SOJC - The Southern Company - Corporate Bond/Note (NYSE) - Share Price and News

The Southern Company - Corporate Bond/Note
US ˙ NYSE ˙ US8425874042

Overview
The Southern Company, based in the United States, operates chiefly in the energy sector, primarily focusing on electricity generation and distribution. It originates and manages a broad spectrum of projects across several states, emphasizing both fossil fuel and renewable energy sources like nuclear, wind, and solar power. Significant initiatives include the construction of advanced nuclear units at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Georgia, which are among the first new nuclear plants built in the U.S. in over 30 years. This engagement in diversified energy projects underlines Southern Company’s pivotal role in shaping the U.S. energy landscape while addressing future energy demands and sustainability concerns.
Basic Stats

The share price of The Southern Company - Corporate Bond/Note as of September 5, 2025 is $23.30 / share. This is an increase of 2.19% from the prior week.

The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of The Southern Company - Corporate Bond/Note from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.

For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.

Market Cap
EV
Shares Out. 1,100.05 MM
Earnings Date
EPS (TTM) 3.89
Dividend Yield 7.04 %
Ex-Dividend Date 2025-08-29
Borrow Rate 2.80
Short Shares Avail. 0.01 MM
Short Interest 0.11 MM
Short Float
Days to Cover 3.75 days
Risk Free Rate 4.17 %
Price Change (1 yr) -5.28 %
Volatility (1 yr) 0.11
Beta 0.20
Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) -0.87
Sortino Ratio (1 yr) -1.35
PE Ratio
Price/Book
Price/TBV
Book/Market
EBIT/EV
EBIT(3yr avg)/EV
ROA 0.03
ROE 0.12
ROIC 0.04
CROIC 0.00
OCROIC 0.09
Implied Volatility
Put/Call OI Ratio
Growth
Profitability
Quality Score
Value Score
Momentum Score
Stability (Low Vol) Score
Analyst Sentiment
Fund Sentiment
Insider Sentiment
Officer Sentiment
Dividend Score
QVM Score
Piotroski F-SCORE 6.00 /9
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target

The average one-year price target for The Southern Company - Corporate Bond/Note is $530.83. The forecasts range from a low of $467.21 to a high of $610.14. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.

Update Frequency: Monthly

Record Date Projection Date High Low Median Average
2025-04-03 2026-04-03 610.14 467.21 532.87 530.83
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades

This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for The Southern Company - Corporate Bond/Note. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.

The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
  • Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
  • Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
  • Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.

When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.

The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.

