Southern Financial Ratios
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Southern ratio analysis
Southern earned a net margin of 14.7% in FY 2025, down from 16.5% a year earlier. Return on equity reached 12.1%, meaning Southern generated 0.12 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity. Debt-to-equity stood at 2.02 versus 1.95 the year before, and the current ratio was 0.65.
At the end of FY 2025, SO traded at 22.2 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 13.9 to 57.3, with a median of 20.8. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Southern financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 22.24 | 20.63 | 19.37 | 21.90 | 30.62 | 20.97 | 13.90 | 20.60 | 57.25 | 19.29 |
| Price / sales | 3.25 | 3.38 | 3.03 | 2.62 | 3.15 | 3.19 | 3.06 | 1.94 | 2.09 | 2.35 |
| Price / book | 2.67 | 2.72 | 2.44 | 2.52 | 2.61 | 2.32 | 2.38 | 1.84 | 1.99 | 1.89 |
| Operating margin | 24.7% | 26.4% | 23.1% | 18.3% | 16.0% | 24.0% | 36.1% | 17.8% | 10.1% | 22.5% |
| Net margin | 14.7% | 16.5% | 15.7% | 11.7% | 10.0% | 15.2% | 22.1% | 9.8% | 4.0% | 12.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | -9.9% | 3.1% | -6.1% | -5.5% | -6.1% | -4.1% | -8.3% | -4.5% | -4.5% | -12.1% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 12.1% | 13.3% | 12.6% | 11.3% | 8.3% | 11.1% | 17.2% | 9.3% | 3.8% | 10.2% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 2.8% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 4.0% | 2.0% | 0.8% | 2.3% |
| Debt / equity | 2.02 | 1.95 | 1.97 | 1.89 | 1.93 | 1.76 | 1.70 | 1.89 | 2.10 | 1.92 |
| Current ratio | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.77 | 0.66 | 0.82 | 0.71 | 0.78 | 0.67 | 0.74 | 0.75 |
| Revenue growth | 10.6% | 5.8% | -13.8% | 26.7% | 13.4% | -4.9% | -8.8% | 2.0% | 15.8% | 13.8% |
| EPS growth | -1.8% | 10.2% | 11.0% | 45.5% | -23.5% | -34.9% | 107.4% | 158.3% | -67.1% | -1.5% |