Lobbying Update: $50,000 of SOUTHERN COMPANY lobbying was just disclosed

$50,000 of SOUTHERN COMPANY lobbying was just disclosed, from Q3 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.

This included lobbying on issues like:

"Issues related to energy policy, nuclear energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), permitting reform, and H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L.119-21). Issues related to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations and general environmental policy."

You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.

SO Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $SO stock 2 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $SO stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:

REPRESENTATIVE VAL T. HOYLE sold up to $15,000 on 09/23.
REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE purchased up to $15,000 on 08/28.

To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.

SO Insider Trading Activity

SO insiders have traded $SO stock on the open market 4 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 4 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $SO stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

KIMBERLY S, GREENE (Chairman, President & CEO, GPC) sold 13,158 shares for an estimated $1,250,010
CHRISTOPHER CUMMISKEY (EVP) sold 12,335 shares for an estimated $1,104,475
BRYAN D ANDERSON (EVP) sold 6,206 shares for an estimated $582,308
STERLING A JR. SPAINHOUR (EVP & CLO) sold 2,380 shares for an estimated $226,147

To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.

SO Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 1,028 institutional investors add shares of SO stock to their portfolio, and 846 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS added 7,981,421 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $732,933,890
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 5,379,090 shares (+8.5%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $493,961,834
FMR LLC removed 4,280,489 shares (-14.7%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $393,077,304
BLACKROCK, INC. added 2,823,251 shares (+3.3%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $259,259,139
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ added 2,659,780 shares (+17.9%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $244,247,597
NORGES BANK added 2,545,234 shares (+24.7%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $233,728,838
SOROBAN CAPITAL PARTNERS LP added 1,867,912 shares (+83.8%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $171,530,358

To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.

SO Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $SO in the last several months. We have seen 3 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 1 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

BMO Capital issued a "Outperform" rating on 07/22/2025
Raymond James issued a "Outperform" rating on 06/13/2025
Jefferies issued a "Buy" rating on 06/05/2025
Keybanc issued a "Underweight" rating on 05/14/2025

To track analyst ratings and price targets for SO, check out Quiver Quantitative's $SO forecast page.

SO Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $SO recently. We have seen 14 analysts offer price targets for $SO in the last 6 months, with a median target of $98.0.

Here are some recent targets:

Daniel Ford from UBS set a target price of $104.0 on 10/10/2025
Nicholas Amicucci from Evercore ISI Group set a target price of $103.0 on 10/07/2025
Andrew Weisel from Scotiabank set a target price of $99.0 on 10/03/2025
Stephen Byrd from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $92.0 on 09/25/2025
Jeremy Tonet from JP Morgan set a target price of $98.0 on 08/21/2025
Anthony Crowdell from Mizuho set a target price of $95.0 on 08/01/2025
James Thalacker from BMO Capital set a target price of $102.0 on 07/22/2025

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