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The Southern Company (SOMN)

Utilities | Utilities - Regulated Electric | Atlanta, United States | NYSE
50.25 USD +0.39 (0.782%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:10 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is neutral despite a recent bounce; the stock is trading flat against its moving averages while facing significant headwinds from major institutional downgrades and missed earnings. Fundamentally, the picture is mixed: while revenue is growing at a healthy 8%, profitability is eroding with negative earnings growth and a concerning free cash flow burn that suggests capital allocation challenges. The balance sheet remains heavy with debt-to-equity near 190x, which limits flexibility. Crucially, there is no price history available to assess the multi-year trajectory, preventing a definitive judgment on whether the market has already priced in these structural issues or if the business quality has deteriorated. Without a track record of performance to confirm resilience, the investment case remains speculative.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_34 ✓0.018762
AutoARIMA0.023662
MSTL0.023925
AutoETS0.024008
AutoTheta0.035066

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_34

Forecast Reliability
Score 63%
H-stat 3.89
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.230
Excess Kurtosis -0.43
Attribute Value
Sector Utilities
Debt to Equity Ratio 190.431
Revenue per Share 27.209
Beta 0.33
Profit Margins 14.46%
Website https://www.southerncompany.com

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.0037962198
Address1 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, NW
All Time High 53.99
All Time Low 47.87
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 300
Average Daily Volume10 Day 337,020
Average Daily Volume3 Month 237,595
Average Volume 237,595
Average Volume10Days 337,020
Beta 0.332
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 300
Book Value 32.179
City Atlanta
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 50.25
Current Ratio 0.65
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 50.4899
Day Low 50.12
Debt To Equity 190.431
Dividend Date 1,781,481,600
Earnings Growth -0.008
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.016
Ebitda 13,973,999,616
Ebitda Margins 0.46310002
Enterprise To Ebitda 9.622
Enterprise To Revenue 4.456
Enterprise Value 134,460,882,944
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 50.4051
Fifty Day Average Change -0.15510178
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0030771047
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -0.37962198
Fifty Two Week High 53.99
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.7400017
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.069272116
Fifty Two Week Low 47.87
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.380001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.04971801
Fifty Two Week Range 47.87 - 53.99
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,762,266,600,000
Float Shares 1,124,775,944
Free Cashflow -3,950,000,128
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 29,502
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.48002997
Gross Profits 14,485,000,192
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0
Held Percent Institutions 1.19928
Industry Utilities - Regulated Electric
Industry Disp Utilities - Regulated Electric
Industry Key utilities-regulated-electric
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name The Southern Company
Market us_market
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_120623
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 4,362,999,808
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Open 50.0
Operating Cashflow 9,777,999,872
Operating Margins 0.25819
Phone 404 506 5000
Previous Close 49.86
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.5615774
Profit Margins 0.14458999
Quick Ratio 0.317
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.389999
Regular Market Change Percent 0.782189
Regular Market Day High 50.4899
Regular Market Day Low 50.12
Regular Market Day Range 50.12 - 50.4899
Regular Market Open 50.0
Regular Market Previous Close 49.86
Regular Market Price 50.25
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,802
Regular Market Volume 69,213
Return On Assets 0.03237
Return On Equity 0.109910004
Revenue Growth 0.08
Revenue Per Share 27.209
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Utilities
Sector Disp Utilities
Sector Key utilities
Shares Short 852,848
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 987,300
Short Name Southern Company (The) 2025 Ser
Short Ratio 1.77
Source Interval 15
State GA
Symbol SOMN
Total Cash 981,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.87
Total Debt 76,004,999,168
Total Revenue 30,175,000,576
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.96
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.059366226
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 50.72203
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.47203064
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.009306225
Type Disp Equity
Volume 69,213
Website https://www.southerncompany.com
Zip 30,308