Southern Co has a consensus price target of $70.5, established from looking at the 89 latest analyst ratings. The last 3 analyst ratings were released from RBC Capital, Wells Fargo, and BMO Capital on February 21, 2024, February 16, 2024, and February 16, 2024. With an average price target of $74.67 between RBC Capital, Wells Fargo, and BMO Capital, there's an implied 4.29% upside for Southern Co from these 3 analyst ratings.
1calculated from analyst ratings published within the last 3 years
date | ticker | Buy Now | Company | Current price | Upside/Downside | Analyst Firm | Analyst & % Accurate | Price Target Change | Rating Change | Previous / Current Rating | Get Alert |
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02/21/2024 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | 11.74% | RBC Capital | Shelby Tucker | → $80 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
02/16/2024 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | 0.57% | Wells Fargo | Neil Kalton | $75 → $72 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
02/16/2024 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | 0.57% | BMO Capital | James Thalacker | $75 → $72 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
01/17/2024 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | -6.42% | Barclays | Eric Beaumont | $68 → $67 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
01/11/2024 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | 7.55% | BMO Capital | James Thalacker | $72 → $77 | Upgrade | Market Perform → Outperform | Get Alert |
12/08/2023 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | 14.53% | Citigroup | Ryan Levine | → $82 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
11/29/2023 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | 0.57% | JP Morgan | Christopher Turnure | $69 → $72 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
11/21/2023 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | -6.42% | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd | $66 → $67 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
11/21/2023 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | 1.96% | Mizuho | Anthony Crowdell | $76 → $73 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
10/25/2023 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | -7.81% | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd | $69 → $66 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
10/16/2023 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | 8.95% | Scotiabank | Andrew Weisel | → $78 | Upgrade | Sector Perform → Sector Outperform | Get Alert |
09/21/2023 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | -3.62% | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd | $67 → $69 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
09/13/2023 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | -5.02% | B of A Securities | Julien Dumoulin-Smith | $67 → $68 | Upgrade | Underperform → Neutral | Get Alert |
09/06/2023 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | 11.74% | RBC Capital | Shelby Tucker | $78 → $80 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
08/31/2023 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | -2.23% | BMO Capital | James Thalacker | $72 → $70 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
08/23/2023 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | -6.42% | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd | $69 → $67 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
08/23/2023 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | 8.95% | RBC Capital | Shelby Tucker | → $78 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
08/23/2023 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | -5.02% | Barclays | Eric Beaumont | → $68 | Initiates | → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
08/10/2023 | SO | Buy Now | Southern | $71.59 | -3.62% | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd | $60 → $69 | Upgrade | Underweight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
The latest price target for Southern (NYSE: SO) was reported by RBC Capital on February 21, 2024. The analyst firm set a price target for $80.00 expecting SO to rise to within 12 months (a possible 12.76% upside). 30 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for Southern (NYSE: SO) was provided by RBC Capital, and Southern reiterated their outperform rating.
The last upgrade for Southern Co happened on January 11, 2024 when BMO Capital raised their price target to $77. BMO Capital previously had a market perform for Southern Co.
The last downgrade for Southern Co happened on January 17, 2023 when Keybanc changed their price target from N/A to N/A for Southern Co.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Southern, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Southern was filed on February 21, 2024 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around February 21, 2025.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Southern (SO) rating was a reiterated with a price target of $0.00 to $80.00. The current price Southern (SO) is trading at is $70.95, which is within the analyst’s predicted range.
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