SO Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Southern Company | NYSE:SO)

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 46 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.

What symbol and exchange does Southern Company shares trade?

Southern Company trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol SO.

What is Southern Company stock price doing today?

As of May 1, 2026, SO stock price climbed to $96.71 with 6,368,598 million shares trading.

What is Southern Company's Beta?

SO has a beta of -0.14, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. SO has a correlation of 0.02 to the broad based SPY ETF.

How much is Southern Company worth?

SO has a market cap of $108.26 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

How much money does Southern Company make?

Last quarter Southern Company reported $8 billion in Revenue and $1.32 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $288 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.11.

What is the highest and lowest price Southern Company traded in the last 3 year period?

In the last 3 years, SO traded as high as $100.84 and as low as $61.56.

What are the top ETFs holding Southern Company?

The top ETF exchange traded funds that SO belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, XLU, IVV, SPY.

Is Southern Company (SO) a good investment?

SO has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of +9.0%, while SPY returned +30.4%. This shows that you would have done better investing in the overall market (through SPY) over the last year than in SO shares. However, SO has outperformed the market in the last 3 month and 2 week periods, returning +9.1% and +2.3%, while SPY returned +4.4% and +1.5%, respectively. This indicates SO has been having a stronger performance recently.

What are the support and resistance levels for Southern Company (SO)?

SO support price is $95.60 and resistance is $97.81 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that SO shares will trade within this expected range on the day.