The Southern Company SO
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At close · Oct 30
After hours · Oct 30, 6:50 PM ET
- YTD
- +7.47%
- 1 year
- -1.43%
- Open
- 93.99
- Prev close
- 92.99
- Mkt cap
- 107.80B
- Vol
- 6.07M
- Avg vol
- 5.99M
- EPS
- 4.15
- P/E
- 22.58
- Div yield
- 3.27%
More statistics
- Low
- 93.47
- High
- 94.33
- Forward P/E
- 19.14
- Beta
- 0.30
- Short ratio
- 4.49
- Inst. own
- 74.36%
- Dividend
- 3.04
- Ex-div date
- Nov 15, 2026
- Earnings
- Nov 5, 2026
- 50-d avg
- 87.74
- 200-d avg
- 92.41
- 1y target
- 95.90
Key statistics
- Market cap
- 108.35B
- Enterprise value
- 183.85B
- Trailing P/E
- 22.70
- Forward P/E
- 19.14
- PEG ratio
- 2.20
- Price / sales
- 3.59
- Price / book
- 2.74
- EPS (TTM)
- 4.15
- Beta
- 0.30
- Dividend yield
- 3.27%
- Payout ratio
- 71.81%
- Profit margin
- 15.43%
- Revenue (TTM)
- 30.18B
- Revenue growth
- 0.10%
- Free cash flow
- -3.91B
- Total cash
- 2.98B
- Total debt
- 77.09B
- Return on equity
- 11.48%
- Shares outstanding
- 1.15B
- Short % of float
- 2.56%
- 50-day average
- 87.74
- 200-day average
- 92.41
Analyst view
Consensus: hold
- Target (low)
- 74.00
- Target (mean)
- 95.90
- Target (high)
- 112.00
- Strong buy1
- Buy7
- Hold13
- Sell2
- Strong sell1
Next earnings
Nov 5, 2026
Expected Nov 5, 2026. Consensus EPS estimate 1.71.
Financials — quick view
Earnings
| Report date | Quarter ending | EPS estimate | EPS reported | Surprise | Surprise % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | 1.71 | — | — | — |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | 1.01 | 1.13 | +0.12 | +11.88% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | 1.21 | 1.32 | +0.11 | +9.09% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | 0.558 | 0.55 | -0.01 | -1.43% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | 1.51 | 1.60 | +0.09 | +5.96% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | 0.875 | 0.91 | +0.04 | +4.00% |
Upgrades / downgrades
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | HSBC | init | — | Buy |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | main | Underweight | Underweight |
| Oct 20, 2026 | Jefferies | main | Hold | Hold |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Barclays | main | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Truist Securities | main | Hold | Hold |
| Oct 13, 2026 | JP Morgan | main | Neutral | Neutral |
About The Southern Company
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the sale of electricity. The company offers electric service to retail customers and wholesale customers; and energy-related products and services to natural gas choice markets. It also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, operates, and manages power generation assets, as well as battery energy storage projects; sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market; and deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, and utility customers. In addition, the company is involved in the distribution of natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee; distributes energy and resilience solutions; and invests in telecommunications. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Utilities - Regulated Electric
- Country
- United States
- Website
- southerncompany.com
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Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock Inc. | 8.08% | 92,990,716 | 8.76B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 6.40% | 73,665,124 | 6.94B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| State Street Corporation | 5.63% | 64,809,708 | 6.10B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Capital World Investors | 5.43% | 62,518,698 | 5.89B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc | 4.03% | 46,415,904 | 4.37B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 2.85% | 32,778,201 | 3.09B | Jun 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 3.11% | 35,818,373 | 3.37B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund | 2.54% | 29,223,029 | 2.75B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRUST-State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF | 1.77% | 20,357,048 | 1.92B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Income Fund of America | 1.63% | 18,795,587 | 1.77B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1.33% | 15,328,465 | 1.44B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Fidelity Concord Street Trust-Fidelity 500 Index Fund | 1.27% | 14,633,379 | 1.38B | Aug 30, 2026 |