The Southern Company (SO) Profit Margins
Over the twelve months to 2026-06-30, The Southern Company (SO) had gross margin 71.9%, operating margin 24.2%, net margin 15.4%, free cash flow margin -11.6%, according to EquiReason's reading of its SEC filings.
Source: SEC EDGAR filings · figures as of 2026-06-30 · read by EquiReason
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- 106.9B
- P/E TTM
- 22.4
- Dividend yield
- 3.2%
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| Line | FY2009 Dec 09 | FY2010 Dec 10 | FY2011 Dec 11 | FY2012 Dec 12 | FY2013 Dec 13 | FY2014 Dec 14 | FY2015 Dec 15 | FY2016 Dec 16 | FY2017 Dec 17 | FY2018 Dec 18 | FY2019 Dec 19 | FY2020 Dec 20 | FY2021 Dec 21 | FY2022 Dec 22 | FY2023 Dec 23 | FY2024 Dec 24 | FY2025 Dec 25 | TTM Jun 26 | Trend |
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| Gross margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 69.9% | 59.6% | 70.5% | 74.4% | 72.4% | 71.9% | |
| Operating margin | 20.8% | 21.8% | 24.0% | 27.0% | 19.0% | 19.7% | 24.5% | 22.5% | 10.1% | 17.8% | 36.1% | 24.0% | 16.0% | 18.3% | 23.1% | 26.4% | 24.7% | 24.2% | |
| Net margin | 10.4% | 11.3% | 12.5% | 14.2% | 10.0% | 11.0% | 13.9% | 12.5% | 3.8% | 9.5% | 22.1% | 15.2% | 10.4% | 12.1% | 15.7% | 16.5% | 14.7% | 15.4% | |
| FCF margin | -8.9% | -0.5% | 7.8% | 0.5% | 4.5% | 3.1% | 3.4% | -12.1% | -4.5% | -4.5% | -8.3% | -4.1% | -6.1% | -5.5% | -6.1% | 3.1% | -9.9% | -11.6% |
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The Southern Company — questions
- What is The Southern Company's gross margin?
- 71.9% over the twelve months to 2026-06-30.
- What is The Southern Company's operating margin?
- 24.2% over the twelve months to 2026-06-30.
- What is The Southern Company's net profit margin?
- 15.4% over the twelve months to 2026-06-30.
Every figure on this page comes from The Southern Company's own SEC filings — see them on SEC EDGAR. Price data is licensed and shown only inside the product.
How these figures are read: methodology · EquiReason.