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How The Southern Company stacks up
SO · against 351 other Utilities companies
Growth
55/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #158 of 352 · scores higher than 55% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score35 peers with a growth score of 50–59, including SO · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 55?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Its metrics sit close to the Utilities norm.
- Earnings per share growth is close to the peer norm. Earnings per share growth: 4.0% vs peer median 1.7%
- 3-year revenue growth is close to the peer norm. 3-year revenue growth: 3.0% vs peer median 2.0%
- faster revenue growth over the last year: stronger than 64% of peers. Revenue growth: 6.3% vs peer median 2.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SO, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SO | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 354 reported | 6.3% | 2.5% | 64% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 284 reported | 4.0% | 1.6% | 55% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 351 reported | 3.0% | 2.0% | 57% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SO| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48.3B BRL (≈$8.7B) | 100 | 69 | |
| 1 | 9.1B USD | 100 | 52 | |
| 3 | 7.9B CNY (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 85 | |
| 3 | 636M EUR (≈$700M) | 99 | 64 | |
| 3 | 2.5B USD | 99 | 41 | |
| 154 | Unavailable | 56 | 38 | |
| 154 | 8.2B USD | 56 | 56 | |
| 158 | 11.3B CNY (≈$1.6B) | 55 | 51 | |
| 158 | 200.5B CNY (≈$28.1B) | 55 | 44 | |
| 158 | 107.8B USD | 55 | 47 | |
| 161 | 6.5B HKD (≈$836M) | 54 | 70 | |
| 161 | 70.7B USD | 54 | 40 | |
| 161 | 1.1B USD | 54 | 20 | |
| 161 | 3.4B USD | 54 | 43 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score