SO · Southern Company (The)
$87.17
-0.66% last session
End-of-day data · close of 2026-09-11
Market cap
$101B
Enterprise value
$178B
Trailing P/E
21.1
Forward P/E
17.8
Dividend yield
3.0%
Beta
0.32
Avg volume
6M
Employees
30K
Daily Change %
-0.66%
5 Days Change
0.26%
10 Days Change
0.39%
30 Days Change
-3.10%
60 Days Change
-6.84%
Month to Day Change
0.28%
Year to Day Change
3.80%
Analyst Outlook
Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.
Technical Analysis
Analyst sentiment over time — SO
Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).
Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-08-21
Latest call per bank · past 12 months
Morgan Stanley
Underweight$89.00
+1.4% vs priceJP Morgan
Neutral$104
+18.5% vs priceBarclays
Equal-Weight$98.00
+11.7% vs priceWells Fargo
Equal-Weight$96.00
+9.4% vs priceUBS
Neutral$94.00
+7.1% vs priceJefferies
Neutral$93.00
+6.0% vs priceRBC Capital
Sector Perform$99.00
+12.8% vs priceRecent rating actions
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | Morgan Stanley | Maintains | Underweight | $92.00 → $89.00 |
| 2026-08-13 | Truist Securities | Maintains | Hold | $100 → $97.00 |
| 2026-07-27 | BMO Capital | Maintains | Outperform | $102 → $104 |
| 2026-07-23 | Keybanc | Downgrade | Sector Weight → Underweight | $0.00 → $79.00 |
| 2026-07-22 | BMO Capital | Maintains | Outperform | $105 → $102 |
| 2026-07-16 | JP Morgan | Maintains | Neutral | $101 → $104 |
| 2026-06-18 | Barclays | Maintains | Equal-Weight | $99.00 → $98.00 |
| 2026-05-29 | Truist Securities | Maintains | Hold | $103 → $100 |
Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.
Signal Summary as of 2026-09-11
- RSI (14): RSI is 33 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
- Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 5.5% below the 50-day MA ($92.25).
- Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 4.3% below the 200-day MA ($91.06).
- MA cross: The 50-day MA sits above the 200-day MA (golden-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points up.
- MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is negative (-0.04) — short-term momentum is fading.
- 52-week range: Price is within 10% of the 52-week low ($82.06).
SO Price Chart
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Fundamentals
About Southern Company (The)
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.
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