SO
StockThe Southern Company
One email when a drop — in price or in valuation — is historically rare for SO. Otherwise we stay quiet.
Bigger than its usual dip. Not yet rare.
The Southern Company is 11.5% off its high — deeper than its 3.2% average pullback, but it has been through 352 drawdowns before. Not historically significant yet — we'll say so if that changes.
But down is not the same as cheap: The Southern Company's P/S Severity Score is 0.0 — its valuation sits in or above its typical range.
Moderately Elevated
Current Drawdown
-11.5%
Days in Drawdown
303
Avg Max Drawdown
3.2%
Avg Length
39
Drawdown Severity Score™
2.8
SO - Price & High Water Mark
SO - Drawdown Timeline
How to read this chart: Negative values indicate drawdowns from all-time highs. Values closer to 0% mean the stock is near its high water mark.
Valuation vs Its Own History
Data as of August 27, 2026 · updated daily
Where today's valuation sits within SO's own multi-year range, scored with the same Drawdown Severity Score language as price, measured from its typical level rather than its record high — a higher score means it has rarely been cheaper. This is context, not a recommendation.
Price to Sales
The Southern Company has been cheaper on this measure only about 89% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
Price to Sales history
EV to EBITDA
The Southern Company has been cheaper on this measure only about 74% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
EV to EBITDA history · log scale
The Southern Company (SO) Analysis: Current Drawdown Insights
The Southern Company is currently in a drawdown that is unusual by its own historical standards. As of 2026-08-28, the stock is trading at $88.25, which represents a 11.5% decline from its all-time high of $99.72. This drawdown has persisted for 303 days.
Based on its full tracked price history, The Southern Company typically experiences drawdowns averaging 3.2% in depth, with an average duration of 39 days. The Southern Company has gone through 352 total drawdown events in its tracked history. The largest drawdown on record for The Southern Company was 38.4%, beginning in 2020. The longest drawdown duration on record was 733 days.
The Drawdown Severity Score™ for The Southern Company currently stands at 2.80. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. A score between 2.0 and 3.0 indicates a moderately elevated drawdown that's starting to exceed this asset's normal range.
Understanding Drawdowns: A drawdown measures how far a stock has fallen from its peak price. Every stock experiences drawdowns: periods when the price declines from all-time highs before recovering. By analyzing The Southern Company's historical drawdown patterns, investors can identify when the stock is experiencing a typical market fluctuation versus an unusual decline that is rare by that stock's own historical standards.
📜 Historical Drawdown Events
Current drawdown shown in blue. Showing the most recent and the deepest of 352 tracked pullbacks (66 listed).
| Start Date | End Date | Duration | Max Depth | Start Price | Lowest Price | Recovery Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | Ongoing | 303 days | -11.5% | $99.72 | $88.25 | n/a |
