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How The Southern Company stacks up
SO · against 357 other Utilities companies
Profitability
55/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #160 of 358 · scores higher than 55% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score36 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including SO · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 55?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Its metrics sit close to the Utilities norm.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.0% vs peer median 5.2%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.9% vs peer median 2.7%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 70% of peers. Operating margin: 24.2% vs peer median 18.6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 349 reported | 5.0% | 5.2% | 47% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 353 reported | 24.2% | 18.6% | 70% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 345 reported | 2.9% | 2.7% | 53% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 342 reported | 11.5% | 8.1% | 74% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 361 reported | 48.3% | 35.5% | 74% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SOScores 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