Southern Company (The) Common Stock (SO)

About SO

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…

Sector

Utilities

Industry

Electric Utilities: Central

Employees

29,502

Website

www.southerncompany.com/

Fundamentals

1-day range

$87.88$89.53

Market cap

$106.91B

P/E (trailing)

22.87

P/E (forward)

17.92

EPS (trailing)

$4.15

Dividend yield

4.02%

Beta

0.29

Avg. volume

5.87M

Ex-dividend date

August 17, 2026

Dividend pay date

September 8, 2026

Forecasts

19 analyst ratings

Southern Company (The) Common Stock Competitors

Chosen by industry and closest market cap.

• SO

  Southern Company (The) Common Stock

  $88.24

  ▼ 0.91%
  Market cap $106.91BP/E 22.87
  $83.8$100.84
• CEG

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  $276.84

  ▼ 1.97%
  Market cap $98.86BP/E 28.49
  $228.63$412.7
• AEP

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  $122.29

  ▼ 0.34%
  Market cap $69.86BP/E 21.72
  $105.7$140.58
• VST

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  $137.1

  ▼ 1.94%
  Market cap $52.58BP/E 22.07
  $132.66$219.82
• DTE

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  $135.83

  ▼ 0.30%
  Market cap $29.49BP/E 22.05
  $126.23$155.75
• NRG

  NRG Energy Inc. Common Stock

  $111.17

  ▼ 2.83%
  Market cap $29.22BP/E 29.95
  $110.65$189.96
• CNP

  CenterPoint Energy Inc (Holding Co) Common Stock

  $39.23

  ▼ 0.15%
  Market cap $27.61BP/E 23.92
  $36.6$45.26

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  100 @ $94.28
• SMITH WILLIAM G JR · July 1, 2026 · Grant

  867 @ $95.12
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  100 @ $95.77
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  473 @ $95.12
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  473 @ $95.12
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  473 @ $95.12
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  802 @ $95.12
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  473 @ $95.12
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  854 @ $95.12
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  473 @ $95.12
• Anthony F. Earley Jr. · July 1, 2026 · Grant

  230 @ $95.12
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  473 @ $95.12
• MEADOR DAVID E · July 1, 2026 · Grant

  802 @ $95.12

Institutional Ownership

March 31, 2026

Total shares held

714.18M

Total value held

$64.34B

Institutional holders

2335