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The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee; operates, constructs, and maintains approximately 78,500 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities; and provides gas marketing services, as well as electric services to retail customers. It also offers distributed energy and resilience solutions, and digital wireless communications and fiber optics services, as well as deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, utility customers. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Financial Fortitude | Southern Company's robust Q1 2025 performance, with EPS of $1.23, showcases financial strength and reaffirms its 2025 guidance of $4.20-4.30 EPS |
Strategic Growth | Delve into Southern Company's $63 billion capital plan, including 1,000 miles of new transmission lines and significant renewable energy investments |
Market Momentum | Explore Southern Company's impressive 50GW+ load pipeline and projected 12% CAGR in retail sales, signaling strong potential for future expansion |
Analyst Outlook | BMO Capital Markets sets price targets of $92 to $98, reflecting varied perspectives on Southern Company's growth trajectory and market position |
Metrics to compare | SO | Sector Sector - Average of metrics from a broad group of related Utilities sector companies | Relationship RelationshipSOPeersSector | |
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P/E Ratio | 25.1x | 20.9x | 11.9x | |
PEG Ratio | −3.31 | 2.02 | 0.02 | |
Price/Book | 3.2x | 2.3x | 1.3x | |
Price / LTM Sales | 3.8x | 3.4x | 1.6x | |
Upside (Analyst Target) | 3.6% | 3.6% | 10.0% | |
Fair Value Upside | Unlock | −16.6% | 3.6% | Unlock |