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Southern forward PE SO

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
20.0×
10-year median
19.4×
Against its 10-year history
60th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
15.4× to 26.5×
Peer median
18.4×

Southern's forward PE is 20.0× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 19.4×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 15.4× in Mar 2020 to 26.5× in Aug 2022.

The median for 10 electric utilities of a similar size is 18.4×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far20.0×17.8×22.4×
202519.5×18.9×23.0×
202420.3×17.8×23.8×
202318.6×17.2×23.7×
202223.6×19.2×26.5×
202120.0×17.7×20.4×
202018.8×15.4×24.6×
201922.2×16.0×22.3×
201815.7×15.7×19.5×
201717.4×16.3×19.0×
201619.1×17.8×21.1×
201517.9×15.4×18.7×
201418.0×15.7×18.3×
201315.9×15.3×17.6×
201215.7×15.6×18.0×
201117.7×15.5×17.7×
201016.9×14.2×17.0×
200914.6×12.1×17.1×
200816.4×14.3×18.8×
200718.6×16.4×19.2×

Against its peers

Companies in Regulated Electric nearest Southern's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
SOSouthern20.0×
DUKDuke Energy18.5×
AEPAmerican Electric Power19.4×
NEENextEra Energy19.3×
DDominion Energy17.7×
ETREntergy22.8×
XELXcel Energy18.4×
EXCExelon15.1×
EDConsolidated Edison18.3×
WECWEC Energy20.7×
PEGPublic Service Enterprise16.1×
Peer median18.4×

Where Southern ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.