XNYS · Utilities - Regulated Electric
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$85.52-1.43%
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TickerWhale Score
40/100
Weak
Score components
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Southern Company scores 40 out of 100 overall, which we rate weak. Quality & growth is its strongest area and Valuation its weakest.
What helps
- Quality & growth
- Sentiment Signal
What to watch
- Technical
- Valuation
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%63Positive
- Revenue growth 6.4%
- EPS growth 7.0%
Valuation
25%25Weak
- P/E 21.0
- EV/Sales 5.7
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 generating capacity, primarily for serving customers in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Subsidiary Southern Power owns 13 gigawatts of natural gas generation and renewable energy across the US and sells the electricity primarily under long-term contracts.
#129 by market cap in our coverage · ~29,800 employees · Listed 1949-10-04 · www.southerncompany.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#27 / 49sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 40 vs sector average 41.7 (-1.7)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 67%
Gross margin (industry)Top 32%
Return on equity (industry)Top 21%
P/E (industry)Pricier than 67%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
29/100Weak vs universe
Ranks 29th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 36/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
3 buy · 5 sell · 0 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates SO's technical setup weak — 29th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
0 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day-7.3%
- vs 50-day-6.7%
Momentum
Constructive
- RSI (14)30 · buy
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIsell
- Williams %Rbuy
Trend
Weak
- ADX (14) trend strength38· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.078)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 0 buy vs 9 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 3 buy · 4 sell · 0 neutral.
Result — 3 buy vs 5 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)21.0
- P/S (TTM)3.2
- P/B2.3
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales5.7
- PEG3.00
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin71.9%
- Net margin15.4%
- ROE11.3%
- Debt/Equity1.80
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)6.4%
- EPS growth (YoY)7.0%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $97.6B
Fundamentals history
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOCurrentSouthern Company | 40 | 36 | 21.0 | — | 2.3 | 5.7 | $85.52 | -1.43% | +6.4% | ||
| AESAES | 67 | 62 | 5.5 | — | 2.1 | 3.2 | $14.83 | -0.13% | +8.5% | ||
| SWXSouthwest Gas Holdings | 67 | 46 | 12.0 | — | 1.5 | 5.5 | $85.85 | -0.76% | -15.3% | ||
| SRSpire | 64 | 45 | 8.8 | — | 1.3 | 4.7 | $79.23 | -1.38% | +10.7% | ||
| EDConsolidated Edison | 62 | 50 | 17.6 | — | 1.5 | 3.7 | $105.43 | -1.54% | +9.5% | ||
| EIXEdison International | 60 | 18 | 5.7 | — | 1.1 | 3.3 | $55.31 | -0.34% | +10.7% |
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