What is Southern Company's net margin?

Southern Company (SO) reported net margin of 13.1% in Q3 2021.

What does net margin mean?

The share of every sales dollar that becomes bottom-line profit.

How do you interpret net margin?

Higher is better, but net margin mixes operating performance with financing and tax effects and one-off items — read it alongside operating margin to separate the operating story from the rest.

How does net margin compare across companies?

Comparable across peers but sensitive to leverage and tax structure; two operationally identical firms can show different net margins purely from financing.

Southern Company SO Net margin

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '21

Net margin at other companies

EntergyETR

14.4%-0.4pp

Dominion EnergyD

16.9%+1.5pp

Nextra EnergyNEE

29.6%+7.8pp

Duke EnergyDUK

15.7%+1.3pp

CNP

CenterPoint EnergyCNP

11.4%+0.6pp

PG&EPCG

11.4%+1.6pp

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

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity9%—

Debt / equity1.9×—

Current ratio0.7×—

Where this comes from

Calculated from Southern Company’s reported figures.

net income/total revenue=13.1%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Southern Company’s 10-Q, filed October 27, 2022, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Southern Company's net margin?: Southern Company (SO) reported net margin of 13.1% in Q3 2021.
What does net margin mean?: The share of every sales dollar that becomes bottom-line profit.
How do you interpret net margin?: Higher is better, but net margin mixes operating performance with financing and tax effects and one-off items — read it alongside operating margin to separate the operating story from the rest.
How does net margin compare across companies?: Comparable across peers but sensitive to leverage and tax structure; two operationally identical firms can show different net margins purely from financing.