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SO - The Southern Company

NYSE -> Utilities -> Utilities—Regulated Electric
Atlanta, United States
Type: Equity

SO price evolution
SO
(in millions $) 30 Oct 2024 30 Jun 2024 1 May 2024 31 Dec 2023
Current assets
Cash $1152 $713 $748
Short term investments
Net receivables $3861 $3587 $3326 $3267
Inventory $3385 $3287 $3268 $3352
Total current assets $11040 $10993 $10543 $10432
Long term investments $1385 $1395 $1368
Property, plant & equipment $104312 $103318 $101870 $101276
Goodwill & intangible assets $5511 $5520 $5529
Total noncurrent assets $130944 $129577 $128899
Total investments $1385 $1395 $1368
Total assets $143956 $141937 $140120 $139331
Current liabilities
Accounts payable $3950 $2445 $2154 $2898
Deferred revenue
Short long term debt $4327 $4593 $4973
Total current liabilities $12165 $12028 $11458 $13467
Long term debt $61254 $61192 $59361 $58517
Total noncurrent liabilities $93798 $93048 $90639
Total debt $65519 $65246 $63490
Total liabilities $110658 $105826 $108200 $104106
Shareholders' equity
Retained earnings $14005 $13259 $12844 $12482
Other shareholder equity -$139 -$130 -$140 -$177
Total shareholder equity $36111 $35614 $31444
(in millions $) 31 Dec 2023 31 Jan 2023 31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020
Current assets
Cash $748 $1917 $1798 $1065
Short term investments
Net receivables $3267 $2704 $2962 $554
Inventory $3352 $2785 $2355 $2488
Total current assets $10432 $10416 $8965 $8617
Long term investments $1368 $1443 $1282 $1918
Property, plant & equipment $101276 $96101 $92809 $89436
Goodwill & intangible assets $5529 $5567 $5725 $5767
Total noncurrent assets $128899 $124475 $118569 $114318
Total investments $1368 $1443 $1282 $1918
Total assets $139331 $134891 $127534 $122935
Current liabilities
Accounts payable $2898 $3525 $2169 $2806
Deferred revenue
Short long term debt $4973 $7091 $3847 $4357
Total current liabilities $13467 $15724 $10921 $12079
Long term debt $58517 $50656 $51623 $46684
Total noncurrent liabilities $90639 $84635 $84046 $78331
Total debt $63490 $59135 $55470 $51041
Total liabilities $104106 $104483 $94967 $90410
Shareholders' equity
Retained earnings $12482 $11538 $10929 $11311
Other shareholder equity -$177 -$167 -$237 -$395
Total shareholder equity $31444 $30408 $27874 $27972
(in millions $) 30 Oct 2024 30 Jun 2024 31 Mar 2024 31 Dec 2023
Revenue
Total revenue $7274 $6463 $6646 $6045
Cost of revenue $3363 $3798 $3906
Gross Profit $6761 $3100 $2848 $2139
Operating activities
Research & development
Selling, general & administrative
Total operating expenses $4393 $1161 $1145 $932
Operating income $1939 $1703 $1207
Income from continuing operations
EBIT $2187 $2017 $1493
Income tax expense $377 $290 $223 $4
Interest expense -$661 $694 $665 $634
Net income
Net income $1535 $1203 $1129 $855
Income (for common shares) $1203 $1129 $855
(in millions $) 31 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2022 31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020
Revenue
Total revenue $25253 $29279 $23113 $20375
Cost of revenue $14970 $19869 $14342 $11712
Gross Profit $10283 $9410 $8771 $8663
Operating activities
Research & development
Selling, general & administrative
Total operating expenses $4457 $4097 $5259 $3843
Operating income $5826 $5313 $3512 $4820
Income from continuing operations
EBIT $6918 $6352 $4512 $5348
Income tax expense $496 $795 $267 $393
Interest expense $2446 $2022 $1837 $1821
Net income
Net income $3976 $3535 $2408 $3134
Income (for common shares) $3976 $3524 $2393 $3119
(in millions $) 30 Oct 2024 30 Jun 2024 31 Mar 2024 31 Dec 2023
Net income $1203 $1129 $855
Operating activities
Depreciation $1311 $1261 $1287
Business acquisitions & disposals $345 -$100
Stock-based compensation $14 $83 $18
Total cash flows from operations $2688 $1311 $1813
Investing activities
Capital expenditures -$1977 -$2135 -$2757
Investments
Total cash flows from investing -$6678 -$1837 -$2385 -$2947
Financing activities
Dividends paid -$2220 -$754 -$733 -$764
Sale and purchase of stock $56 $28 $10
Net borrowings $269 $1839 $1024
Total cash flows from financing -$803 -$472 $985 $165
Effect of exchange rate
Change in cash and equivalents $134 $379 -$89 -$969
(in millions $) 31 Dec 2023 31 Dec 2022 31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020
Net income $3976 $3535 $2408 $3134
Operating activities
Depreciation $4986 $4064 $3973 $3905
Business acquisitions & disposals $65 $85 $384 $757
Stock-based compensation $137 $127 $144 $113
Total cash flows from operations $7553 $6302 $6169 $6696
Investing activities
Capital expenditures -$9077 -$7923 -$7364 -$7404
Investments -$80
Total cash flows from investing -$9668 -$8430 -$7353 -$7030
Financing activities
Dividends paid -$3035 -$2907 -$2777 -$2685
Sale and purchase of stock $36 $1808 $73 $74
Net borrowings $4371 $4137 $4765 $2268
Total cash flows from financing $999 $2336 $1945 -$576
Effect of exchange rate
Change in cash and equivalents -$1116 $208 $761 -$910
Fundamentals
Market cap $95.17B
Enterprise value N/A
Shares outstanding 1.10B
Revenue $26.43B
EBITDA N/A
EBIT N/A
Net Income $4.72B
Revenue Q/Q 4.21%
Revenue Y/Y 0.66%
P/E ratio 20.15
EV/Sales N/A
EV/EBITDA N/A
EV/EBIT N/A
P/S ratio 3.60
P/B ratio N/A
Book/Share N/A
Cash/Share N/A
EPS $4.31
ROA 3.34%
ROE N/A
Debt/Equity 3.31
Net debt/EBITDA N/A
Current ratio 0.91
Quick ratio 0.63