--- title: "Weekly Recap | Southern -0.16%, consensus target above spot" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/298103813.md" description: "Southern (SO) slipped 0.16% this week to close at $88.11, underperforming the S&P 500 by roughly 0.25 percentage points. Trading was range-bound: Monday tested a low of $87.20 before recovering, Wednesday marked the week’s low at $87.13, Thursday pushed up to $89.285, and Friday settled back near $88. The intraweek range was about 2.45%. The weekly high remained below the 20-day moving average of $90.34, with the price centre sitting lower than earlier levels." datetime: "2026-09-05T08:25:37.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/298103813.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298103813.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/298103813.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Weekly Recap | Southern -0.16%, consensus target above spot ## The Week Southern (SO) slipped 0.16% this week to close at $88.11, underperforming the S&P 500 by roughly 0.25 percentage points. Trading was range-bound: Monday tested a low of $87.20 before recovering, Wednesday marked the week’s low at $87.13, Thursday pushed up to $89.285, and Friday settled back near $88. The intraweek range was about 2.45%. The weekly high remained below the 20-day moving average of $90.34, with the price centre sitting lower than earlier levels. ## Key Events The main company-specific item was a sale by Comptroller Matthew M. Kim, who sold 100 shares for $8,845 on 3 September. It was a small transaction and appeared within the usual disclosure flow, with no major company announcements alongside it. At the sector level, the week’s utility coverage centred on AI power demand. On 1 September, several pieces touched on the health-care and biotech reshuffle, AI power surges across niche tech plays, and faster North American power and infrastructure spending. The recurring theme was that rising AI loads are driving utility spending, even as higher long-term yields weigh on sector valuations. Southern, as a large-cap utility, sits within that broader discussion, but the company itself released no new product, earnings or regulatory updates this week. ## Analyst Ratings Among 23 institutions covering Southern, 6 rate it buy, 1 rate it overweight, 13 rate it hold, 1 rate it underweight and 2 rate it sell, with 0 at no opinion. The consensus rating is hold, and the consensus target price is $99.97, about 13.46% above the latest close. Targets range from $79 to $114, showing a wide spread of views on where Southern should trade. In the industry ranking, Southern sits at No. 4 out of 40 electric utilities. ## The Week Ahead The heavy macro calendar lands on 10 September, with the 10-year Treasury auction results, initial jobless claims, core PPI and final-demand PPI all due. For a rate-sensitive utility like Southern, the auction yield and PPI prints could prompt a repricing of long-term interest-rate expectations. Before that, the NFIB small-business optimism index on 8 September offers an early read on activity, while existing-home sales, wholesale sales and EIA natural-gas storage changes on 10 September add context for power demand and energy prices. ## In Short Southern spent the week oscillating between $87.13 and $89.29, closing slightly lower. The analyst set is neutral on balance, yet the consensus target sits about 13% above spot, pointing to a more constructive medium-term price anchor even as the stock trades below its 20-day and 60-day moving averages. On the latest trading day, retail-side buying appeared stronger than large- and mid-lot flows, which were more balanced between inflows and outflows. Going forward, the key is whether longer-term yields keep climbing and whether AI-linked capex signals translate into company-level updates for Southern. *This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.* ### Related Stocks - [SO.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SO.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Southern (SO) Could Be 14% Undervalued On Its Power Demand Growth Story](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298836421.md) - [Southern Co announces dividend of R$ 2.62 per unit for Q3 2026 BDRs](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298615033.md) - [How Meta tried, and failed, to grab its employees' data for AI](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298706095.md) - [A legal AI startup has a plan to take on Lexis Nexis and Westlaw](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298892675.md) - [3 forgotten AI stocks that should rebound from their corrections](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298812719.md) --- > **Disclaimer: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.**