The Southern Company Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 17 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for The Southern Company stock have an average target of 102.59, with a low estimate of 89 and a high estimate of 114. The average target predicts an increase of 5.59% from the current stock price of 97.16.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$89	$102.59	$102	$114
Change	-8.40%	+5.59%	+4.98%	+17.33%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for The Southern Company stock from 24 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26	May '26	Jun '26
Strong Buy	5	6	7	6	6	6
Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hold	13	13	13	15	15	15
Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Strong Sell	3	2	1	1	1	1
Total	23	23	23	24	24	24

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
David Arcaro Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Sell Maintains $87 → $89	Sell	Maintains	$87 → $89	-8.40%	Jun 24, 2026
Nicholas Campanella Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $99 → $98	Hold	Maintains	$99 → $98	+0.86%	Jun 18, 2026
Richard Sunderland Truist Financial	Truist Financial	Hold Maintains $103 → $100	Hold	Maintains	$103 → $100	+2.92%	May 29, 2026
Marie Ferguson Argus Research	Argus Research	Buy Maintains $101	Buy	Maintains	$101	+3.95%	May 5, 2026
Carly Davenport Goldman Sachs	Goldman Sachs	Hold Maintains $99 → $101	Hold	Maintains	$99 → $101	+3.95%	May 4, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

31.12B

from 29.55B

5.29%

from 29.55B

Revenue Next Year

32.76B

from 31.12B

5.28%

from 31.12B

EPS This Year

4.56

from 4.30

6.14%

from 4.30

EPS Next Year

4.92

from 4.56

7.71%

from 4.56

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	23.11B	29.28B	25.25B	26.72B	29.55B	31.12B	32.76B
Revenue Growth	13.44%	26.68%	-13.75%	5.83%	10.59%	5.29%	5.28%
EPS	2.24	3.26	3.62	3.99	3.92	4.45	4.91
EPS Growth	-23.55%	45.54%	11.04%	10.22%	-1.75%	13.41%	10.40%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	21.86	19.80
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	16	17

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	31.8B	34.0B
Avg	31.1B	32.8B
Low	30.2B	31.3B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	7.7%	9.3%
Avg	5.3%	5.3%
Low	2.3%	0.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	4.60	4.96
Avg	4.56	4.92
Low	4.53	4.83

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	7.0%	8.7%
Avg	6.1%	7.7%
Low	5.3%	5.8%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.