Southern Co - Detailed Introduction, Company Background, Business Scope, Financial Data, and Market Performance

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The Southern Company is an energy provider. The Company owns three traditional electric operating companies, Southern Power Company and Southern Company Gas. The traditional electric operating companies - Alabama Power, Georgia Power and Mississippi Power - are each operating public utility companies providing electric service to retail customers in three Southeastern states in addition to wholesale customers in the Southeast. The Southern Power Company develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects, and sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market. The Southern Company Gas is an energy services holding company whose primary business is the distribution of natural gas in four states - Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee - through the natural gas distribution utilities. Southern Company Gas is also involved in several other businesses that are complementary to the distribution of natural gas.

Southern Co Info

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Ticker SymbolSO

Company nameSouthern Co

IPO dateSep 30, 1949

CEOMr. Anthony L. Wilson

Number of employees28600

Security typeOrdinary Share

Fiscal year-endSep 30

Address30 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd., N.W.

CityATLANTA

Stock exchangeNYSE Consolidated

CountryUnited States of America

Postal code30308

Phone14045065000

Websitehttps://www.southerncompany.com/

Ticker SymbolSO

IPO dateSep 30, 1949

CEOMr. Anthony L. Wilson

Company Executives of Southern Co

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Name

Name/Position

Position

Shareholding

Change

Mr. Martin Bernard Davis

Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer

102.09K

-1.09%

Ms. Kimberly S. (Kim) Greene

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Georgia Power

93.66K

-12.32%

Mr. Bryan D. Anderson

Executive Vice President, President - External Affairs

51.45K

-10.76%

Mr. David P. Poroch

Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

39.90K

+14.10%

Mr. Christopher (Chris) Cummiskey

Executive Vice President

34.82K

-26.16%

Ms. Sloane N. Drake

Chief Human Resources Officer, Executive Vice President

24.46K

+3.20%

Ms. Shantella E. Cooper

Independent Director

19.90K

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Mr. John D. (Johnny) Johns, J.D.

Independent Director

730.00

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Mr. David J. Grain

Independent Director

500.00

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Mr. Christopher C. (Chris) Womack

Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

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Name

Name/Position

Position

Shareholding

Change

Mr. Martin Bernard Davis

Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer

102.09K

-1.09%

Ms. Kimberly S. (Kim) Greene

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Georgia Power

93.66K

-12.32%

Mr. Bryan D. Anderson

Executive Vice President, President - External Affairs

51.45K

-10.76%

Mr. David P. Poroch

Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

39.90K

+14.10%

Mr. Christopher (Chris) Cummiskey

Executive Vice President

34.82K

-26.16%

Ms. Sloane N. Drake

Chief Human Resources Officer, Executive Vice President

24.46K

+3.20%

Revenue Breakdown

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By Business

By Region

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Shareholding Stats

Updated: Tue, Aug 19

Shareholders

Shareholder Types

Shareholders

Proportion

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

9.54%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

5.93%

State Street Investment Management (US)

5.37%

JP Morgan Asset Management

4.38%

Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.

2.36%

Other

72.41%

Shareholders

Proportion

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

9.54%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

5.93%

State Street Investment Management (US)

5.37%

JP Morgan Asset Management

4.38%

Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.

2.36%

Other

72.41%

Shareholder Types

Shareholders

Proportion

Investment Advisor

42.29%

Investment Advisor/Hedge Fund

19.39%

Research Firm

2.89%

Pension Fund

2.07%

Bank and Trust

2.05%

Hedge Fund

1.29%

Sovereign Wealth Fund

1.27%

Insurance Company

0.16%

Individual Investor

0.11%

Other

28.48%

Institutional Shareholding

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Updated: Wed, Oct 1

Reporting Period

No. of institutions

Shares Held

Proportion

Change

2025Q3

3162

786.24M

71.47%

-6.07M

2025Q2

3164

787.56M

71.59%

-5.23M

2025Q1

3188

788.00M

71.70%

-4.18M

2024Q4

3098

782.05M

71.30%

-8.56M

2024Q3

2951

777.92M

71.00%

-368.62K

2024Q2

2884

768.78M

70.24%

+15.16M

2024Q1

2851

740.38M

67.72%

+1.51M

2023Q4

2820

725.02M

66.46%

-1.81M

2023Q3

2710

714.37M

65.50%

-9.61M

2023Q2

2689

713.25M

65.41%

-18.47M

Shareholder Activity

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Name

Shares Held

Proportion

Change

Chg %

Date

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

104.94M

9.54%

+1.67M

+1.61%

Jun 30, 2025

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

65.26M

5.93%

+1.08M

+1.68%

Jun 30, 2025

State Street Investment Management (US)

59.12M

5.37%

+718.01K

+1.23%

Jun 30, 2025

JP Morgan Asset Management

48.21M

4.38%

+3.77M

+8.49%

Jun 30, 2025

Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.

