Southern Co. (SO) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.91 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of$0.87 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.09 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +4.60$1.2 per share when it actually produced earnings of $1.23, delivering a surprise of +2.5%.Over the last four quarters, the company h ...