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Southern Company (The) Series 2017B 5.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due December 1 2077 (SOJC) fair value

Real Estate · REIT - Residential · NYSE · United States
$18.32+0.22%
Market cap $21.8BUpdated Oct 24, 2026 · valuation updating
Our verdict
No fair value
We are missing the financial data our models need for this company. It will appear once the data arrives.
Not valued: the share count could not be verified against reported earnings.
ACCE opinionSouthern Company (The) Series 2017B 5.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due December 1 2077 (SOJC)
Fair value (2 models)
Not available
ACCE price target
$19.50
Rating
Not rated
Horizon
12 months
ACCE price target published on 18 Oct 2026, 01:52 CEST; previously $17.50 since 25 Sept 2026, 00:00 CEST.
Price used: $18.32 at the close on 23 Oct 2026, 22:00 CEST.
Fair value: the average of the applicable valuation models (discounted cash flow, multiples, residual income, dividend discount, shareholder yield), each run on the latest financial statements and the market price shown. Opinion columns (fair value, target, rating) are shown apart from the data. Full methodology: acceinvestments.com/data/how-we-value-stocks
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Data
ACCE score
18
out of 100
P/E
21.8x
forward 0.0x
1-year return
-20.1%
Dividend yield
12.58%

Southern Company (The) Series 2017B 5.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due December 1 2077 in four questions

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ACCE thesis

SOJC is a junior subordinated note issued by Southern Company, the Atlanta-based utility holding company, not a residential REIT, so the sector and industry tags in the data appear to be wrong and the thesis should be read against the security's actual profile. The notes pay a fixed 5.25% coupon and mature in December 2077, which makes them a long-dated, subordinated claim on a regulated utility parent rather than an equity play on housing. The provided data carries no revenue growth, margin, or forward earnings figures for this instrument, and its 19/100 score and 21.8B market cap describe the parent's scale, not the note's own economics. The reported trailing P/E of 21.9 is also a parent-level figure and says little about the note's credit or price behavior. Before any deeper work, the desk needs the note's current price and yield to maturity, the terms of deferral and call provisions, and the parent's credit ratings, since those drive the return and default risk here. On the data supplied, the case for a closer look rests on the parent's regulated cash flows, and the bond-specific features still need checking.

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 13, 2026
⚠ Investor warnings · 3 flagsAI-assisted·How I use AI
  • high
    Negative free cash flow
    FCF of -$3.59B indicates the company is burning cash rather than generating it, unsustainable for a debt instrument.
  • high
    ACCE score collapse
    Score fell 6 points in 90 days (30 to 24), now at 24/100. Quality and momentum metrics deteriorated sharply.
  • moderate
    Debt instrument valuation mismatch
    P/E 22.0 and zero profitability metrics suggest data misalignment for a junior subordinated note; subordinated debt ranks below senior claims.

AI research notes

AI-assisted·How I use AIWritten Oct 11, 2026 · figures from 2026-06-30 · prices to Oct 23, 2026
Why it could do well
  • The 12.4% dividend yield provides substantial current income to investors seeking regular cash returns.
  • Southern Company's 5-year revenue growth of 3.7% annually shows consistent business expansion over time.
  • A debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20 indicates conservative leverage and financial stability for the issuer.
Why it could disappoint
  • Negative free cash flow of 3.6 billion dollars in the last twelve months raises sustainability concerns.
  • A negative 16.5% free cash flow yield suggests the business is burning cash relative to market value.
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Recent performance

1 week
-1.5%
1 month
-1.8%
3 months
-9.0%
6 months
-16.0%
YTD
-15.2%
1 year
-20.1%

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Recommendation history, last 12 months

DateTypeNewPreviousPrice
18 Oct 2026, 01:52 CESTACCE price target$19.50$17.50$18.59
25 Sept 2026, 00:00 CESTACCE price target$17.50first publication$18.66
30 Jul 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$42.32$43.05$20.24
1 Jul 2026, 00:00 CESTFair value$43.05first publication$20.52

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Snapshot

Growth7Value30Quality19Momentum17Total18
Valuation
Trailing P/E
21.8x
Forward P/E
0.0x
PEG
no data
P/B
0.00x
EV / Revenue
0.0x
Book value/sh
no data
Enterprise value
$0
Profitability
ROE
0.0%
FCF yield
-16.48%
ROIC
3.2%
Health and risk
Debt / equity
2.09
Dividend yield
12.58%
Beta
no data

Price

-20.5% · 1Y

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Answered from Southern Company (The) Series 2017B 5.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due December 1 2077 fundamentals + recent valuations. Every number shows its source and date.

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 100% of peers
low 21.8x21.8xhigh 88.1x
ROEbetter than 0% of peers
low 0%0%high 8%
Div yieldbetter than 100% of peers
low 3.7%12.6%high 12.6%

Peers

Prices Oct 23, 2026
CompanyPriceFair valuevs fair valueP/EROEQualityScore
SOJC Southern Company (The) Series 2017B 5.25% Junior Subordinated Notes due December 1 2077$18.32--21.8x0.0%1918
EQR Equity Residential Common Shares of Beneficial Interest$63.66$5320% above28.7x8.0%8150
ESS Essex Property Trust Inc. Common Stock$278.35$21728% above43.3x7.7%7652
AVB AvalonBay Communities Inc. Common Stock$184.06$15320% above25.2x8.5%7648
INVH Invitation Homes Inc. Common Stock$27.54$1855% above24.6x7.0%7263
SUI Sun Communities Inc. Common Stock$120.24$9723% above88.1x1.7%5938
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. Common Stock$119.78$10514% above35.4x7.0%6948

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