| 2025-10-13 | 2025-10-14 | 2 days | -0.2% | $98.29 | $98.08 | $99.68 |
| 2025-10-08 | 2025-10-10 | 3 days | -0.3% | $96.42 | $96.13 | $98.29 |
| 2025-08-05 | 2025-10-06 | 63 days | -4.6% | $95.24 | $90.83 | $95.49 |
| 2025-07-23 | 2025-08-04 | 13 days | -1.6% | $95.10 | $93.56 | $95.24 |
| 2025-07-11 | 2025-07-16 | 6 days | -0.8% | $92.53 | $91.74 | $92.57 |
| 2025-07-02 | 2025-07-10 | 9 days | -1.2% | $91.57 | $90.43 | $92.53 |
| 2025-03-11 | 2025-07-01 | 113 days | -8.7% | $91.46 | $83.54 | $91.57 |
| 2024-10-24 | 2025-03-10 | 138 days | -13.3% | $91.10 | $78.98 | $91.46 |
| 2024-10-21 | 2024-10-23 | 3 days | -0.5% | $90.22 | $89.72 | $91.10 |
| 2024-10-03 | 2024-10-16 | 14 days | -3.6% | $88.62 | $85.40 | $89.30 |
| 2024-09-24 | 2024-10-01 | 8 days | -1.7% | $87.59 | $86.07 | $87.93 |
| 2024-09-17 | 2024-09-23 | 7 days | -1.1% | $86.98 | $85.98 | $87.59 |
| 2024-09-11 | 2024-09-16 | 6 days | -1.3% | $86.73 | $85.62 | $86.98 |
| 2024-09-06 | 2024-09-10 | 5 days | -1.2% | $86.61 | $85.54 | $86.73 |
| 2024-08-05 | 2024-09-03 | 30 days | -2.4% | $85.00 | $82.96 | $86.03 |
| 2024-07-25 | 2024-07-29 | 5 days | -1.2% | $79.33 | $78.36 | $79.70 |
| 2024-07-23 | 2024-07-24 | 2 days | -0.6% | $78.54 | $78.06 | $79.33 |
| 2024-07-18 | 2024-07-22 | 5 days | -0.4% | $78.33 | $78.03 | $78.54 |
| 2024-06-05 | 2024-07-16 | 42 days | -4.6% | $77.45 | $73.89 | $77.84 |
| 2024-05-22 | 2024-05-31 | 10 days | -3.3% | $76.56 | $74.05 | $76.90 |
| 2024-05-20 | 2024-05-21 | 2 days | -0.4% | $76.33 | $75.99 | $76.56 |
| 2024-05-10 | 2024-05-13 | 4 days | -0.1% | $74.41 | $74.30 | $74.84 |
| 2024-05-06 | 2024-05-07 | 2 days | -0.5% | $72.13 | $71.77 | $73.17 |
| 2022-08-22 | 2024-05-03 | 621 days | -23.3% | $71.70 | $55.01 | $72.13 |
| 2022-08-11 | 2022-08-12 | 2 days | -0.5% | $69.42 | $69.07 | $69.88 |
| 2022-08-05 | 2022-08-09 | 5 days | -1.0% | $69.13 | $68.44 | $69.38 |
| 2022-08-01 | 2022-08-03 | 3 days | -1.2% | $68.18 | $67.32 | $68.50 |
| 2022-05-31 | 2022-07-29 | 60 days | -14.0% | $67.45 | $57.98 | $68.18 |
| 2022-04-07 | 2022-05-27 | 51 days | -4.4% | $67.22 | $64.24 | $67.45 |
| 2022-04-04 | 2022-04-05 | 2 days | -1.3% | $65.12 | $64.24 | $65.32 |
| 2022-03-08 | 2022-03-24 | 16 days | -3.0% | $60.82 | $58.97 | $60.88 |
| 2022-02-01 | 2022-03-07 | 35 days | -8.6% | $60.43 | $55.21 | $60.82 |
| 2022-01-18 | 2022-01-28 | 11 days | -2.4% | $59.71 | $58.28 | $60.00 |
| 2022-01-10 | 2022-01-14 | 5 days | -1.4% | $59.69 | $58.83 | $59.71 |
| 2022-01-03 | 2022-01-07 | 5 days | -0.6% | $59.64 | $59.28 | $59.69 |
| 2021-12-17 | 2021-12-28 | 12 days | -1.7% | $58.74 | $57.73 | $58.90 |
| 2021-08-23 | 2021-12-15 | 115 days | -8.3% | $57.93 | $53.13 | $58.04 |
| 2021-08-18 | 2021-08-20 | 3 days | -0.7% | $57.18 | $56.80 | $57.93 |
| 2020-01-31 | 2021-08-16 | 563 days | -38.4% | $56.66 | $34.88 | $57.12 |
| 2019-12-23 | 2020-01-13 | 22 days | -2.0% | $51.07 | $50.03 | $51.61 |
| 2019-12-18 | 2019-12-20 | 3 days | -1.0% | $50.94 | $50.44 | $51.07 |
| 2019-11-25 | 2019-12-17 | 23 days | -4.1% | $50.29 | $48.25 | $50.94 |
| 2019-11-21 | 2019-11-22 | 2 days | -0.2% | $50.21 | $50.13 | $50.29 |
