Benzinga · Aug 13, 2026
Truist Securities Maintains Hold on Southern, Lowers Price Target to $97
Truist Securities analyst Richard Sunderland maintains Southern (NYSE:SO) with a Hold and lowers the price target from $100 to $97.
NASDAQ · SO
The Southern Company
Utilities · Regulated Electric
$92.80
Up+$0.01 (+0.01%)
Updated Aug 16, 2026, 9:47 AM
SID Score
5.6/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 93.18B
- P/E ratio
- 20.94
- Dividend yield
- 3.17%
- 52-week range
- $83.80 – $99.58
- Volume
- 4.19M
- Avg. volume
- 6.55M
Price performance
SO price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
SO closed at $92.80 after 20 trading sessions, down 1.76% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $92.80
- Period change
- -1.76%
- Period low
- $91.34
- Period high
- $97.25
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $92.59 | $93.3851 | $92.54 | $92.80 | 4.19M |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $92.82 | $93.005 | $92.44 | $92.79 | 3.45M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $91.76 | $92.59 | $91.7325 | $92.52 | 3.44M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $91.19 | $92.09 | $91.025 | $91.92 | 4.77M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $92.35 | $93.0088 | $91.05 | $91.34 | 5.05M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $92.20 | $93.59 | $91.745 | $92.69 | 7.71M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $94.02 | $94.2077 | $92.00 | $92.90 | 3.96M |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $93.50 | $94.4396 | $91.905 | $93.10 | 5.35M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $92.09 | $93.54 | $91.25 | $93.25 | 11.14M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $92.91 | $95.31 | $92.705 | $92.94 | 8.96M |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $93.89 | $95.27 | $93.23 | $94.54 | 5.58M |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $97.20 | $97.31 | $93.72 | $94.34 | 6.39M |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $97.29 | $97.65 | $95.7027 | $96.05 | 5.29M |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $97.29 | $98.86 | $96.78 | $96.78 | 5.49M |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $96.85 | $98.06 | $96.30 | $96.48 | 4.64M |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $97.01 | $97.95 | $96.63 | $97.25 | 4.84M |
| Jul 23, 2026 | $95.01 | $96.67 | $94.84 | $96.60 | 4.47M |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $94.81 | $95.85 | $94.40 | $95.80 | 4.51M |
| Jul 21, 2026 | $94.01 | $94.4432 | $93.21 | $93.85 | 4.62M |
| Jul 20, 2026 | $95.77 | $96.3781 | $94.45 | $94.46 | 4.96M |
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Company profile
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 44 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.
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- Consensus
- Hold
- Average target
- $97.60
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 16
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | Truist Securities | Hold | — |
| Jul 27, 2026 | BMO Capital | Outperform | — |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Keybanc | Underweight | — |
| Jul 22, 2026 | BMO Capital | Outperform | — |
| Jul 16, 2026 | JP Morgan | Neutral | — |
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Yahoo · Aug 12, 2026
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