What is Southern Company's deferred taxes?

Southern Company (SO) reported deferred taxes of $168M in Q1 2026.

How has Southern Company's deferred taxes changed year-over-year?

Southern Company's deferred taxes decreased by 52.1% year-over-year, from $351M to $168M.

What does deferred taxes mean?

Non-cash deferred tax expense or benefit representing the change in deferred tax assets/liabilities during the period.

Southern Company SO Deferred Taxes

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Segments

By segment

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Reportable Segment$129M+16.2%

SOUTHERN POWER CO-$70M-6,900%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$8.4B+8.0%

Operating income$2.0B+0.4%

Net income$1.4B+1.6%

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$107.89B+11.1%

Enterprise value$182.16B—

P/E19.3×—

P/S3.4×-0.5×

Profitability

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Operating margin18.7%-2.5pp

Net margin13.1%—

FCF margin-5.1%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity9%—

Debt / equity1.9×—

Current ratio0.7×—

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Southern Company in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit.

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 deferred taxes?: Southern Company (SO) reported deferred taxes of $168M in Q1 2026.
How has Southern Company's deferred taxes changed year-over-year?: Southern Company's deferred taxes decreased by 52.1% year-over-year, from $351M to $168M.
What does deferred taxes mean?: Non-cash deferred tax expense or benefit representing the change in deferred tax assets/liabilities during the period.