Southern Company
About: Southern is one of the largest utilities in the US. The company serves 9 million customers with vertically integrated electric utilities in three states and natural gas distribution utilities in four states. It owns 44 gigawatts of rate-regulated generating capacity, primarily for serving customers in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Subsidiary Southern Power owns 13 gigawatts of natural gas generation and renewable energy across the US and sells the electricity primarily under long-term contracts.
Employees: 28,600
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Funds holding %
of 7,429 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 8 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
219% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $497M | Put options by funds: $156M
28% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 920 | Existing positions reduced: 717
3.12% more ownership
Funds ownership: 67.41% [Q1] → 70.53% (+3.12%) [Q2]
8% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 125 | Existing positions closed: 116
4% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $68B [Q1] → $70.7B (+$2.7B) [Q2]
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 2,173 [Q1] → 2,135 (-38) [Q2]
4% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 25 [Q1] → 24 (-1) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$90
3%
downside
Avg. target
$97
4%
upside
High target
$102
10%
upside
8 analyst ratings
4 positive
50%
4 neutral
50%
0 negative
0%
JP Morgan Jeremy Tonet | 5%upside $98 | Neutral Maintained | 21 Aug 2025 |
Scotiabank Andrew Weisel | 6%upside $99 | Sector Outperform Maintained | 1 Aug 2025 |
Mizuho Anthony Crowdell | 2%upside $95 | Neutral Maintained | 1 Aug 2025 |
BMO Capital James Thalacker | 10%upside $102 | Outperform Maintained | 22 Jul 2025 |
Barclays Nicholas Campanella | 2%downside $91 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 16 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 21 articles about SO published over the past 30 days
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 day ago
Southern Company Advances Hydro Fleet Modernization for the Future
SO's subsidiary, Georgia Power is upgrading its hydro fleet with major investments to boost efficiency, extend life and support Georgia's energy needs.
Positive
24/7 Wall Street
1 day ago
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Positive
The Motley Fool
2 days ago
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Neutral
PRNewsWire
3 days ago
Georgia Power continues hydro fleet modernization effort to serve a growing Georgia
National Hydropower Day on August 24 highlights importance of this reliable, renewable energy source ATLANTA , Aug. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- This Sunday, August 24, is National Hydropower Day – an annual celebration led by the National Hydropower Association and utilities across the country to recognize "hydropower's contributions to bolstering the nation's clean energy infrastructure and providing grid resiliency and reliability." Georgia Power's fleet of hydroelectric generating units is a source of emission-free energy, all licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) under the Federal Power Act (FPA), with some units serving the state of Georgia for over 100 years.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
4 days ago
Georgia Power, Friends of Georgia State Parks to celebrate Your State Parks Day on September 27
Georgians invited to register online today for annual event hosted by Friends to help care for state parks on National Public Lands Day ATLANTA , Aug. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power and Friends of Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites (Friends) are preparing to celebrate Your State Parks Day on September 27, an annual event hosted by Friends to help care for Georgia's state parks in celebration of National Public Lands Day. The event was created by Friends and has been supported by Georgia Power for the last several years with hundreds of Georgia Power employees helping clean up and beautify their local state parks through the program, primarily through the company's longstanding Citizens of Georgia Power employee volunteering organization.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 week ago
Southern's Subsidiary Installs Advanced Turbines at Plant Yates
SO's subsidiary, Georgia Power, teams up with Mitsubishi Power to install new gas turbines at Plant Yates, increasing energy output and providing jobs for locals.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 week ago
First new natural gas turbine delivered to Georgia Power's Plant Yates
Company's first new natural gas project in more than a decade will help meet growing energy demand; New Advanced Class Heavy Duty Mitsubishi Power turbines assembled in Savannah and delivered via rail and truck ATLANTA , Aug. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power, alongside Mitsubishi Power, announced today that it has received delivery of the first of three new state-of-the-art simple cycle gas combustion turbines at Plant Yates in Coweta County, Georgia, about an hour southwest of Atlanta. Assembled at Mitsubishi Power's Savannah Machinery Works facility, the turbine was transported to the site using both rail and truck, weighs nearly 350 tons, and is 50 feet long and 18 feet wide.
Positive
24/7 Wall Street
2 weeks ago
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Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
Here is What to Know Beyond Why Southern Company (The) (SO) is a Trending Stock
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Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 weeks ago
Valerie Montgomery Rice named to Georgia Power Board of Directors
ATLANTA , Aug. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power announced today that it has elected Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, FACOG, to the company's board of directors. Montgomery Rice currently serves as the president and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), an institution she has served since 2011.
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