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Southern Company (The)
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Arincen48/100B

Who owns Southern Company (The)?

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 own
74.4%
Institutional holders
2,430
The 10 largest hold
41.3%
Free float
99.9%
Holdings as of
30 Jun 2026

Who owns the shares

10 largest holders 41.3% Other institutions 33.1% Individuals and others 25.6%

Shares free to trade

Free float 1.15B shares ·99.9% Closely held 1.24M shares ·0.1%

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

#HolderSharesOf the companyValueChange last quarter (shares)
1BlackRock, Inc.92,990,7168.18%8.90B USD+2,622,013
2Vanguard Capital Management LLC73,665,1246.48%7.05B USD+2,125,979
3State Street Corp64,809,7085.77%6.20B USD+1,829,620
4Capital World Investors62,518,6985.50%5.98B USD+6,278,825
5Price T Rowe Associates Inc46,415,9044.08%4.44B USD+9,990,378
6JPMorgan Chase & Co32,778,2012.88%3.17B USD-10,559,549
7Geode Capital Management, LLC29,315,2852.58%2.82B USD+960,236
8Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC27,023,6912.38%2.59B USD+886,834
9FMR LLC22,537,2441.98%2.16B USD-350,690
10Franklin Templeton Inc16,561,9081.46%1.59B USD-247,401

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