What is Southern Company's interest expense?

Southern Company (SO) reported interest expense of $901M in Q1 2026.

How has Southern Company's interest expense changed year-over-year?

Southern Company's interest expense increased by 19.2% year-over-year, from $756M to $901M.

What does interest expense mean?

Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.

Southern Company SO Interest Expense

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Segments

By segment

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Reportable Segment$204M+9.1%

SOUTHERN POWER CO$27M+3.8%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$8.4B+8.0%

Gross profit$5.0B—

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$108.12B+10.0%

Enterprise value$182.39B—

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:InterestPaidNet.

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 interest expense?: Southern Company (SO) reported interest expense of $901M in Q1 2026.
How has Southern Company's interest expense changed year-over-year?: Southern Company's interest expense increased by 19.2% year-over-year, from $756M to $901M.
What does interest expense mean?: Cost of borrowing — interest paid or accrued on bonds, bank loans, credit facilities, finance leases, and other debt obligations.