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The Southern Company (SO)

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SO's free cash flow for Q3 2025 was $0.55. For the 2025 fiscal year, SO's free cash flow was decreased by $ and operating cash flow was $0.37. See a summary of the company’s cash flow.

Ratios	TTM	Dec 24	Dec 23	Dec 22	Dec 21
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio	0.75	0.67	0.77	0.66	0.82
Quick Ratio	0.56	0.46	0.53	0.49	0.61
Cash Ratio	0.20	0.07	0.06	0.12	0.16
Solvency Ratio	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.07
Operating Cash Flow Ratio	0.56	0.61	0.56	0.40	0.56
Short-Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage	1.19	1.62	1.58	0.91	1.72
Net Current Asset Value	$ -102.35B	$ -97.81B	$ -93.67B	$ -89.94B	$ -86.00B
Leverage Ratios
Debt-to-Assets Ratio	0.48	0.46	0.46	0.44	0.43
Debt-to-Equity Ratio	2.11	2.00	2.02	1.94	1.97
Debt-to-Capital Ratio	0.68	0.67	0.67	0.66	0.66
Long-Term Debt-to-Capital Ratio	0.65	0.64	0.64	0.62	0.64
Financial Leverage Ratio	4.38	4.37	4.43	4.44	4.53
Debt Service Coverage Ratio	1.19	1.39	1.56	1.03	1.48
Interest Coverage Ratio	2.45	2.58	2.38	2.66	2.01
Debt to Market Cap	0.74	0.72	0.81	0.75	0.74
Interest Debt Per Share	69.68	62.97	60.38	56.89	54.01
Net Debt to EBITDA	5.02	4.93	5.34	5.74	6.46
Profitability Margins
Gross Profit Margin	49.10%	49.93%	46.36%	36.96%	43.53%
EBIT Margin	29.00%	29.83%	26.86%	20.19%	18.74%
EBITDA Margin	48.48%	49.54%	46.51%	34.05%	35.97%
Operating Profit Margin	25.68%	26.45%	23.07%	18.34%	16.00%
Pretax Profit Margin	18.50%	19.57%	17.21%	14.42%	11.15%
Net Profit Margin	15.42%	16.47%	15.74%	12.07%	10.42%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin	14.87%	15.94%	15.24%	11.71%	9.99%
Net Income Per EBT	83.38%	84.17%	91.51%	83.71%	93.48%
EBT Per EBIT	72.02%	73.98%	74.58%	78.64%	69.66%
Return on Assets (ROA)	2.91%	3.03%	2.85%	2.62%	1.89%
Return on Equity (ROE)	13.11%	13.25%	12.64%	11.63%	8.55%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)	5.44%	5.47%	4.63%	4.51%	3.17%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)	4.13%	4.25%	3.94%	3.45%	2.75%
Return on Tangible Assets	3.02%	3.15%	2.97%	2.73%	1.98%
Earnings Yield	4.53%	4.88%	5.19%	4.60%	3.31%
Efficiency Ratios
Receivables Turnover	7.41	6.23	6.37	7.88	7.80
Payables Turnover	4.88	3.62	4.67	5.24	6.02
Inventory Turnover	4.52	3.97	4.04	6.90	5.54
Fixed Asset Turnover	0.26	0.25	0.25	0.30	0.25
Asset Turnover	0.19	0.18	0.18	0.22	0.18
Working Capital Turnover Ratio	-7.35	-6.41	-6.05	-8.06	-8.53
Cash Conversion Cycle	55.18	49.52	69.51	29.56	51.98
Days of Sales Outstanding	49.27	58.58	57.28	46.32	46.78
Days of Inventory Outstanding	80.73	91.89	90.33	52.94	65.86
Days of Payables Outstanding	74.83	100.95	78.09	69.71	60.66
Operating Cycle	130.01	150.47	147.61	99.26	112.63
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow Per Share	8.51	8.93	6.92	5.86	5.81
Free Cash Flow Per Share	-1.81	0.76	-1.41	-1.51	-1.01
CapEx Per Share	10.32	8.17	8.33	7.37	6.82
Free Cash Flow to Operating Cash Flow	-0.21	0.09	-0.20	-0.26	-0.17
Dividend Paid and CapEx Coverage Ratio	0.65	0.82	0.62	0.58	0.62
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio	0.82	1.09	0.83	0.80	0.85
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio	0.13	0.15	0.12	0.11	0.11
Operating Cash Flow to Sales Ratio	0.32	0.37	0.30	0.22	0.27
Free Cash Flow Yield	-2.03%	0.92%	-2.01%	-2.11%	-1.47%
Valuation Ratios
Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio	22.07	20.50	19.26	21.72	30.22
Price-to-Sales (P/S) Ratio	3.40	3.38	3.03	2.62	3.15
Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio	2.81	2.72	2.44	2.52	2.58
Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) Ratio	-49.22	108.31	-49.66	-47.36	-67.94
Price-to-Operating Cash Flow Ratio	10.49	9.22	10.14	12.18	11.80
Price-to-Earnings Growth (PEG) Ratio	5.74	1.96	1.75	0.48	-1.52
Price-to-Fair Value	2.81	2.72	2.44	2.52	2.58
Enterprise Value Multiple	12.04	11.74	11.86	13.44	15.21
Enterprise Value	168.74B	155.43B	139.31B	133.98B	126.44B
EV to EBITDA	12.04	11.74	11.86	13.44	15.21
EV to Sales	5.84	5.82	5.52	4.58	5.47
EV to Free Cash Flow	-84.46	186.59	-90.35	-82.65	-118.05
EV to Operating Cash Flow	17.99	15.88	18.44	21.26	20.50
Tangible Book Value Per Share	29.77	28.45	27.19	26.94	25.30
Shareholders’ Equity Per Share	31.76	30.30	28.79	28.29	26.54
Tax and Other Ratios
Effective Tax Rate	0.20	0.19	0.11	0.19	0.10
Revenue Per Share	26.24	24.38	23.13	27.24	21.78
Net Income Per Share	4.05	4.02	3.64	3.29	2.27
Tax Burden	0.83	0.84	0.92	0.84	0.93
Interest Burden	0.64	0.66	0.64	0.71	0.59
Research & Development to Revenue	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
SG&A to Revenue	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Stock-Based Compensation to Revenue	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
Income Quality	2.18	2.30	1.90	1.84	2.67

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