SO · Southern Company (The)
$97.25
+0.31% last session
End-of-day data · updated 2026-07-28
Market cap
—
Enterprise value
$187B
Trailing P/E
24.7
Forward P/E
19.6
Dividend yield
3.0%
Beta
0.33
Avg volume
6M
Employees
30K
2D change
-0.79%
5D change
-0.12%
10D change
1.24%
30D change
-0.70%
60D change
4.81%
MTD change
1.43%
YTD change
12.43%
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 2026-07-27
Latest call per bank · past 12 months
JP Morgan
Neutral$104
+6.9% vs priceBarclays
Equal-Weight$98.00
+0.8% vs priceMorgan Stanley
Underweight$92.00
-5.4% vs priceWells Fargo
Equal-Weight$96.00
-1.3% vs priceUBS
Neutral$94.00
-3.3% vs priceJefferies
Neutral$93.00
-4.4% vs priceRBC Capital
Sector Perform$99.00
+1.8% vs priceRecent rating actions
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2026-04-21 | Morgan Stanley | Maintains | Underweight | $94.00 → $92.00 |
| 2026-04-21 | Truist Securities | Initiates | Hold | $0.00 → $103 |
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 2026-07-28
- RSI (14): RSI is 56 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
- Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 2.6% above the 50-day MA ($94.33).
- Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 5.3% above the 200-day MA ($91.87).
- 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 positive (+0.01) — short-term momentum is improving.
- 52-week range: Price is within 5% of the 52-week high ($98.30).
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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