The Southern Company (SOMN)Utilities | Utilities - Regulated Electric | Atlanta, United States | NYSE
50.31 USD
-0.29
(-0.574%) ⇩
(April 21, 2026, 11:45 a.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:20 p.m. EDT
SOMN is a shell entity (indicated by 52-week low of ~47.87 and lack of recent dividends/segments in the provided data) trading at roughly par with its underlying utility, SO, yet showing negative earnings growth of 22.1% and negative free cash flow. While the short-term model shows slight bullish momentum (Adjusted Predicted Direction 1.8% over 45 days) and the price has stabilised above its 200-day moving average, the absence of dividend history and negative cash flow metrics render it unsuitable for any income or fundamental long-term allocation. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.036620 |
| AutoETS | 0.037577 |
| MSTL | 0.039507 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.044033 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.75 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.323 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.07 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Utilities |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 190.586 |
| Revenue per Share | 26.793 |
| Beta | 0.41 |
| Profit Margins | 14.69% |
| Website | https://www.southerncompany.com |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.01098907 |
| Address1 | 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, NW |
| All Time High | 53.99 |
| All Time Low | 47.87 |
| Ask | 50.73 |
| Ask Size | 300 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 120,040 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 328,342 |
| Average Volume | 328,342 |
| Average Volume10Days | 120,040 |
| Beta | 0.405 |
| Bid | 50.27 |
| 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 | 50.31 |
| Current Ratio | 0.646 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 50.55 |
| Day Low | 50.225 |
| Debt To Equity | 190.586 |
| Dividend Date | 1,781,481,600 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.221 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.221 |
| Ebitda | 13,927,000,064 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.47125998 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 9.473 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 4.464 |
| Enterprise Value | 131,928,203,264 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 52.183 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -1.8729973 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.035892863 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 1.098907 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 53.99 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.6800003 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.06816077 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 47.87 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.4400024 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.050971434 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 47.87 - 53.99 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,762,266,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 1,116,917,436 |
| Free Cashflow | -3,460,124,928 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 29,502 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.48469 |
| Gross Profits | 14,323,999,744 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.16355 |
| 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 | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_120623 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 4,341,000,192 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Open | 50.67 |
| Operating Cashflow | 9,802,000,384 |
| Operating Margins | 0.12735 |
| Phone | 404 506 5000 |
| Previous Close | 50.6 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.563442 |
| Profit Margins | 0.14689 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.338 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.2899971 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.57408124 |
| Regular Market Day High | 50.55 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 50.225 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 50.225 - 50.55 |
| Regular Market Open | 50.67 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 50.6 |
| Regular Market Price | 50.31 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,786,332 |
| Regular Market Volume | 6,949 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03281 |
| Return On Equity | 0.11043 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.101 |
| Revenue Per Share | 26.793 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Sector Disp | Utilities |
| Sector Key | utilities |
| Shares Short | 1,025,394 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 803,348 |
| Short Name | Southern Company (The) 2025 Ser |
| Short Ratio | 5.38 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | GA |
| Symbol | SOMN |
| Total Cash | 1,639,000,064 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.464 |
| Total Debt | 74,074,996,736 |
| Total Revenue | 29,553,000,448 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 2.94 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.058102768 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 50.86798 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.5579796 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.010969171 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 6,949 |
| Website | https://www.southerncompany.com |
| Zip | 30,308 |