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The Southern Company

SO
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The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation,... The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. It operates through Gas Distribution Operations, Gas Pipeline Investments, Wholesale Gas Services, and Gas Marketing Services segments. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, wholesale gas services, and gas pipeline investments operations. In addition, it owns and/or operates 30 hydroelectric generating stations, 24 fossil fuel generating stations, three nuclear generating stations, 13 combined cycle/cogeneration stations, 45 solar facilities, 15 wind facilities, one fuel cell facility, and four battery storage facility; and constructs, operates, and maintains 76,289 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities with total capacity of 157 Bcf to provide natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company serves approximately 8.7 million electric and gas utility customers. Further, the company offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Share Price
$93.99
Market Cap
$105.21B
Change (1 day)
0.25%
Change (1 year)
5.74%
Country
US
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Number of shares outstanding for The Southern Company (SO)
Number of shares outstanding as of December 2025: 1.10B
According to The Southern Company latest financial reports and stock price the company's current number of shares outstanding is 1.10B. At the end of December 2023 the company had 1.09B shares outstanding. The number of outstanding shares is usually impacted by stock plits and shares buy back.
Shares outstanding history for The Southern Company (SO) from 2000 to 2026
Shares Outstanding at the end of each year
Year Shares Outstanding Change
2026 (TTM) 1.10B 0.64%
2024 1.10B 0.37%
2023 1.09B 1.58%
2022 1.08B 1.32%
2021 1.06B 0.28%
2020 1.06B 0.47%
2019 1.05B 1.86%
2018 1.03B 2.60%
2017 1.01B 1.76%
2016 990.20M 8.62%
2015 911.60M 0.36%
2014 908.30M 2.37%
2013 887.30M 2.22%
2012 868.00M 1.28%
2011 857.00M 2.84%
2010 833.33M 4.82%
2009 795.00M 3.11%
2008 771.00M 1.98%
2007 756.00M 1.75%
2006 743.00M -0.13%
2005 744.00M 0.68%
2004 739.00M 1.65%
2003 727.00M 2.68%
2002 708.00M 2.76%
2001 689.00M 5.51%
2000 653.00M 0.00%
Shares Outstanding for similar companies or competitors
Company Shares Outstanding Difference Country
777.00M -29.56%
US
4.93B 346.60%
GB
518.90M -52.96%
US
854.10M -22.57%
US
595.00M -46.06%
US