The Southern Company (SO)
NYSE: SO · Real-Time Price · USD
92.24
-1.04 (-1.11%)
At close: Aug 28, 2025, 4:00 PM
92.24
0.00 (0.00%)
After-hours: Aug 28, 2025, 4:13 PM EDT

The Southern Company Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 13 analysts that cover The Southern Company stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $94.92, which forecasts a 2.91% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $78 and the highest is $102.

Price Target: $94.92 (+2.91%)
Analyst Consensus: Hold
TargetLowAverageMedianHigh
Price$78$94.92$97$102
Change-15.44%+2.91%+5.16%+10.58%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for The Southern Company stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

RatingMar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25
Strong Buy332221
Buy222333
Hold7810998
Sell101111
Strong Sell000000
Total131315151513

Latest Forecasts

AnalystFirmRatingRatingActionPrice TargetUpsideDate
JP Morgan
JP Morgan
Hold
Maintains
$97$98
HoldMaintains$97$98+6.24%Aug 21, 2025
Scotiabank
Scotiabank
Buy
Maintains
$98$99
BuyMaintains$98$99+7.33%Aug 1, 2025
Mizuho
Mizuho
Hold
Maintains
$93$95
HoldMaintains$93$95+2.99%Aug 1, 2025
BMO Capital
BMO Capital
Buy
Maintains
$98$102
BuyMaintains$98$102+10.58%Jul 22, 2025
Barclays
Barclays
Hold
Maintains
$90$91
HoldMaintains$90$91-1.34%Jul 16, 2025
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
28.94B
from 26.72B
Increased by 8.30%
Revenue Next Year
30.30B
from 28.94B
Increased by 4.70%
EPS This Year
4.39
from 3.99
Increased by 10.08%
EPS Next Year
4.71
from 4.39
Increased by 7.32%
Fiscal YearFY 2020FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026
Period EndingDec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2026
Revenue
20.38B23.11B29.28B25.25B26.72B28.94B30.30B
Revenue Growth
-4.87%13.44%26.68%-13.75%5.83%8.30%4.70%
EPS
2.932.243.263.623.994.394.71
EPS Growth
-34.89%-23.55%45.54%11.04%10.22%10.08%7.32%
Forward PE
-----21.0019.57
No. Analysts
-----2223
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue20252026202720282029
High30.7B33.3B
Avg28.9B30.3B
Low25.2B25.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth20252026202720282029
High
14.9%
14.9%
Avg
8.3%
4.7%
Low
-5.8%
-13.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS20252026202720282029
High4.514.98
Avg4.394.71
Low4.134.41

EPS Growth

EPS Growth20252026202720282029
High
13.0%
13.3%
Avg
10.1%
7.3%
Low
3.4%
0.4%
Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.