Form 8-K · Current report
Southern Company 8-K, filed Nov 5, 2026
- Filed
- CIK
- 0000092122
- Accession no.
- 0000092122-26-000071
Summary
Southern Company reported third-quarter 2026 earnings of $2.0 billion, or $1.77 per share, compared with $1.7 billion, or $1.55 per share, a year earlier, as operating revenues rose 13.0% to $8.8 billion. Excluding items including accelerated depreciation from wind repowering, debt extinguishment costs and a loss on disallowed Nicor Gas capital investments, adjusted earnings were $2.2 billion, or $1.94 per share.
Key points
- Nine-month 2026 earnings were $4.6 billion, or $4.02 per share, versus $3.9 billion, or $3.56 per share, for the same period in 2025; nine-month operating revenues were $24.2 billion, up 7.3%.
- Third-quarter adjusted earnings drivers included warmer weather, increased usage and customer growth, higher revenue from large commercial and industrial customers and higher Southern Power earnings, partly offset by higher non-fuel operating expenses, taxes other than income taxes and dilution from additional shares outstanding.
- The company recorded an estimated loss at Southern Company Gas tied to Nicor Gas capital investments disallowed by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
- CEO Chris Womack said the Southeast is growing at a pace he called unprecedented and transformational, and that Southern Company is positioned to serve the demand.
- A financial analyst call was scheduled for 1 p.m. Eastern with Womack and CFO David P. Poroch.
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Items reported
- 2.02Results of Operations and Financial Condition
From the filing
Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibits attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section. Furthermore, such information, including the exhibits attached hereto, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. …
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