SO Southern Companydata gap · 91% coverage
Utilities · Electric Utilities · close $91.18 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-03-31
Southern Company (SO) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 51/100 (grade C), ranking #12 of 45 in Utilities. Its strongest pillars are profitability (70) and balance sheet (64); its weakest is analyst sentiment (17). Data gap: 1 factor without usable data, so 91% of the method weight is covered. TTM revenue growth is 8.3% and operating margin 24.2%.
Data as of .
Data gap
No usable data for: 4Q gross-margin change. Data gap: no usable data for this factor, so it is left out and its weight is shared among the factors that do have data (no value is imputed). 91% of the full method weight is backed by data.
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · 17| Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%) | derived | 14 |
| 90-day net rating shift (3.8%) | derived | 7 |
Growth
weight 30.83% · 38| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 8.3% | 47 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | -6.2% | 19 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.2%) | -2.1% | 60 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% · 70| Operating margin (18.5%) | 24.2% | 70 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (0.0%)data gap | — | — |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% · 64| Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%) | 0.02× | 95 |
| Current ratio (4.9%) | 0.65 | 25 |
| Interest coverage (3.7%) | 2.25× | 33 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% · 54| FCF margin (6.2%) | -9.9% | 51 |
| FCF yield (6.2%) | -2.9% | 57 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% · 54| P/E (inverted) (6.2%) | 23.32× | 29 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%) | 3.42× | 79 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 72.7 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 87.96 / 86.82 · crossed up 4d ago |
| 200-day SMA | 92.19 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 1.23× |
| 20-day return | 5.1% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
- EXITBalance-sheet stress: negative free cash flow (latest FY)
- WATCHTrend: close below 200-day average
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: Revenues · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestAndDebtExpense · D&A: DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
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FAQ
- What is SO's House Rating?
- SO scores 51 out of 100 (grade C) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #12 of 45 Utilities stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about SO?
- ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for SO scores 17/100 against its sector peers, which we read as negative. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
- When does SO report earnings next?
- SO's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-10-29 (window 2026-10-26 to 2026-11-01), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is SO a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology