Who owns Southern Company (The)?What is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
Institutions own 74.4% of Southern Company (The)'s shares, through 2,430 funds, banks and other managers that report their holdings to the SEC; individual investors and others hold the rest. The largest on 30 June 2026 were BlackRock, Inc. (8.2%), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (6.5%), State Street Corp (5.8%).
- Institutions ownWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 74.4%
- Institutional holders
- 2,430
- The 10 largest hold
- 41.3%
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 99.9%
- Holdings as of
- 30 Jun 2026
Who owns the shares
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
The largest shareholders
| # | Holder | Shares | Of the company | Value | Change last quarter (shares) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 92,990,716 | 8.18% | 8.90B USD | +2,622,013 |
| 2 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 73,665,124 | 6.48% | 7.05B USD | +2,125,979 |
| 3 | State Street Corp | 64,809,708 | 5.77% | 6.20B USD | +1,829,620 |
| 4 | Capital World Investors | 62,518,698 | 5.50% | 5.98B USD | +6,278,825 |
| 5 | Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 46,415,904 | 4.08% | 4.44B USD | +9,990,378 |
| 6 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 32,778,201 | 2.88% | 3.17B USD | -10,559,549 |
| 7 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 29,315,285 | 2.58% | 2.82B USD | +960,236 |
| 8 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 27,023,691 | 2.38% | 2.59B USD | +886,834 |
| 9 | FMR LLC | 22,537,244 | 1.98% | 2.16B USD | -350,690 |
| 10 | Franklin Templeton Inc | 16,561,908 | 1.46% | 1.59B USD | -247,401 |
| 11 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 14,582,492 | 1.28% | 1.40B USD | +8,740,569 |
| 12 | Norges Bank | 14,358,862 | 1.26% | 1.37B USD | New position |
| 13 | Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 13,831,354 | 1.22% | 1.32B USD | -1,764,446 |
| 14 | Morgan Stanley | 13,539,685 | 1.19% | 1.30B USD | +624,619 |
| 15 | Northern Trust Corp | 9,755,332 | 0.86% | 933.68M USD | -72,094 |
| 16 | Ameriprise Financial Inc | 9,568,912 | 0.84% | 915.77M USD | +132,926 |
| 17 | Royal Bank Of Canada | 8,721,450 | 0.77% | 834.73M USD | -31,725 |
| 18 | Bank Of America Corp | 8,392,512 | 0.74% | 803.25M USD | +11,920 |
| 19 | Legal & General Group PLC | 7,703,017 | 0.68% | 737.26M USD | -145,265 |
| 20 | Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P. | 7,386,604 | 0.65% | 706.97M USD | New position |
| 21 | Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 7,386,604 | 0.65% | 706.97M USD | +275,333 |
| 22 | Bank Of New York Mellon Corp | 7,278,460 | 0.64% | 696.62M USD | -156 |
| 23 | Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 6,330,286 | 0.56% | 605.87M USD | +133,202 |
| 24 | Boston Partners | 6,174,426 | 0.54% | 591.05M USD | +6,133,722 |
| 25 | UBS AM | 5,681,674 | 0.50% | 543.79M USD | +508,149 |
All institutions last quarter
- Bought or added
- 1,402 · 146 new
- Sold or cut
- 884 · 142 sold out
- Net shares bought
- +56.05M · 5.36B USD
- Institutional ownership
- 71.6% → 74.4%
Biggest buyers last quarter
- Norges BankNew position
- Price T Rowe Associates Inc+9,990,378
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc+8,740,569
- Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P.New position
- Capital World Investors+6,278,825
Biggest sellers last quarter
- JPMorgan Chase & Co-10,559,549
- Barclays PLC-1,863,313
- Massachusetts Financial Services Co-1,764,446
- Soroban Capital Partners LP-687,224
- Pictet Asset Management Holding SA-470,170
From the holders' 13F filings with the SEC for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026, filed up to 45 days after it; the buyers and sellers are among the 100 largest holders.
Common questions about Southern Company (The)'s shareholders
Source: Financial Modeling PrepVerified against SEC filings