| 2019-11-19 | 2019-11-20 | 2 days | -0.4% | $49.97 | $49.75 | $50.21 |
| 2019-11-01 | 2019-11-15 | 15 days | -3.5% | $49.61 | $47.88 | $49.74 |
| 2019-10-07 | 2019-10-30 | 24 days | -2.2% | $49.13 | $48.06 | $49.59 |
| 2019-09-25 | 2019-10-04 | 10 days | -1.3% | $49.07 | $48.42 | $49.13 |
| 2019-09-16 | 2019-09-17 | 2 days | -0.4% | $47.61 | $47.40 | $47.94 |
| 2019-09-05 | 2019-09-13 | 9 days | -1.8% | $47.59 | $46.73 | $47.61 |
| 2019-08-23 | 2019-09-03 | 12 days | -1.3% | $46.28 | $45.67 | $47.32 |
| 2017-11-03 | 2019-02-20 | 475 days | -17.7% | $38.21 | $31.45 | $38.51 |
| 2015-01-30 | 2016-03-10 | 406 days | -19.3% | $33.36 | $26.92 | $33.41 |
| 2013-04-24 | 2014-04-28 | 370 days | -14.9% | $28.34 | $24.11 | $28.49 |
| 2008-09-19 | 2010-07-26 | 676 days | -30.4% | $18.50 | $12.87 | $18.55 |
| 2008-01-10 | 2008-09-18 | 252 days | -14.8% | $18.33 | $15.62 | $18.50 |
| 2002-10-29 | 2003-01-06 | 70 days | -17.5% | $11.00 | $9.08 | $11.11 |
| 2002-05-09 | 2002-07-31 | 84 days | -15.9% | $10.00 | $8.42 | $10.14 |
| 2000-12-27 | 2001-03-27 | 91 days | -18.9% | $6.69 | $5.43 | $6.77 |
| 2000-09-14 | 2000-12-26 | 104 days | -16.9% | $6.69 | $5.56 | $6.69 |
| 1998-10-06 | 2000-08-28 | 693 days | -29.4% | $5.58 | $3.94 | $5.67 |
| 1996-02-14 | 1997-10-21 | 615 days | -17.8% | $3.97 | $3.27 | $3.99 |
| 1993-10-21 | 1995-05-16 | 573 days | -21.0% | $3.14 | $2.48 | $3.17 |
| 1989-12-18 | 1990-12-04 | 352 days | -17.3% | $1.52 | $1.26 | $1.54 |
| 1987-01-23 | 1989-01-24 | 733 days | -33.0% | $1.13 | $0.76 | $1.13 |
| 1986-09-02 | 1986-11-24 | 84 days | -13.9% | $1.04 | $0.90 | $1.04 |
| 1986-04-22 | 1986-07-11 | 80 days | -14.1% | $0.92 | $0.79 | $0.93 |
How to read: Each row shows a complete drawdown from peak to recovery. Red rows = most severe drawdowns (worst 20% or 5x+ average), yellow rows = moderate (2x-5x worse than average).
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The Southern Company (SO) is trading at $88.25 as of Aug 28, 2026. It is 11.5% below its high of $99.72. The drawdown has lasted 303 days. Severity score: 2.8 (Moderately Elevated).
SO Price History and Drawdown Data
Latest price
$88.25
High-water mark
$99.72
Current drawdown
-11.5%
Days in drawdown
303
This SO page is built around daily price history, the latest high-water mark, current drawdown depth, drawdown duration, and comparable historical drawdown events. The chart above provides the price-history context, while the sections below explain how the current move compares with prior The Southern Company drawdowns.
What History Says About SO
The Southern Company has dropped 20%+ from its high 6 times in its tracked history. These events lasted an average of 643 days with an average max drop of -29.2%.
The current drawdown of -11.5% has lasted 303 days, which is within the typical range for comparable events.
| Period | Max Drop | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2020 to Aug 2021 | -38.4% | 563 days |
| Jan 1987 to Jan 1989 | -33.0% | 733 days |
| Sep 2008 to Jul 2010 | -30.4% | 676 days |
| Oct 1998 to Aug 2000 | -29.4% | 693 days |
| Aug 2022 to May 2024 | -23.3% | 621 days |
| Oct 1993 to May 1995 | -21.0% | 573 days |
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