The Southern Company (SO)

The Southern Company Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 16 analysts that cover The Southern Company stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $94.03, which forecasts a 5.84% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $76 and the highest is $103.

Price Target: $94.03 (+5.84%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$76	$94.03	$94	$103
Change	-14.45%	+5.84%	+5.81%	+15.94%

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

Rating	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26
Strong Buy	1	1	1	0	0	0
Buy	3	3	2	2	2	2
Hold	8	8	12	13	13	12
Sell	1	1	1	1	1	2
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	13	13	16	16	16	16

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Shahriar Pourreza Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold → Sell Downgrades $97 → $84	Hold → Sell	Downgrades	$97 → $84	-5.45%	Jan 20, 2026
Nicholas Campanella Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $91 → $88	Hold	Maintains	$91 → $88	-0.95%	Jan 15, 2026
Daniel Ford UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $98 → $94	Hold	Maintains	$98 → $94	+5.81%	Dec 17, 2025
Julien Dumoulin-Smith Jefferies	Jefferies	Hold Maintains $104 → $93	Hold	Maintains	$104 → $93	+4.68%	Dec 15, 2025
Jeremy Tonet JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $104 → $93	Hold	Maintains	$104 → $93	+4.68%	Dec 15, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

29.40B

Increased by 10.01%

from 26.72B

Revenue Next Year

30.92B

Increased by 5.16%

from 29.40B

EPS This Year

4.42

Increased by 10.79%

from 3.99

EPS Next Year

4.72

Increased by 6.67%

from 4.42

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	20.38B	23.11B	29.28B	25.25B	26.72B	29.40B	30.92B
Revenue Growth	-4.87%	13.44%	26.68%	-13.75%	5.83%	10.01%	5.16%
EPS	2.93	2.24	3.26	3.62	3.99	4.42	4.72
EPS Growth	-34.89%	-23.55%	45.54%	11.04%	10.22%	10.79%	6.67%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	20.10	18.84
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	27	27

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	31.7B	33.9B
Avg	29.4B	30.9B
Low	26.1B	27.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	18.5%	15.5%
Avg	10.0%	5.2%
Low	-2.5%	-7.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	4.54	4.92
Avg	4.42	4.72
Low	4.17	4.40

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	13.7%	11.4%
Avg	10.8%	6.7%
Low	4.4%	-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.