Southern Co (SO) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026)
Southern's EBITDA Margin came in at 48.33% for Q2 2026, up 2.25 percentage points from 46.08% a year earlier and up 5.48 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Southern Co (SO) EBITDA Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Southern reported EBITDA Margin of 45.23%, up 0.27 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 45.05%, down 1.10 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBITDA Margin carries a five-year change of +1.91 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, EBITDA Margin was 46.15% in FY2024 (+3.34 pp), 42.81% in FY2023 (+10.59 pp), 32.22% in FY2022 (-0.97 pp) and 33.19% in FY2021 (-9.95 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly EBITDA Margin is 12.10% (Q4 2021) to 53.16% (Q3 2025).
- Year-over-year, EBITDA Margin increased in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.50 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in EBITDA Margin over five years came in Q4 2023 (a gain of 25.39 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2021 (a drop of 21.73 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows SO's EBITDA Margin at 42.85% (Q1 2026), 36.13% (Q4 2025) and 53.16% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 48.33% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 42.85% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 36.13% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 53.16% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 46.08% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 44.00% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 37.98% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 51.03% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 50.29% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 44.60% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 41.26% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 48.32% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 43.37% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 37.82% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 15.86% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 39.17% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 36.93% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 35.69% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 12.10% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 43.57% |
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Southern Co EBITDA Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebitda-margin&ticker=SO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda-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=ebitda-margin&ticker=SO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();