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AES vs SO
Side-by-side comparison of The AES Corporation (AES) and Southern Company (SO): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both AES and SO operate in Electric Utilities: Central (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
- SO is the larger of the two at $107.53B, about 10.2x AES ($10.53B).
- Over the past year, AES is up 10.5% and SO is up 1.3% - AES leads by 9.2 points.
- AES has been more active in the news (5 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for SO).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
The AES Corporation
The AES Corporation operates as a diversified power generation and utility company. It owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries. The company also owns and/or operates utilities to generate or purchase, distribute, transmit, and sell electricity to end-user customers in the residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental sectors; and generates and sells electricity on the wholesale market. It uses a range of fuels and technologies to generate electricity, including natural gas, coal, pet coke, diesel, and oil, as well as renewables, such as hydro, solar, wind, energy storage, biomass, and landfill gas. The company owns and/or operates a generation portfolio of approximately 30,308 megawatts. It has operations in the United States, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. The company was formerly known as Applied Energy Services, Inc. and changed its name to The AES Corporation in April 2000. The AES Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
Southern Company
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. It operates in four segments: Gas Distribution Operations, Gas Pipeline Investments, Wholesale Gas Services, and Gas Marketing Services. The company also constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy and battery energy storage 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. It owns and/or operates 30 hydroelectric generating stations, 24 fossil fuel generating stations, 3 nuclear generating stations, 13 combined cycle/cogeneration stations, 44 solar facilities, 13 wind facilities, 1 fuel cell facility, and 1 battery storage facility; and constructs, operates, and maintains 75,924 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 8.6 million electric and gas utility customers. It also provides products and services in the areas of energy efficiency, and utility infrastructure. In addition, the company offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Latest AES
- AES Announces Quarterly Dividend
- The AES Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Regulation FD Disclosure, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- AES Stockholders Approve Acquisition by Global Infrastructure Partners and EQT-Led Consortium
- SEC Form 11-K filed by The AES Corporation
- SEC Form 11-K filed by The AES Corporation
- The AES Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation
- The AES Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events
- SEC Form FWP filed by The AES Corporation
- AES Announces Pricing of $1 Billion of Senior Notes in Public Offering
- SEC Form DEFA14A filed by The AES Corporation
Latest SO
- Georgia Power reaffirms longstanding commitment to make growth work for customers with Customer Protection Pledge
- Georgia Power continues to offer options to connect customers to solar
- Southern Company second-quarter 2026 earnings to be released July 30
- Georgia's Plant Hatch receives 20-year license renewal from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Georgia Power encourages customers to prepare for hurricane season
- Georgia Power names Anthony Oni as vice president of Corporate Affairs
- Georgia PSC approves plan to lower overall rates, deliver annual savings of $50 per year for Georgia Power residential customers
- Beth Lowry named to Georgia Power Board of Directors
- Georgia Power shares tips, tools and free resources to reduce energy use this summer
- Georgia Natural Gas® Reaches 1 Billion Pounds of Carbon Offsets Through Greener Life®