The Southern Company (NYSE:SO) is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, serving approximately 8.7 million electric and gas customers across the Southeast. Founded in 1945 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company has grown through strategic acquisitions and organic expansion to become a dominant regional utility provider. Southern Company operates through regulated electric and gas utilities in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and the Carolinas, while also maintaining wholesale power generation assets and natural gas pipeline operations. The company has been at the forefront of nuclear power development, recently completing the first new nuclear units built in the United States in over 30 years with its Vogtle Units 3 and 4 project.
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Key dataSep 18, 2026
Open$16.29
From 52W high−16.89%
Volume57003.00
Market cap$17.91B
P/E (TTM)3.9x
P/S (TTM)0.6x
Div yield3.24%
Key dataSep 18, 2026
Open
$16.29
From 52W high
−16.89%
Volume
57003.00
Market cap
$17.91B
ValuationView details →
P/E (Fwd)
3.5x
EV/EBITDA
6.7x
P/E (TTM)
3.9x
RSI (14)
55.1
MomentumView details →
1D Return
+0.06%
YTD Return
−8.43%
SummaryUpdated Jun 1, 2026
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