The Southern Company

BRSE:SOT Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 82.0b

Southern Valuation

Is SOT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SOT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: SOT (CHF71.07) is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value (CHF3.5)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: SOT is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SOT?

Key metric: As SOT is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SOT. This is calculated by dividing SOT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SOT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio21.5x
EarningsUS$4.66b
Market CapUS$100.28b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SOT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SOT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average16.4x
BKW BKW
17.6x3.98%CHF 6.5b
REHN Romande Energie Holding
14.4x10.07%CHF 1.3b
NEAG naturenergie holding
6.6x-14.12%CHF 1.0b
CEG Constellation Energy
27.1x17.02%US$100.9b
SOT Southern
21.5x10.14%CHF 100.3b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SOT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.5x) compared to the peer average (16.4x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SOT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Electric Utilities Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SOT 21.5xIndustry Avg. 15.8xNo. of Companies11PE0612182430+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SOT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.5x) compared to the European Electric Utilities industry average (15.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SOT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SOT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio21.5x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate SOT's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SOT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 71.07
CHF 81.01
+13.98%
8.75%CHF 92.38CHF 64.01n/a19
Sep ’27CHF 71.57
CHF 81.15
+13.39%
8.69%CHF 92.25CHF 63.92n/a19
Aug ’27CHF 76.84
CHF 81.50
+6.07%
8.26%CHF 92.15CHF 63.86n/a20
Jul ’27CHF 77.06
CHF 81.87
+6.23%
7.34%CHF 92.28CHF 65.57n/a19
Jun ’27n/a
CHF 79.44
0%
7.48%CHF 89.36CHF 63.49n/a19
May ’27n/a
CHF 79.42
0%
6.99%CHF 89.11CHF 63.32n/a19
Apr ’27n/a
CHF 80.85
0%
7.04%CHF 89.45CHF 64.69n/a19
Mar ’27n/a
CHF 76.18
0%
8.48%CHF 83.59CHF 58.82n/a20
Feb ’27n/a
CHF 73.06
0%
9.25%CHF 82.35CHF 57.95n/a20
Jan ’27n/a
CHF 76.97
0%
9.37%CHF 86.73CHF 60.48n/a20
Dec ’26n/a
CHF 80.13
0%
7.76%CHF 88.02CHF 60.57n/a20
Nov ’26n/a
CHF 81.09
0%
8.28%CHF 91.73CHF 60.35n/a20
Oct ’26n/a
CHF 77.19
0%
9.19%CHF 86.13CHF 59.81n/a16
Sep ’26n/a
CHF 77.51
0%
8.89%CHF 86.54CHF 60.10CHF 71.5717
Aug ’26n/a
CHF 77.09
0%
8.51%CHF 83.73CHF 58.77CHF 76.8418
Jul ’26n/a
CHF 75.99
0%
9.24%CHF 85.08CHF 58.90CHF 77.0619
Jun ’26n/a
CHF 76.12
0%
9.14%CHF 86.18CHF 59.67n/a18
May ’26n/a
CHF 76.13
0%
8.74%CHF 86.28CHF 59.73n/a17
Apr ’26n/a
CHF 81.11
0%
7.86%CHF 91.99CHF 63.69n/a17
Mar ’26n/a
CHF 81.16
0%
7.90%CHF 93.30CHF 64.59n/a18
Feb ’26n/a
CHF 81.57
0%
8.30%CHF 94.71CHF 64.66n/a18
Jan ’26n/a
CHF 82.12
0%
8.33%CHF 93.46CHF 63.80n/a19
Dec ’25n/a
CHF 81.43
0%
8.02%CHF 92.25CHF 62.09n/a19
Nov ’25n/a
CHF 79.94
0%
8.02%CHF 90.54CHF 60.94n/a19
Oct ’25n/a
CHF 73.65
0%
9.38%CHF 82.08CHF 59.24n/a18
Sep ’25n/a
CHF 72.40
0%
9.18%CHF 81.31CHF 59.29n/a18
CHF 81.67
Fair Value
13.0% undervalued intrinsic discount
19
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/09/14 06:00
End of Day Share Price 2026/09/14 00:00
Earnings2026/06/30
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

The Southern Company is covered by 30 analysts. 17 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jacob KilsteinArgus Research Company
Daniel FordBarclays
Nicholas CampanellaBarclays