Date Analyst Prior Latest
Recommendation
Action
2024-07-09 Barclays Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-06-24 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-05-31 B of A Securities Neutral Neutral Maintains
2024-05-28 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-05-15 Argus Research Buy Buy Maintains
2024-05-03 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-04-23 B of A Securities Neutral Neutral Maintains
2024-04-22 Scotiabank Sector Outperform Sector Outperform Maintains
2024-04-15 Barclays Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-04-04 UBS Buy Neutral Downgrade
2024-04-02 Mizuho Buy Buy Maintains
2024-04-01 BMO Capital Outperform Outperform Reiterate
2024-02-21 RBC Capital Outperform Outperform Reiterate
2024-02-16 BMO Capital Outperform Outperform Maintains
2024-02-16 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-01-17 Barclays Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-01-11 BMO Capital Market Perform Outperform Upgrade
2023-12-08 Citigroup Buy Initiate
2023-11-29 JP Morgan Underweight Underweight Maintains
2023-11-21 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-11-21 Mizuho Buy Buy Maintains
2023-10-25 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-10-16 Scotiabank Sector Perform Sector Outperform Upgrade
2023-09-21 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-09-13 B of A Securities Underperform Neutral Upgrade
2023-09-06 RBC Capital Outperform Outperform Maintains
2023-08-31 BMO Capital Market Perform Market Perform Maintains
2023-08-23 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-08-23 RBC Capital Outperform Outperform Reiterate
2023-08-23 Barclays Equal-Weight Initiate
2023-08-10 Morgan Stanley Underweight Equal-Weight Upgrade
2023-08-09 Ladenburg Thalmann Buy Initiate
2023-07-21 Morgan Stanley Underweight Underweight Reiterate
2023-06-23 Morgan Stanley Underweight Underweight Maintains
2023-06-08 JP Morgan Underweight Maintains
2023-06-08 Goldman Sachs Buy Initiate
2023-05-22 Morgan Stanley Underweight Underweight Maintains
2023-05-16 Mizuho Buy Buy Maintains
2023-04-28 BMO Capital Market Perform Maintains
2023-04-28 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-04-20 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2023-04-20 Mizuho Neutral Buy Upgrade
2023-03-21 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2023-03-02 RBC Capital Outperform Maintains
2023-02-22 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2023-02-17 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-01-30 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Maintains
2023-01-23 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2023-01-18 Credit Suisse Underperform Maintains
2023-01-17 Keybanc Overweight Sector Weight Downgrade
2023-01-12 Mizuho Neutral Maintains
2022-12-16 BMO Capital Market Perform Maintains
2022-12-15 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2022-12-12 Wolfe Research Peer Perform Outperform Upgrade
2022-11-11 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2022-10-24 B of A Securities Neutral Underperform Downgrade
2022-10-21 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2022-10-20 Keybanc Sector Weight Overweight Upgrade
2022-10-19 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Maintains
2022-10-06 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Maintains
2022-09-22 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2022-09-14 Argus Research Buy Maintains
2022-08-23 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2022-08-22 Goldman Sachs Sell Maintains
2022-08-04 UBS Neutral Buy Upgrade
2022-07-21 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2022-07-18 Barclays Overweight Maintains
2022-06-30 UBS Neutral Maintains
2022-06-22 BMO Capital Market Perform Maintains
2022-05-23 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2022-04-26 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2022-04-26 Credit Suisse Underperform Initiate
2022-04-21 Mizuho Neutral Maintains
2022-04-20 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2022-04-19 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Maintains
2022-04-07 Keybanc Overweight Sector Weight Downgrade
2022-03-22 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2022-02-22 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2022-02-18 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2022-02-07 Wells Fargo Overweight Equal-Weight Downgrade
2022-02-07 B of A Securities Buy Neutral Downgrade
2022-01-25 Evercore ISI Group Underperform In-Line Upgrade
2022-01-13 Keybanc Overweight Maintains
2021-12-21 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2021-12-15 Scotiabank Sector Outperform Sector Perform Downgrade
2021-12-06 Mizuho Underperform Neutral Upgrade
2021-10-19 Keybanc Overweight Maintains
2021-10-04 Mizuho Underperform Maintains
2021-09-17 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2021-09-07 Guggenheim Neutral Buy Upgrade
2021-08-30 Mizuho Underperform Maintains
2021-08-19 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2021-07-20 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2021-06-21 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2021-06-09 Mizuho Underperform Maintains
2021-05-18 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2021-04-30 Credit Suisse Outperform Maintains
2021-04-21 Keybanc Overweight Maintains
2021-04-20 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2021-04-14 Credit Suisse Outperform Maintains
2021-03-31 Wells Fargo Overweight Maintains
2021-03-19 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2021-02-22 Credit Suisse Neutral Outperform Upgrade
2021-02-18 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2021-01-21 Evercore ISI Group In-Line Underperform Downgrade
2021-01-20 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2021-01-19 B of A Securities Neutral Buy Upgrade
2021-01-12 KeyBanc Overweight Maintains
2020-12-15 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2020-12-01 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Overweight Upgrade
2020-11-24 BMO Capital Market Perform Initiate
2020-11-17 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2020-10-20 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2020-10-19 KeyBanc Overweight Maintains
2020-10-05 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2020-09-21 Barclays Equal-Weight Overweight Upgrade
2020-09-18 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2020-09-10 Mizuho Neutral Underperform Downgrade
2020-09-01 UBS Neutral Maintains
2020-07-22 Mizuho Neutral Maintains
2020-07-21 KeyBanc Overweight Maintains
2020-07-17 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2020-06-17 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2020-06-15 Mizuho Neutral Maintains
2020-05-21 UBS Neutral Sell Downgrade
2020-05-20 Seaport Global Buy Initiate
2020-05-15 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2020-05-04 Credit Suisse Underperform Neutral Upgrade
2020-05-01 UBS Neutral Maintains
2020-04-27 Credit Suisse Underperform Maintains
2020-04-15 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2020-04-13 Argus Research Hold Buy Upgrade
2020-03-26 Barclays Equal-Weight Maintains
2020-03-16 UBS Neutral Maintains
2020-03-12 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2020-02-20 CFRA Hold Maintains
2020-01-27 Citigroup Neutral Maintains
2020-01-22 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2020-01-17 KeyBanc Sector Weight Overweight Upgrade
2019-12-18 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Hold Maintains
2019-12-18 JP Morgan Underweight Maintains
2019-12-18 Credit Suisse Underperform Maintains
2019-10-29 Citigroup Neutral Maintains
2019-09-12 Bank of America Neutral Maintains
2019-09-06 UBS Neutral Maintains
2019-08-16 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2019-08-01 Bank of America Neutral Maintains
2019-05-03 Evercore ISI Group In-Line Outperform Upgrade
2019-02-22 Evercore ISI Group Underperform In-Line Upgrade
2019-01-25 Citigroup Sell Neutral Upgrade
2019-01-24 Citigroup Sell Neutral Upgrade
2018-12-06 Credit Suisse Underperform Underperform Maintains
2018-11-19 Barclays Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2018-10-29 UBS Neutral Neutral Maintains
2018-10-10 Bank of America Underperform Neutral Upgrade
2018-09-21 Morgan Stanley Underweight Underweight Maintains
2018-08-22 Bank of America Underperform Underperform Maintains
2018-08-09 Barclays Overweight Equal-Weight Downgrade
2018-08-09 Credit Suisse Neutral Underperform Downgrade
2018-08-09 Guggenheim Buy Neutral Downgrade
2018-07-16 Morgan Stanley Underweight Underweight Maintains
2018-07-10 Barclays Overweight Initiate
2018-06-22 Citigroup Sell Neutral Upgrade
2018-06-13 Morgan Stanley Underweight Underweight Maintains
2018-05-22 Deutsche Bank Buy Buy Maintains
2018-05-07 Credit Suisse Neutral Neutral Maintains
2018-04-16 Morgan Stanley Underweight Underweight Maintains
2018-04-10 JP Morgan Underweight Underweight Maintains
2018-03-08 Morgan Stanley Underweight Underweight Maintains
2018-02-27 Credit Suisse Underperform Underperform Maintains
2018-02-22 Deutsche Bank Buy Buy Maintains
2018-02-13 Morgan Stanley Underweight Underweight Maintains
2018-02-02 UBS Neutral Initiate
2018-01-23 Mizuho Buy Neutral Downgrade
2018-01-12 JP Morgan Underweight Initiate
2018-01-11 Goldman Sachs Neutral Sell Downgrade
2017-11-13 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2017-10-03 Citigroup Sell Maintains
2017-09-29 RBC Capital Sector Perform Outperform Upgrade
2017-09-14 Guggenheim Neutral Buy Upgrade
2017-08-10 Morgan Stanley Underweight Maintains
2017-08-01 Deutsche Bank Hold Buy Upgrade
2017-07-26 Citigroup Sell Maintains
2017-03-03 Argus Buy Hold Downgrade
2017-03-03 Jefferies Hold Buy Upgrade
2017-01-25 Credit Suisse Underperform Initiate
2016-12-15 Citigroup Sell Initiate
2016-09-26 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2016-09-12 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2016-08-29 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2016-08-01 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2016-07-28 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2016-07-14 Barclays Equal-Weight Overweight Upgrade
2016-05-13 Scotia Howard Weil Sector Perform Initiate
2016-02-22 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2016-02-17 Argus Buy Maintains
