SO — SOUTHERN CO

US Utilities Utilities equity mkt cap 103.1B
88.94 -2.72% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 84.08 · high 99.72

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Performance

1 day-2.72%
1 week-4.16%
1 month-7.93%
3 months-5.62%
6 months-5.68%
Year to date+2.02%
1 year-6.31%
3 years+30.58%
5 years+35.72%

Technicals

RSI 1424.3
vs 50-day avg-5.82%
vs 200-day avg-3.88%
Volatility 1y17.1%
Max drawdown 1y-15.68%
Avg volume 30d5.0M
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)3.28%
Paid last 12m3.0000
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2016-02-11

Measured signals that fired on SO

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-07Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-07Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-29Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-29Equal lows taken out
structure
-0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-07Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-01Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-06Spainhour Sterling A Jr.
EVP & CLO
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan3.3K94.02313.4K
2026-08-03Kim Matthew M.
Comptroller
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan10094.289.4K
2026-07-01Kim Matthew M.
Comptroller
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan10095.779.6K
2026-06-28Sena Peter P III
Chairman,President & CEO, SNC
Shares withheld for tax31697.1630.7K
2026-06-28Sena Peter P III
Chairman,President & CEO, SNC
Option exercise7120.000
2026-06-01Kim Matthew M.
Comptroller
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan10091.169.1K
2026-05-24WOMACK CHRISTOPHER C
Chairman, President & CEO
Shares withheld for tax3.4K94.55322.8K
2026-05-24WOMACK CHRISTOPHER C
Chairman, President & CEO
Option exercise7.7K0.000
2026-05-01Kim Matthew M.
Comptroller
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan10096.579.7K
2026-04-01Kim Matthew M.
Comptroller
Shares withheld for tax8296.947.9K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.8.7B90.4M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC6.9B71.5M
STATE STREET CORP6.1B63.0M
Capital World Investors5.4B56.2M
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO4.2B43.3M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC2.8B28.4M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC2.5B26.1M
FMR LLC2.2B22.9M
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC1.6B16.8M
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/1.5B15.6M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Latest SEC filings

formfiledperiod
42026-08-072026-08-06on EDGAR ↗
1442026-08-06on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-08-062026-08-03on EDGAR ↗
42026-08-042026-08-03on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-08-042026-08-03on EDGAR ↗
1442026-08-03on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-08-032026-08-03on EDGAR ↗
8-K2026-07-302026-07-30on EDGAR ↗

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d61.1% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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