$635M
Investment Purchases-$1.6B-$1.1B-$1.1B-$1.6B$0
Investment Sales$1.6B$1.1B$1.1B$1.5B$0
Other Investing-$680M-$769M-$716M-$798M-$13.3B
Investing Cash Flow-$7.4B-$8.4B-$9.7B-$9.4B-$14.0B
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$4.8B$4.1B$4.4B$3.0B$6.8B
Stock Repurchased$0$0$0$0$0
Dividends Paid-$2.8B-$2.9B-$3.0B-$3.0B-$3.0B
Other Financing-$116M-$404M-$373M-$366M-$704M
Financing Cash Flow$1.9B$2.3B$999M-$208M$4.7B
Net Change in Cash$761M$208M-$1.1B$180M$539M
Cash End of Period$1.8B$2.0B$921M$1.1B$1.6B
Free Cash Flow-$1.1B-$1.6B-$1.5B$833M-$3.6B

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