The Southern Company (SO)

NYSE: SO · Electric Services · Atlanta, GA · filing with the SEC since 1994

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Income statement, as filed

In millions of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts in millions. The fiscal year ends in December.

The Form 10-Q filed Nov 5, 2026 for the period ended Sep 30, 2026 is not in EDGAR's company facts yet; its figures print once EDGAR carries them.

Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal year	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020	FY 2019	FY 2018	FY 2017	FY 2016
Period ending	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2018	Dec 31, 2017	Dec 31, 2016
Report filed	Feb 19, 2026	Feb 20, 2025	Feb 15, 2024	Feb 16, 2023	Feb 17, 2022	Feb 18, 2021	Feb 20, 2020	Feb 20, 2019	Feb 21, 2018	Feb 22, 2017
Revenue	29,553	26,724	25,253	29,279	23,113	20,375	21,419	23,495	23,031	19,896
Total costs and expenses	22,268	19,656	19,427	23,909	19,415	15,490	13,683	19,304	20,698^r	15,410^r
Operating income	7,285	7,068	5,826	5,370	3,698	4,885	7,736	4,191	2,333^r	4,486^r
Interest and investment income	·	·	85	59	22	37	60	38	26	20
Share of profit of equity-method investments	112	139	144	151	76	153	162	148	106	59
Other income (expense), net	500	530	553	500	449^r	336	252	114	163^r	50^r
Total non-operating income (expense)	-2,286	-1,839	-1,481	-1,147	-1,122	-1,389	-1,194	-1,442	-1,265^r	-1,006^r
Income before income taxes	4,999	5,229	4,345	4,223	2,576	3,496	6,542	2,749	1,068	3,480
Income tax expense	828	969	496	795	267	393	1,798	449	142	951
Net income including non-controlling interests	4,171	4,260	3,849	3,428	2,309	3,103	4,744	2,300	926	2,529
Net income to non-controlling interests	-170	-141	-127	-107	-99	-31	-10	58	46	36
Net income	4,341	4,401	3,976	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Preferred dividends	·	0	0	11	15	15	15	16	38	45
Net income to common shareholders	·	4,401	3,976	3,524	2,393	3,119	4,739	2,226	842	2,448
Earnings per share, basic	3.94	4.02	3.64	3.28	2.26	2.95	4.53	2.18	0.84	2.57
Earnings per share, diluted	3.92	3.99	3.62	3.26	2.24	2.93	4.50	2.17	0.84	2.55
Weighted average shares, basic	1,103	1,096	1,092	1,075	1,061	1,058	1,046	1,020	1,000	951
Weighted average shares, diluted	1,109	1,102	1,098	1,081	1,068	1,065	1,054	1,025	1,008	958

As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. ^r restated by the company in a later report; ^b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.

What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it

Revenue what customers paid for what it sold

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Total costs and expenses every operating cost, the cost of revenue includedus-gaap:CostsAndExpenses

Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss

Interest and investment income what its cash and investments earnedus-gaap:InvestmentIncomeInterestAndDividend

Share of profit of equity-method investments its share of companies it partly ownsus-gaap:IncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments

Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense

Total non-operating income (expense) everything outside the business, togetherus-gaap:NonoperatingIncomeExpense

Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest

Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit

Net income including non-controlling interests the whole group's profit, minority holders' share includedus-gaap:ProfitLoss

Net income to non-controlling interests the share that belongs to minority holdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest

Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss

Preferred dividends paid to preferred holders before common shareholdersus-gaap:PreferredStockDividendsIncomeStatementImpact

Net income to common shareholders what is left for common shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic

Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic

Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted

Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic

Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding

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