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Southern Co (SO) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

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  • 60 Pages
  • June 2024
  • GlobalData
  • ID: 1291516
Southern Co (SO) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by the analyst to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company’s key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.

The profile contains critical company information including:

  • Business description - A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
  • Corporate strategy - Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
  • SWOT Analysis - A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
  • Company history - Progression of key events associated with the company.
  • Major products and services - A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
  • Key competitors - A list of key competitors to the company.
  • Key employees - A list of the key executives of the company.
  • Executive biographies - A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
  • Key operational heads - A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
  • Important locations and subsidiaries - A list and contact details of key locations and subsidiaries of the company.
  • Detailed financial ratios for the past five years - The latest financial ratios derived from the annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
  • Interim ratios for the last five interim periods - The latest financial ratios derived from the quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.

Highlights

Southern Co (Southern) is an energy holding company. It generates, distributes, markets and trades electricity, and distributes gas. The company produces power using coal, oil, and gas, nuclear, hydro, solar, wind and biomass sources. It also sources electricity from various utilities through power purchase agreements. It provides energy technologies and services to electric utilities and large industrial, commercial, institutional, and municipal customers; and has investments in telecommunications and leveraged lease projects. The company also produces and distributes gas through natural gas distribution utilities and retails energy to customers in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. The company has ownership interests in natural gas supply pipelines that connect hydrocarbon basins in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Southern is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the US.

Southern Co Key Recent Developments

  • May 22, 2024: Esh Construction gears up to deliver new M181 southern junction in North Lincolnshire
  • May 13, 2024: Pete Sena to succeed Stephen Kuczynski as chairman and CEO of Southern Nuclear
  • May 06, 2024: Southern Announces Offering of $1.1 Billion in Aggregate Principal Amount of Convertible Senior Notes Due June 15, 2027
  • Apr 04, 2024: Southern Company First-Quarter Earnings to Be Released May 2

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Table of Contents

Section 1 - About the Company
  • Southern Co - Key Facts
  • Southern Co - Key Employees
  • Southern Co - Key Employee Biographies
  • Southern Co - Major Products and Services
  • Southern Co - History
  • Southern Co - Company Statement
  • Southern Co - Locations And Subsidiaries
  • Head Office
  • Other Locations & Subsidiaries
Section 2 - Company Analysis
  • Company Overview
  • Southern Co - Business Description
  • Business Segment: All Other
  • Overview
  • Performance
  • Key Stats
  • Business Segment: Southern Company Gas
  • Overview
  • Performance
  • Key Stats
  • Business Segment: Southern Power
  • Overview
  • Performance
  • Key Stats
  • Business Segment: Traditional Electric Operating Companies
  • Overview
  • Performance
  • Key Stats
  • R&D Overview
  • Southern Co - Corporate Strategy
  • Southern Co - SWOT Analysis
  • SWOT Analysis - Overview
  • Southern Co - Strengths
  • Southern Co - Weaknesses
  • Southern Co - Opportunities
  • Southern Co - Threats
  • Southern Co - Key Competitors
Section 3 - Company Financial Ratios
  • Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios
  • Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios
  • Performance Chart
  • Financial Performance
  • Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios
  • Financial Ratios - Ratio Charts
Section 4 - Company’s Power, Oil & Gas Financial Deals and Alliances
  • Southern Co, Power, Deals By Year, 2018 to YTD 2024
  • Southern Co, Power, Deals By Type, 2018 to YTD 2024
  • Southern Co, Recent Deals Summary
Section 5 - Company’s Recent Developments
  • May 22, 2024: Esh Construction gears up to deliver new M181 southern junction in North Lincolnshire
  • May 13, 2024: Pete Sena to succeed Stephen Kuczynski as chairman and CEO of Southern Nuclear
  • May 06, 2024: Southern Announces Offering of $1.1 Billion in Aggregate Principal Amount of Convertible Senior Notes Due June 15, 2027
  • Apr 04, 2024: Southern Company First-Quarter Earnings to Be Released May 2
  • Feb 15, 2024: Southern Reports Fourth-Quarter And Full-Year 2023 Earnings
  • Dec 12, 2023: Southern Co. Executive Chairman Tom Fanning to Retire Dec. 31
  • Nov 02, 2023: Southern Co. Reports Third-quarter 2023 Earnings
  • Oct 25, 2023: Southern Michigan Bancorp Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2023 Earnings
  • Oct 16, 2023: Shantella E. Cooper to Join Southern Company Board of Directors
  • Oct 09, 2023: Novelis Partners With Southern Company in Pursuit of Decarbonization Goals
Section 6 - Appendix
  • Methodology
  • Ratio Definitions
  • About the Analyst
  • Contact the Publisher
  • Disclaimer
List of Tables
  • Southern Co, Key Facts
  • Southern Co, Key Employees
  • Southern Co, Key Employee Biographies
  • Southern Co, Major Products and Services
  • Southern Co, History
  • Southern Co, Subsidiaries
  • Southern Co, Key Competitors
  • Southern Co, Ratios based on current share price
  • Southern Co, Annual Ratios
  • Southern Co, Interim Ratios
  • Southern Co, Power, Deals By Year, 2018 to YTD 2024
  • Southern Co, Power, Deals By Type, 2018 to YTD 2024
  • Southern Co, Recent Deals Summary
  • Currency Codes
  • Capital Market Ratios
  • Equity Ratios
  • Profitability Ratios
  • Cost Ratios
  • Liquidity Ratios
  • Leverage Ratios
  • Efficiency Ratios
List of Figures
  • Southern Co, Performance Chart (2019 - 2023)
  • Southern Co, Ratio Charts
  • Southern Co, Power, Deals By Year, 2018 to YTD 2024
  • Southern Co, Power, Deals by Type, 2018 to YTD 2024

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