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

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    SWOT Analysis

  • 66 Pages
  • April 2023
  • 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 publisher 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. Southern also sources electricity from various utilities through power purchase agreements. Southern 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

  • Apr 06, 2023: Southern Announces first-quarter earnings to be released April 27
  • Feb 16, 2023: Southern Company reports fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 financial results
  • Feb 13, 2023: Southern Announces Former DTE Energy Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer David E. Meador and former Jones Day partner and corporate governance authority Lizanne Thomas
  • Feb 07, 2023: Southern Company announces management changes as part of transition plan

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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: Eliminations
  • Performance
  • 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
  • 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, 2017 to YTD 2023
  • Southern Co, Power, Deals By Type, 2017 to YTD 2023
  • Southern Co, Recent Deals Summary
Section 5 - Company’s Recent Developments
  • Apr 06, 2023: Southern Announces first-quarter earnings to be released April 27
  • Feb 16, 2023: Southern Company reports fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 financial results
  • Feb 13, 2023: Southern Announces Former DTE Energy Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer David E. Meador and former Jones Day partner and corporate governance authority Lizanne Thomas
  • Feb 07, 2023: Southern Company announces management changes as part of transition plan
  • Jan 05, 2023: Southern Company announces succession plan, executive management changes
  • Dec 14, 2022: Southern Company and MSU flight lab partnership reaches new heights
  • Oct 27, 2022: Southern Company Third Quarter Results Ended 30 September 2022
  • Oct 26, 2022: Nicor Gas and Southern Company Partner with Two Local Habitat for Humanity Affiliates to Build Energy Efficient, Net Zero Communities in Chicagoland
  • Oct 18, 2022: Southern Company subsidiary and TerraPower complete installation of Integrated Effects Test, a key milestone in development of Molten Chloride Fast Reactor
  • Sep 30, 2022: Southern Company finance team names trio to leadership roles
Section 6 - Appendix
  • Methodology
  • Ratio Definitions
  • About the Publisher
  • 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, 2017 to YTD 2023
  • Southern Co, Power, Deals By Type, 2017 to YTD 2023
  • 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 (2018 - 2022)
  • Southern Co, Ratio Charts
  • Southern Co, Power, Deals By Year, 2017 to YTD 2023
  • Southern Co, Power, Deals by Type, 2017 to YTD 2023

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

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  • PPL Corp
  • Consolidated Edison Inc
  • FirstEnergy Corp
  • Xcel Energy Inc
  • CenterPoint Energy Inc
  • Edison International
  • Entergy Corporation
  • PPL Corp
  • DTE Energy Co
  • Edison International
  • Entergy Corporation
  • Ameren Corp
  • DTE Energy Co
  • Ameren Corp
  • American Electric Power Co Inc
  • NextEra Energy Inc
  • Consolidated Edison Inc
  • FirstEnergy Corp
  • Xcel Energy Inc
  • American Electric Power Co Inc
  • NextEra Energy Inc