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Southern Company (SO)

Southern Company (SO)
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Market News and Commentary

What You Need to Know Ahead of Southern Company's Earnings Release

Valued at a market cap of $97.9 billion, The Southern Company (SO) is a utility company that generates, transmits, and distributes electricity. The Atlanta, Georgia-based company is scheduled to announce its fiscal Q4 earnings for 2025 before the market opens on Thursday, Feb. 19.

Ahead of this event, analysts expect this utility company to report a profit of $0.58 per share, up 16% from $0.50 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has surpassed Wall Street’s bottom-line estimates in three of the last four quarters, while missing on another occasion. Its earnings of $1.60 per share in the previous quarter topped the...

Fundamentals

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  • Market Capitalization, $K 97,888,232
  • Shares Outstanding, K 1,101,105
  • Annual Sales, $ 26,724 M
  • Annual Income, $ 4,401 M
  • EBIT $ 12,675 M
  • EBITDA $ 17,941 M
  • 60-Month Beta 0.46
  • Price/Sales 3.40
  • Price/Cash Flow 10.02
  • Price/Book 2.55

Options Overview Details

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  • Implied Volatility 18.55% (-2.35%)
  • Historical Volatility 14.56%
  • IV Percentile 43%
  • IV Rank 23.70%
  • IV High 31.56% on 04/07/25
  • IV Low 14.51% on 08/18/25
  • Expected Move (DTE 3) 1.22 (1.37%)
  • Put/Call Vol Ratio 0.21
  • Today's Volume 3,972
  • Volume Avg (30-Day) 3,327
  • Put/Call OI Ratio 0.77
  • Today's Open Interest 104,837
  • Open Int (30-Day) 96,985
  • Expected Range 87.68 to 90.12

Analyst Rating / Earnings Estimates

Current Rating
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Hold
Based on 24 analysts offering recommendations.
Earnings Estimates - Current Qtr 12/31/25
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  • Average Estimate 0.58
  • Number of Estimates 6
  • High Estimate 0.67
  • Low Estimate 0.51
  • Prior Year 0.50
  • Growth Rate Est. (year over year) +16.00%

Price Performance

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Period Period Low Period High Performance
1-Month
84.84 +4.78%
on 12/22/25
89.40 -0.56%
on 01/16/26
+3.19 (+3.72%)
since 12/16/25
3-Month
83.80 +6.09%
on 12/10/25
99.15 -10.34%
on 10/17/25
-9.53 (-9.68%)
since 10/16/25
52-Week
82.05 +8.35%
on 01/24/25
100.83 -11.84%
on 10/16/25
+5.01 (+5.97%)
since 01/16/25

Most Recent Stories

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What You Need to Know Ahead of Southern Company's Earnings Release

Southern Company is all set to announce its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings next month, and analysts project a double-digit earnings growth.

XLU : 43.39 (-0.50%)
$SPX : 6,940.01 (-0.06%)
SO : 88.90 (+0.14%)
Southern Company fourth-quarter 2025 earnings to be released February 19

ATLANTA , Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company plans to release its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2025 by 7:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, February 19, 2026.

SO : 88.90 (+0.14%)
Georgia marks 50 years of clean, reliable nuclear energy

Plant Hatch entered commercial service in December 1975; Nuclear plants serve as bedrock of state's energy mix with an average capacity factor of 94% over the last decade

SO : 88.90 (+0.14%)
This ETF Will Benefit From Americans' Higher Energy Bills

Electric bills are up 13% since President Trump took office. That’s bad news for the average American but good news for utilities investors.

XLU : 43.39 (-0.50%)
FXU : 46.50 (+0.39%)
CEG : 307.71 (-9.82%)
UGI : 37.52 (+0.11%)
SO : 88.90 (+0.14%)
AEP : 119.96 (+0.47%)
NEE : 83.63 (+1.75%)
Georgia Natural Gas® Donates $250,000 to the Heating Energy Assistance Team to Help Keep Georgians Safe and Warm this Winter

ATLANTA , Dec. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --  Georgia Natural Gas® (GNG)  recently presented a $250,000 grant to the Heating Energy Assistance Team, Inc. (HEAT) to support Atlanta and communities...

SO : 88.90 (+0.14%)
Georgia regulators approve huge electric generation increase for data centers

Georgia's only private electric utility will spend more than $16 billion to boost its power capacity by 50%

SO : 88.90 (+0.14%)
Georgia PSC approves plan to deliver savings for electric customers, meet energy demands of a growing state

Plan will deliver estimated savings of approximately $102 per year for the typical residential customer; Growth continues to create thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars of positive economic...

SO : 88.90 (+0.14%)
Georgia Power and Atlanta Hawks expand HBCU Pathways program for fourth consecutive year

Partnership continues to empower HBCU students with paid internships and career opportunities; application window closes Jan. 16

SO : 88.90 (+0.14%)
Georgia Power receives turbine and generator for new Unit 9 at Plant Yates

  Progress continues on new Units 8 and 9 as expansion moves forward to meet Georgia's growing energy demand

SO : 88.90 (+0.14%)
Stipulated agreement reached to help keep electricity affordable and meet future energy demand in Georgia

Georgia PSC scheduled to vote on agreement this month to deliver estimated savings of approximately $102 per year for the typical residential customer

SO : 88.90 (+0.14%)

Barchart Technical Opinion

The Barchart Technical Opinion rating is a 64% Sell with a Weakening short term outlook on maintaining the current direction.

Long term indicators fully support a continuation of the trend.

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Business Summary

Atlanta, GA-based Southern Company is one of the largest utilities in the United States. The company deals with the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. Southern Company serves approximately nine million customers in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and other states,...

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Key Turning Points

3rd Resistance Point 90.69
2nd Resistance Point 90.05
1st Resistance Point 89.47
Last Price 88.90
1st Support Level 88.25
2nd Support Level 87.61
3rd Support Level 87.03

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52-Week High 100.83
Fibonacci 61.8% 93.66
Fibonacci 50% 91.44
Fibonacci 38.2% 89.23
Last Price 88.90
52-Week Low 82.05

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