Southern Co (SO) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2025)
Southern's Retained Earnings was $14.86 billion in Q4 2025, up 8.0% from $13.75 billion a year earlier.
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Southern Co (SO) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
From Q2 2009 onward, Southern has reported Retained Earnings for 42 quarters.
- Retained Earnings has now increased for four consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Retained Earnings was $13.75 billion in FY2024 (+10.2%), $12.48 billion in FY2023 (+8.2%), $11.54 billion in FY2022 (+5.6%) and $10.93 billion in FY2021 (-3.4%).
- The Q4 2025 figure marks the highest quarterly Retained Earnings since Q3 2015.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 14.86 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 13.75 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 12.48 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.54 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 10.93 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 11.31 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 10.88 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 8.71 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 9.05 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 8.49 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 9.26 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 8.89 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 8.98 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 8.49 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 10.46 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 10.36 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 10.69 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 10.09 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 10.00 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 10.01 Bn |
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Southern Co Retained Earnings API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=SO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "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=retained-earnings&ticker=SO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();