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 $99.47, which forecasts a 5.25% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $92 and the highest is $112.

Price Target: $99.47 (+5.25%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$92	$99.47	$99	$112
Change	-2.66%	+5.25%	+4.75%	+18.51%

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	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	1	1
Buy	2	2	2	3	4	4
Hold	13	13	12	12	12	12
Sell	1	1	2	1	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	16	16	16	16	17	17

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Nicholas Campanella Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $88 → $99	Hold	Maintains	$88 → $99	+4.75%	Apr 10, 2026
Shelby Tucker TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Strong Buy Maintains $108 → $112	Strong Buy	Maintains	$108 → $112	+18.51%	Mar 6, 2026
Nicholas Amicucci Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Hold → Buy Upgrades $103 → $111	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$103 → $111	+17.45%	Mar 5, 2026
Sophie Karp Keybanc	Keybanc	Sell → Hold Upgrades n/a	Sell → Hold	Upgrades	n/a	n/a	Mar 4, 2026
Andrew Weisel Scotiabank	Scotiabank	Hold Maintains $101 → $103	Hold	Maintains	$101 → $103	+8.98%	Feb 20, 2026

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

31.81B

Increased by 7.62%

from 29.55B

Revenue Next Year

33.58B

Increased by 5.58%

from 31.81B

EPS This Year

4.71

Increased by 20.03%

from 3.92

EPS Next Year

5.07

Increased by 7.69%

from 4.71

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	23.11B	29.28B	25.25B	26.72B	29.55B	31.81B	33.58B
Revenue Growth	13.44%	26.68%	-13.75%	5.83%	10.59%	7.62%	5.58%
EPS	2.24	3.26	3.62	3.99	3.92	4.71	5.07
EPS Growth	-23.55%	45.54%	11.04%	10.22%	-1.75%	20.03%	7.69%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	20.09	18.65
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	28	26

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	33.5B	35.8B
Avg	31.8B	33.6B
Low	28.2B	29.6B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	13.5%	12.6%
Avg	7.6%	5.6%
Low	-4.7%	-7.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	4.85	5.21
Avg	4.71	5.07
Low	4.44	4.73

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	23.8%	10.7%
Avg	20.0%	7.7%
Low	13.3%	0.6%

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.