NYSE
87.00USD
-0.17 (-0.20%)
We have scored 54 news catalysts on The Southern Company (SO) over the past 12 months. The biggest single-day move next to one of them came Jul 5, 2026, when SO closed +3.0%: “IDU: Immediate And Lasting Catalysts For Energy Demand”. Coverage across the window leans positive (average ticker sentiment +0.45). Most of the impact sits in sector utilities and capex intensity.
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Market cap
100.1B
P/E
—
EPS
—
Beta
0.32
52W range
83.8-100.84
Day range
86.66–87.97
Open
87.72
Prev close
87.17
Volume
5.2M
Avg volume
5.8M
Dividend
3.00
IPO
1981-12-31
Analysts publish price targets on SO, and they disagree. Where the share price actually sits among them shows which of their arguments the market is buying — and which it is ignoring.
10 analyst price targets from $79 to $106
as of 2026-09-01
The market is 11% below the median target — more cautious than the analysts.
Daily OHLCV with SMA overlays and session pivots. Draw your levels and trendlines on it, or ask the AI analyst what the price is reacting to.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors, derived from what the news actually says about The Southern Company — not a sector bucket. Click an edge to see the articles that established the link.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors of The Southern Company, taken from what the news actually said about them rather than from a sector bucket. The count is how many articles established each link.
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The Southern Company operates as an energy utility, primarily involved in the production, transmission, and distribution of electricity. Its operations are segmented into Gas Distribution Operations, Gas Pipeline Investments, Wholesale Gas Services, and Gas Marketing Services. The company also undertakes the development, construction, acquisition, ownership, and management of various power generation assets, including renewable energy ventures, and supplies electricity to the wholesale market. Complementing its power business, it distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, while also offering gas marketing services, wholesale gas services, and managing gas pipeline investments. Its extensive portfolio of generating assets includes 30 hydroelectric, 24 fossil fuel, three nuclear, 13 combined cycle/cogeneration, 45 solar, 15 wind, one fuel cell, and four battery storage facilities. In terms of natural gas infrastructure, the company builds, operates, and maintains 76,289 miles of pipelines and 14 storage facilities with a total capacity of 157 billion cubic feet, delivering natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial clients. The Southern Company serves approximately 8.7 million electric and gas utility customers in total. Furthermore, it provides digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The company was founded in 1945 and maintains its corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
The reconstruction
The price sits at the 20th percentile of published models, leaning bearish against the analyst set and refusing to pay for the upside that three bull cases build from the data-center boom.
What the disagreement turns on
Whether Southern Company's data-center pipeline converts into regulated, rate-base additions that earn a authorized return, rather than remaining a speculative overhang; unit volume data from the gas and electric segments can track the physical delivery, but it cannot settle the regulatory and contractual terms.
The price pays for
It declines to pay for
Written by a language model from the published models, the reported segments and a reverse-DCF — not a recommendation, and not a house view.
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