2016-02-17 Argus Research Buy Maintains
2016-02-16 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2016-02-04 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2016-02-04 Deutsche Bank Hold Maintains
2016-01-26 Evercore ISI Group Sell Hold Upgrade
2016-01-04 Barclays Equal-Weight Maintains
2015-10-19 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2015-08-17 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2015-08-10 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2015-07-27 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2015-07-20 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2015-07-06 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2015-06-08 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2015-05-11 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2015-04-30 Barclays Equal-Weight Maintains
2015-04-21 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2015-04-06 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2015-03-30 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2015-03-23 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2015-01-15 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2014-12-17 Deutsche Bank Hold Maintains
2014-10-30 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2014-10-30 Barclays Equal-Weight Maintains
2014-09-15 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2014-08-13 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Underweight Downgrade
2014-08-04 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Neutral Maintains
2014-08-01 UBS Sell Maintains
2014-07-23 Citigroup Neutral Maintains
2014-07-15 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2014-06-24 Argus Hold Buy Upgrade
2014-05-05 UBS Neutral Sell Downgrade
2014-04-23 Deutsche Bank Hold Maintains
2014-04-21 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2014-04-17 RBC Capital Outperform Sector Perform Downgrade
2014-03-11 Bank of America Neutral Maintains
2014-03-03 CRT Capital Fair Value Maintains
2014-01-31 Hilliard Lyons Neutral Buy Upgrade
2014-01-30 Citigroup Buy Neutral Downgrade
2013-12-11 Deutsche Bank Hold Maintains
2013-12-09 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Initiate
2013-11-04 CRT Capital Fair Value Initiate
2013-10-31 BMO Capital Market Perform Maintains
2013-10-31 Wells Fargo Outperform Market Perform Downgrade
2013-10-23 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2013-08-01 Jefferies Hold Maintains
2013-06-21 Citigroup Neutral Buy Upgrade
2013-06-20 BGC Financial Hold Initiate
2013-06-14 Jefferies Buy Hold Downgrade
2013-04-17 Deutsche Bank Hold Maintains
2013-04-15 Wells Fargo Market Perform Outperform Upgrade
2013-03-04 Citigroup Buy Neutral Downgrade
2013-01-08 Citigroup Buy Maintains
2012-11-08 RBC Capital Sector Perform Outperform Upgrade
2012-11-06 Deutsche Bank Hold Maintains
2012-11-06 Jefferies Buy Maintains
2012-11-06 ISI Group Hold Buy Upgrade
2012-10-18 Citigroup Buy Maintains
2012-10-02 Credit Suisse Neutral Underperform Downgrade
2012-10-01 Barclays Equal-Weight Maintains
2012-07-26 Jefferies Buy Maintains
2012-06-19 Hilliard Lyons Buy Neutral Downgrade
2012-06-06 Citigroup Buy Maintains
2025-02-03 Mizuho Neutral Neutral Maintains
2025-05-02 Guggenheim Neutral Neutral Reiterate
2025-05-02 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2025-05-02 Evercore ISI Group In-Line In-Line Maintains
2024-08-02 Wolfe Research Outperform Peer Perform Downgrade
2024-10-02 Guggenheim Buy Buy Maintains
2024-09-20 UBS Neutral Neutral Maintains
2024-09-19 Jefferies Hold Initiate
2024-09-16 Mizuho Outperform Neutral Downgrade
2024-12-12 Scotiabank Sector Outperform Sector Outperform Maintains
2024-09-25 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-11-22 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-11-01 BMO Capital Outperform Outperform Maintains
2024-08-29 B of A Securities Neutral Neutral Maintains
2024-08-02 Goldman Sachs Buy Buy Maintains
2024-08-02 BMO Capital Outperform Outperform Maintains
2024-08-02 Wells Fargo Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-08-02 Scotiabank Sector Outperform Sector Outperform Maintains
2025-03-20 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-08-23 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-08-12 JP Morgan Underweight Underweight Maintains
2025-03-21 UBS Neutral Neutral Maintains
2024-10-15 Barclays Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2024-08-20 Scotiabank Sector Outperform Sector Outperform Maintains
2025-04-08 JP Morgan Underweight Neutral Upgrade
2025-08-01 Scotiabank Sector Outperform Sector Outperform Maintains
2025-08-01 Mizuho Neutral Neutral Maintains
2025-07-16 Barclays Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2025-05-14 Keybanc Sector Weight Underweight Downgrade
2025-06-05 Jefferies Hold Buy Upgrade
2025-06-18 Morgan Stanley Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2025-08-21 JP Morgan Neutral Neutral Maintains
2025-04-22 Barclays Equal-Weight Equal-Weight Maintains
2025-06-13 Raymond James Outperform Initiate
2025-07-22 BMO Capital Outperform Outperform Maintains
2025-07-15 JP Morgan Neutral Neutral Maintains
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