The Southern Company (SO)
NYSE: SO · Real-Time Price · USD
94.39
-1.61 (-1.68%)
At close: Aug 5, 2025, 4:00 PM
94.86
+0.47 (0.50%)
After-hours: Aug 5, 2025, 7:49 PM EDT

Company Description

The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity.

The company develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee; operates, constructs, and maintains approximately 78,500 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities; and provides gas marketing services, as well as electric services to retail customers.

It also offers distributed energy and resilience solutions, and digital wireless communications and fiber optics services, as well as deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, utility customers.

The Southern Company was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Southern Company
The Southern Company logo
CountryUnited States
Founded1946
IndustryUtilities - Regulated Electric
SectorUtilities
Employees28,600
CEOChristopher Womack

Contact Details

Address:
30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
United States
Phone404 506 5000
Websitesoutherncompany.com

Stock Details

Ticker SymbolSO
ExchangeNYSE
Stock TypeCommon Stock
Fiscal YearJanuary - December
Reporting CurrencyUSD
CIK Code0000092122
CUSIP Number842587107
ISIN NumberUS8425871071
Employer ID58-0690070
SIC Code4911

Key Executives

NamePosition
James Y. Kerr IIChief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of Southern Company Gas
Kimberly Scheibe GreeneChairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Georgia Power
Christopher C. WomackChief Executive Officer, President and Chairman
Daniel S. TuckerExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Stanley W. Connally Jr.Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
David P. PorochComptroller and Chief Accounting Officer
Greg MacLeodDirector of Investor Relations
Sterling A. Spainhour Jr., J.D.Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Sloane N. DrakeExecutive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
William C. GranthamExecutive Vice President of Commercial Strategy

Latest SEC Filings

DateTypeTitle
Jul 31, 20258-KCurrent Report
Jul 31, 202510-QQuarterly Report
Jul 24, 2025SCHEDULE 13G/AFiling
Jul 23, 20258-KCurrent Report
Jul 22, 2025144Filing
Jul 18, 20258-K/A[Amend] Current report
Jul 11, 20258-KCurrent Report
Jul 1, 20258-KCurrent Report
Jun 27, 202511-KAnnual report of employee stock purchase, savings and similar plans
Jun 11, 2025144Filing