26.01M

2.36%

+241.57K

+0.94%

Jun 30, 2025

Capital International Investors

25.89M

2.35%

+120.04K

+0.47%

Jun 30, 2025

Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC

22.12M

2.01%

-3.23M

-12.74%

Jun 30, 2025

MFS Investment Management

20.06M

1.82%

-828.39K

-3.97%

Jun 30, 2025

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

15.92M

1.45%

+2.65M

+19.96%

Jun 30, 2025

Franklin Advisers, Inc.

13.82M

1.26%

-870.44K

-5.93%

Jun 30, 2025

Related ETFs

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Updated: Mon, Oct 6

Name

Proportion

Proshares Ultra Utilities

7.86%

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund

7.85%

Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF

7.06%

iShares U.S. Utilities ETF

6.75%

Direxion Daily Utilities Bull 3X Shares

6.12%

iShares Global Utilities ETF

5.11%

Franklin Income Equity Focus ETF

5.02%

Monarch Blue Chips Core ETF

4.09%

Global X US Electrification ETF

3.51%

Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight Utilities ETF

3.16%

Proshares Ultra Utilities

Proportion7.86%

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund

Proportion7.85%

Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF

Proportion7.06%

iShares U.S. Utilities ETF

Proportion6.75%

Direxion Daily Utilities Bull 3X Shares

Proportion6.12%

iShares Global Utilities ETF

Proportion5.11%

Franklin Income Equity Focus ETF

Proportion5.02%

Monarch Blue Chips Core ETF

Proportion4.09%

Global X US Electrification ETF

Proportion3.51%

Invesco S&P 500® Equal Weight Utilities ETF

Proportion3.16%

Dividend

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A total of 14.36B USD has been distributed in dividends over the past 5 years.

Date

Dividend

Record Date

Payment Date

Ex-dividend Date

Jan 28, 2025

SO.NB Interim Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.72 paid on Mar 06, 2025 going ex on Feb 18, 2025

Feb 18, 2025

Mar 06, 2025

Feb 18, 2025

Oct 15, 2024

SO.NB Final Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.72 paid on Dec 06, 2024 going ex on Nov 18, 2024

Nov 18, 2024

Dec 06, 2024

Nov 18, 2024

Jul 15, 2024

SO.NB Interim Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.72 paid on Sep 06, 2024 going ex on Aug 19, 2024

Aug 19, 2024

Sep 06, 2024

Aug 19, 2024

Apr 22, 2024

SO.NB Interim Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.72 paid on Jun 06, 2024 going ex on May 17, 2024

May 20, 2024

Jun 06, 2024

May 17, 2024

Jan 18, 2024

SO.NB Interim Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.7 paid on Mar 06, 2024 going ex on Feb 16, 2024

Feb 20, 2024

Mar 06, 2024

Feb 16, 2024

Oct 16, 2023

SO.NB Final Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.7 paid on Dec 06, 2023 going ex on Nov 17, 2023

Nov 20, 2023

Dec 06, 2023

Nov 17, 2023

Jul 17, 2023

SO.NB Interim Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.7 paid on Sep 06, 2023 going ex on Aug 18, 2023

Aug 21, 2023

Sep 06, 2023

Aug 18, 2023

Apr 17, 2023

SO.NB Interim Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.7 paid on Jun 06, 2023 going ex on May 12, 2023

May 15, 2023

Jun 06, 2023

May 12, 2023

Jan 20, 2023

SO.NB Interim Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.68 paid on Mar 06, 2023 going ex on Feb 17, 2023

Feb 21, 2023

Mar 06, 2023

Feb 17, 2023

Oct 18, 2022

SO.NB Final Cash Dividend of gross USD 0.68 paid on Dec 06, 2022 going ex on Nov 18, 2022

Nov 21, 2022

Dec 06, 2022

Nov 18, 2022

Stock Split

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Type

Ratio

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