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Southern Company SO Debt-to-equity

Debt-to-equity at other companies

American Electric Power logo
American Electric PowerAEP
1.6×
Entergy logo
EntergyETR
1.9×-0.1×
Dominion Energy logo
Dominion EnergyD
0.1×0.0×
Nextra Energy logo
Nextra EnergyNEE
1.8×0.0×
Duke Energy logo
Duke EnergyDUK
1.6×0.0×
CNP
CenterPoint EnergyCNP
1.8×-0.1×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$8.4B+8.0%
Operating income$2.0B+0.4%
Net income$1.4B+1.7%
EPS (diluted)$1.20-0.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$987.0M-57.7%
Total debt$75.3B
Total equity$39.9B+7.2%
Total assets$157.03B

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.2B-1.9%
CapEx$2.9B+20.8%
Free cash flow-$1.7B-44.7%

Valuation

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Market cap$104.31B+7.1%
Enterprise value$178.58B
P/E18.7×
P/S3.3×-0.4×

Profitability

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Operating margin18.7%-2.5pp
Net margin13.1%

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity9%
Current ratio0.7×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Southern Company’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Southern Company’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Southern Company's debt-to-equity?
Southern Company (SO) reported debt-to-equity of 1.9× in Q1 2026.
What does debt-to-equity mean?
How much debt the company carries for every dollar of shareholder equity.
How do you interpret debt-to-equity?
Lower is generally safer, but moderate leverage can boost returns. Read in the context of cash-flow stability — a utility tolerates more debt than a cyclical. Negative equity makes the ratio meaningless and it is suppressed there.
How does debt-to-equity compare across companies?
Comparable within an industry; capital structures differ sharply across sectors. Not meaningful for banks.