Southern Co (SO) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Southern (SO) posted EBIT Margin of 25.46% for Q2 2026, up 0.16 percentage points from 25.30% a year earlier and up 1.42 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Southern Co (SO) EBIT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, EBIT Margin at Southern was 24.21%, down 1.18 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 24.65%, down 1.80 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual EBIT Margin shows a five-year change of +0.68 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Southern's EBIT Margin was 26.45% in FY2024 (+3.38 pp), 23.07% in FY2023 (+4.73 pp), 18.34% in FY2022 (+2.34 pp) and 16.00% in FY2021 (-7.98 pp).
- Quarterly EBIT Margin has run from a low of -5.74% in Q4 2021 to a high of 33.16% in Q3 2025 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, EBIT Margin increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.26 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for EBIT Margin in the past five years was Q4 2023, with a gain of 18.01 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2021, with a drop of 19.99 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, EBIT Margin for the three prior quarters was 24.03% (Q1 2026), 13.14% (Q4 2025) and 33.16% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 25.46% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 24.03% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 13.14% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 33.16% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 25.30% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 25.85% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 16.69% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 32.55% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 30.00% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 25.62% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 19.97% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 30.23% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 22.44% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 18.80% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.96% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 26.18% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 22.97% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 20.82% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -5.74% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 27.62% |
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Southern Co EBIT Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebit-margin&ticker=SO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebit-margin", "ticker": "SO", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebit-margin&ticker=SO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();