SO The Southern Company
Trend channel, buy level and 3-month target. Information only, not financial advice.
Inside the channel · 12-month channel going sideways
Price is between the lines.
- 2-year channel
- US$82.10 – US$101.82 · rising, +7% a year
- 12-month channel read from
- US$80.15 – US$99.82 · going sideways, +2% a year
- Price in channel
- 69% (0% = floor, 100% = ceiling)
- Ceiling overhead
- US$99.82
- Turns bearish below
- US$80.15
Price history, with the path projected 3 months forward
Updated 6:48 PM ET (27 h ago)
- Daily close
- Upper trend line (2 years)
- Lower trend line (2 years)
- The same lines over the last 12 months
- Dashed after today: projected 3 months
- Our buy
- Our target
Suggested path
Buy at or below
US$86.20
level as at 26 Nov 2026
Our target
US$96.54
by 9 Dec 2026
Projected move
12.0%
gross, before costs
Price is between our buy and target.
Target: SO's usual move size (12.0%), the best return per day on this path.
This move size: reached in 32% of 14 past stretches, typically in 83 days. (0.14% per day)
10 settled calls · 7 reached target (70%) · average best move 7.8%. See the full record.
- Upper line touches
- 11
- Lower line touches
- 4
- Fit confidence
- 63%
- Fitted
- 1 Nov 2026
Company information
About The Southern Company
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.
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Regulated Electric
- CEO
- Christopher C. Womack
- Employees
- 29,651
- Country
- US
Scorecard
Our own scores from the fundamentals below (not Morningstar ratings).
- Valuation
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- Profitability
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- Financial health
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- Cash generation
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Key statistics
- Market cap
- US$107.80B
- Enterprise value
- —
- Beta
- 0.30
- Avg volume
- 5.71M
- Revenue per share
- —
- Dividend yield
- —
- 52-week range
- 81.69-99.58
- Exchange
- NYSE
Key ratios
- P/E (TTM)
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- PEG
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- Price / sales
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- Price / book
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- EV / EBITDA
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- Gross margin
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- Operating margin
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- Net margin
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- Current ratio
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- Quick ratio
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- Debt / equity
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- Interest cover
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Income statement
Balance sheet
Cash flow
Trend lines are fitted to past swing highs and lows and may not continue. Information only, not financial advice.