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 50 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 U.S. and sells the electricity primarily under long-term contracts.
Employees: 28,600
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Funds holding %
of 7,425 funds
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Analysts bullish %
of 5 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
98% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 247 | Existing positions closed: 125
32% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $385M | Put options by funds: $291M
30% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 862 | Existing positions reduced: 664
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,983 [Q3] → 2,070 (+87) [Q4]
1.16% more ownership
Funds ownership: 66.84% [Q3] → 68.01% (+1.16%) [Q4]
5% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $65.8B [Q3] → $62.8B (-$3B) [Q4]
55% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 22 [Q3] → 10 (-12) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$85
7%
downside
Avg. target
$91
1%
downside
High target
$97
6%
upside
5 analyst ratings
0 positive
0%
5 neutral
100%
0 negative
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Barclays Nicholas Campanella 58% 1-year accuracy 46 / 80 met price target | 2%downside $90 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 22 Apr 2025 |
JP Morgan Jeremy Tonet 63% 1-year accuracy 25 / 40 met price target | 2%upside $94 | Neutral Upgraded | 8 Apr 2025 |
UBS Daniel Ford 71% 1-year accuracy 5 / 7 met price target | 6%upside $97 | Neutral Maintained | 21 Mar 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Stephen Byrd 56% 1-year accuracy 60 / 108 met price target | 1%downside $91 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 20 Mar 2025 |
Mizuho Anthony Crowdell 65% 1-year accuracy 13 / 20 met price target | 8%downside $85 | Neutral Maintained | 3 Feb 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 19 articles about SO published over the past 30 days
Neutral
PRNewsWire
7 hours ago
Georgia Power names Audrey King & Cleve Fann to key leadership roles
Strategic moves support company's commitment to citizenship, continued investments in the grid across the state ATLANTA , April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power, the state's leading electric utility serving 2.8 million customers, has named Audrey King as senior vice president of Corporate Responsibility, and president and CEO of the Georgia Power Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) and Georgia's third-largest corporate giving foundation which provided support for more than 400 organizations statewide in 2024 alone. In her new role, she will lead efforts to advance corporate responsibility, philanthropy, community engagement and volunteerism across the state, focusing on education, the environment and empowering Georgia communities.
Neutral
24/7 Wall Street
12 hours ago
Better Dividend Stock: Dominion Energy (D) Vs. Southern Co. (SO)
Having to choose between dividend paying stocks is one of those good problems to have.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 day ago
ALABAMA POWER ELECTS TURNER VICE PRESIDENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. , April 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alabama Power Board of Directors has elected Stacey Turner vice president of the company's Environmental Affairs organization, effective immediately.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 days ago
Exploring Analyst Estimates for Southern Co. (SO) Q1 Earnings, Beyond Revenue and EPS
Beyond analysts' top -and-bottom-line estimates for Southern Co. (SO), evaluate projections for some of its key metrics to gain a better insight into how the business might have performed for the quarter ended March 2025.
Neutral
MarketBeat
5 days ago
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Neutral
PRNewsWire
6 days ago
Venessa Harrison elected to Southern Company Gas Board of Directors
ATLANTA , April 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company Gas today announced that Venessa Harrison, former president of AT&T's Southeast Coastal States, has been elected to the company's board of directors, effective April 24. As president of AT&T's South Coastal States, Harrison led transformational wireless and wireline deployment efforts for the company's critical infrastructure across Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, including the strategic direction of AT&T's network investment, public policy, economic development and community engagement activities throughout the region.
Positive
Zacks Investment Research
6 days ago
Southern Co. (SO) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth
Southern Co. (SO) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 week ago
Southern Company increases dividend for 24th consecutive year; annualized rate rises to $2.96 per share
ATLANTA , April 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company today announced it is increasing its dividend by 8 cents per share on an annualized basis to a rate of $2.96 per share. This marks the 77th consecutive year that Southern Company has paid a dividend on its common stock that is equal to or greater than the previous quarter.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 weeks ago
Georgia Natural Gas invites community to recycle electronics FREE at Lenox Square in honor of Earth Day, Saturday, April 26th
The company is celebrating 15 years of Earth Day leadership ATLANTA , April 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- This Earth Day, Atlanta residents and businesses can be environmental stewards by joining Georgia Natural Gas at Lenox Square to dispose of unwanted electronics responsibly. Georgia Natural Gas, Georgia's leading natural gas provider, along with partners Lenox Square, eWaste/ePlanet and 11Alive, invites the community to bring electronic waste in need of recycling to Lenox Square (outside of the Dining Pavilion), located at 3393 Peachtree Road NE in Atlanta, on Saturday, April 26, from 9 a.m.
Negative
The Motley Fool
2 weeks ago
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