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Southern Company (SO) Stock Slumps – What's Behind the Decline?

This morning we watched Southern drop -1.3% to a price of $93.84 per share. The Large-Cap Electric Utilities company is now trading -6.79% below its average target price of $100.67. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $75.0 to $114.0 per share for Southern, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

Southern's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 3.8%. The stock's short ratio is 7.37. At 0.09%, the company's rate of insider ownership does not indicate that management is heavily invested in the corporation.

Another number to watch is the company's rate of institutional share ownership, which now stands at 71.4%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding Southern.

Institutions Invested in Southern

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2025-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 105,904,243 $9,938,053,775
2025-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 8% 87,174,120 $8,180,419,101
2025-06-30 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 6% 68,964,026 $6,471,583,947
2025-06-30 State Street Corporation 5% 59,116,535 $5,547,495,427
2025-06-30 Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC 4% 48,147,000 $4,518,114,303
2025-06-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 26,006,919 $2,440,489,183
2025-06-30 Capital International Investors 2% 25,891,240 $2,429,633,866
2025-06-30 FMR, LLC 2% 24,741,464 $2,321,738,891
2025-09-30 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. 2% 19,810,199 $1,858,989,001
2025-06-30 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 2% 17,526,556 $1,644,691,950
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