SO Overview

The Southern Company is an energy provider. The Company owns three traditional electric operating companies, Southern Power Company and Southern Company Gas. The traditional electric operating companies-Alabama Power, Georgia Power and Mississippi Power-are operating public utility companies providing electric service to retail customers in three Southeastern states in addition to wholesale customers in the Southeast. The Southern Power Company develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including battery energy storage projects, and sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market. The Southern Company Gas is an energy services holding company whose primary business is the distribution of natural gas in four states - Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, through the natural gas distribution utilities. Southern Company Gas is also involved in several other businesses that are complementary to the distribution of natural gas.

Wall Street analysts forecast SO stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SO is92.34 USD with a low forecast of 45.00 USD and a high forecast of 109.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.

Southern Co revenue for the last quarter amounts to 8.40B USD, increased 8.00

Southern Co. EPS for the last quarter amounts to 1.20 USD, decreased -0.83

Southern Co (SO) has 29800 emplpoyees as of June 19 2026.

Today SO has the market capitalization of 104.94B USD.