The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Southern Company shares valued at $582,309 were sold by Anderson Bryan D on Sep 30 ’25. At $93.83 per share, Anderson Bryan D sold 6,206 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 51,455 shares worth approximately $5.13 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, BRYAN ANDERSON purchased 6,206 shares, netting a total of over 582,309 in proceeds.
Before that, Spainhour Sterling A Jr. had sold 2,380 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $226,148, the EVP & CLO traded Southern Company shares for $95.02 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,380 shares, worth approximately $1.73 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Evercore ISI on October 07, 2025, Southern Company [SO] has been an In-line and the price target has been revised to $103. Analysts at Scotiabank downgraded the stock from ‘”a Sector outperform”‘ to ‘”a Sector perform”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of June 13, 2025, Raymond James has initiated its “an Outperform” rating for SO. Earlier on June 05, 2025, Jefferies upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Buy” for SO stock which previously was a “a Hold”.
Analyzing SO Stock Performance
On last trading session, Southern Company [NYSE: SO] rose 0.04% to $99.72. The stock’s lowest price that day was $99.17, but it reached a high of $100.24 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 3.68%. Over the course of the year, Southern Company shares have jumped approximately 12.10%.
Is Southern Company subject to short interest?
Stocks of Southern Company saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-30 jumping by 3.2 million shares to 38.01 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-29 was 34.8 million shares. A jump of 8.43% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 7.54 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 7.54.
Which companies own the most shares of Southern Company (SO)?
In terms of Southern Company share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 95.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -4.19% from the previous closing price of $99.68. Analysts anticipate Southern Company stock to reach 104 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 70. In spite of this, 12 analysts ranked Southern Company stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On May 14, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets assigned a price target of “an Underweight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $78.
