The Southern Company (SO)

The Southern Company Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 13 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for The Southern Company stock have an average target of 93.54, with a low estimate of 85 and a high estimate of 99. The average target predicts an increase of 6.56% from the current stock price of 87.78.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$85	$93.54	$94	$99
Change	-3.17%	+6.56%	+7.09%	+12.78%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for The Southern Company stock from 14 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25	Apr '25	May '25
Strong Buy	3	3	3	3	3	2
Buy	3	3	3	2	2	2
Hold	8	8	7	7	8	10
Sell	1	1	1	1	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	15	15	14	13	13	14

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Neil Kalton Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $95 → $99	Hold	Maintains	$95 → $99	+12.78%	May 2, 2025
Shahriar Pourreza Guggenheim	Guggenheim	Hold Reiterates $93	Hold	Reiterates	$93	+5.95%	May 2, 2025
Durgesh Chopra Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Hold Maintains $90 → $94	Hold	Maintains	$90 → $94	+7.09%	May 2, 2025
Nicholas Campanella Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $83 → $90	Hold	Maintains	$83 → $90	+2.53%	Apr 22, 2025
Jeremy Tonet JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Sell → Hold Upgrades $94	Sell → Hold	Upgrades	$94	+7.09%	Apr 8, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

28.24B

Increased by 5.68%

from 26.72B

Revenue Next Year

29.35B

Increased by 3.94%

from 28.24B

EPS This Year

4.41

Increased by 10.64%

from 3.99

EPS Next Year

4.71

Increased by 6.65%

from 4.41

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	20.38B	23.11B	29.28B	25.25B	26.72B	28.24B	29.35B	30.45B
Revenue Growth	-4.87%	13.44%	26.68%	-13.75%	5.83%	5.68%	3.94%	3.73%
EPS	2.93	2.24	3.26	3.62	3.99	4.41	4.71	5.03
EPS Growth	-34.89%	-23.55%	45.54%	11.04%	10.22%	10.64%	6.65%	6.82%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	19.88	18.64	17.45
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	23	23	18

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	30.2B	32.0B	33.9B
Avg	28.2B	29.4B	30.4B
Low	24.7B	25.3B	25.4B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	13.0%	13.4%	15.4%
Avg	5.7%	3.9%	3.7%
Low	-7.5%	-10.3%	-13.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	4.62	5.01	5.43
Avg	4.41	4.71	5.03
Low	4.16	4.41	4.56

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	15.8%	13.5%	15.3%
Avg	10.6%	6.7%	6.8%
Low	4.1%	-0.1%	-3.2%

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.