Southern SO
NYSE SO
$83.72 +0.25 (+0.30%)
At close: Oct 2, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Southern (SO) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026)

Updated

Southern (SO) posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 9.35% for Q2 2026, up 0.17 percentage points from 9.18% a year earlier but down 1.81 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Southern (SO) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For FY2025, Southern's Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 11.48%, down 0.37 percentage points from FY2024.

  • Annual Return on Equity [ROE] shows a five-year change of +1.78 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • In prior years, Southern's Return on Equity [ROE] was 11.85% in FY2024 (+0.81 pp), 11.04% in FY2023 (+0.77 pp), 10.26% in FY2022 (+3.10 pp) and 7.16% in FY2021 (-2.54 pp).
  • Quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] has run from a low of 6.76% in Q1 2022 to a high of 12.57% in Q3 2024 over five years.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.28 percentage points.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] in the past five years was Q3 2024, with a gain of 4.24 percentage points; the weakest was Q1 2022, with a drop of 3.55 percentage points.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity [ROE] for the three prior quarters was 11.17% (Q1 2026), 11.23% (Q4 2025) and 9.45% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROE (Qtr)
1 Enel Chile 287.73 Bn 287.73 Bn 890.00 Mn 50.21%
2 Nextera Energy 160.25 Bn 161.15 Bn - 11.19%
3 Southern 96.31 Bn 87.36 Bn 5.92 Bn 9.35%
4 Duke Energy 88.79 Bn 87.40 Bn 6.74 Bn 9.58%
5 National Grid 79.16 Bn 60.69 Bn - -
6 American Electric Power 65.09 Bn 63.47 Bn 3.84 Bn 9.61%
7 Dominion Energy 53.95 Bn 56.63 Bn - 7.43%
8 Sempra 51.22 Bn 50.35 Bn 2.89 Bn 6.86%
9 Entergy 47.09 Bn 36.28 Bn - 10.17%
10 Xcel Energy 44.58 Bn 39.49 Bn - 9.33%
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 9.35%
Mar 31, 2026 11.17%
Dec 31, 2025 11.23%
Sep 30, 2025 9.45%
Jun 30, 2025 9.18%
Mar 31, 2025 12.07%
Dec 31, 2024 11.58%
Sep 30, 2024 12.57%
Jun 30, 2024 12.51%
Mar 31, 2024 11.64%
Dec 31, 2023 10.92%
Sep 30, 2023 8.34%
Jun 30, 2023 8.59%
Mar 31, 2023 9.37%
Dec 31, 2022 9.80%
Sep 30, 2022 9.59%
Jun 30, 2022 8.86%
Mar 31, 2022 6.76%
Dec 31, 2021 7.05%
Sep 30, 2021 8.94%
API Access

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