The Southern Company SO
Nov 5, 2026, 1:26 PM EST
- YTD
- +8.50%
- 1 year
- +3.51%
- Market cap
- 108.82B
- Revenue (ttm)
- 30.18B
- Profit margin
- 15.43%
- EPS (ttm)
- 4.15
- Shares out
- 1.15B
- P/E ratio
- 22.79
- Forward P/E
- 18.94
- Dividend
- 3.04 (3.21%)
- Ex-dividend date
- Nov 15, 2026
- YTD return
- +8.50%
- 1-year return
- +3.51%
- Volume
- 6.27M
- Avg volume
- 6.06M
- Open
- 94.24
- Previous close
- 93.12
- Day's range
- 93.53 – 95.72
- 52-week range
- 82.35 – 99.11
- Beta
- 0.29
- Analysts
- Hold
- Price target
- 95.90 (+1.4%)
- Earnings date
- Nov 5, 2026
2Y +5.83 (+6.57%)
Key statistics
- Enterprise value
- 184.72B
- PEG ratio
- 2.22
- Price / sales
- 3.55
- Price / book
- 2.71
- Dividend yield
- 3.24%
- Payout ratio
- 71.81%
- Revenue growth
- 0.10%
- Free cash flow
- -3.91B
- Total cash
- 2.98B
- Total debt
- 77.09B
- Return on equity
- 11.48%
- Short % of float
- 2.56%
- 50-day average
- 87.97
- 200-day average
- 92.49
Analyst view
Consensus: hold
- Target (low)
- 74.00
- Target (mean)
- 95.90
- Target (high)
- 112.00
- Strong buy1
- Buy7
- Hold12
- 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 | 8.66B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 6.40% | 73,665,124 | 6.86B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| State Street Corporation | 5.63% | 64,809,708 | 6.04B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Capital World Investors | 5.43% | 62,518,698 | 5.82B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc | 4.03% | 46,415,904 | 4.32B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 2.85% | 32,778,201 | 3.05B | Jun 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 3.11% | 35,818,373 | 3.34B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund | 2.54% | 29,223,029 | 2.72B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRUST-State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF | 1.77% | 20,357,048 | 1.90B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Income Fund of America | 1.63% | 18,795,587 | 1.75B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1.33% | 15,328,465 | 1.43B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Fidelity Concord Street Trust-Fidelity 500 Index Fund | 1.30% | 14,950,112 | 1.39B | Sep 29, 2026 |