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The Southern Company (SO)

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$93.20 USD

93.20
3,892,286

+0.05 (0.05%)

Updated Nov 4, 2025 01:40 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

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Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy24.63%
2Buy17.80%
3Hold9.42%
4Sell5.10%
5Strong Sell2.04%
S&P50010.70%

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3-Hold of 5     3    

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C Value C Growth D Momentum D VGM

Industry Rank:

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The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Bottom 44% (55 out of 252)

Industry: Utility - Electric Power

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Key Expected Earnings Data

Report Date Period Ending Zacks Consensus Estimate Earnings ESP
02/19/2026

This is an estimated date of earnings release. Neither Zacks Investment Research, Inc. nor its Information Providers can guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or correct sequencing of any of the Information on the Web site, including, but not limited to Information originated by Zacks Investment Research, Inc, licensed by Zacks Investment Research, Inc. from Information Providers, or gathered by Zacks Investment Research, Inc. from publicly available sources. There may be delays, omissions, or inaccuracies in the Information.


Time: -- 		12/2025 $0.60 1.17%

Earnings Summary

For their last quarter, The Southern Company (SO) reported earnings of $1.60 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.50 per share. This reflects a positive earnings surprise of 6.67%. Look out for SO's next earnings release expected on February 19, 2026. For the next earning release, we expect the company to report earnings of $0.60 per share, reflecting a year-over-year increase of 20%.

Earnings History

Research for SO

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Price & Consensus

Zacks News for SO

SO FAQs

Based on past history, Zacks believes Southern Company (The) (SO) will report their next quarter earnings on February 20, 2025. For the next earning release, we expect the company to report earnings of 0.53 per share, reflecting a year-over-year increase of -17.19.

Based on past history, Zacks believes Southern Company (The) (SO) will report their previous quarter earnings %%TIME_OF_DAY_CODE%% on February 20, 2025.

The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Southern Company (The) (SO) for the quarter ending in December 2024 is $0.53 a share. We expect Southern Company (The) to miss by -0.94%.

In the earnings report for the quarter ending in September 2024, Southern Company (The) (SO) announced earnings of $1.43 per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.33 per share, representing a surprise of 7.52%.