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SO vs SR
Side-by-side comparison of Southern Company (SO) and Spire Inc. (SR): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both companies sit in the Utilities sector. SO focuses on Electric Utilities: Central, while SR focuses on Oil/Gas Transmission.
- SO is the larger of the two at $107.53B, about 22.3x SR ($4.81B).
- Over the past year, SO is up 0.5% and SR is up 6.2% - SR leads by 5.6 points.
- SR has been more active in the news (3 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for SO).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
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.
Spire Inc.
Spire Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the purchase, retail distribution, and sale of natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and other end-users of natural gas in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Gas Utility and Gas Marketing. It is also involved in the marketing of natural gas; and provision of energy services on non-regulated basis to on-system utility transportation customers, as well as to retail and wholesale customers. In addition, the company engages in the transportation of propane through its propane pipeline; compression of natural gas; risk management; and other activities. Further, it provides physical natural gas storage services. The company was formerly known as The Laclede Group, Inc. and changed its name to Spire Inc. in April 2016. Spire Inc. was founded in 1857 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.
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®
Latest SR
- Spire to Host FY26 Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call on August 5
- Mizuho resumed coverage on Spire with a new price target
- Spire completes sale of natural gas storage businesses to I Squared Capital for $650 million
- Spire downgraded by Analyst with a new price target
- Wolfe Research initiated coverage on Spire
- Wells Fargo initiated coverage on Spire with a new price target
- Spire reports FY26 second quarter results
- Boardwalk Completes Acquisition of Spire Marketing; Announces New Name, Boardwalk Continuum Marketing
- Spire completes sale of gas marketing business to Boardwalk Pipelines for $215 million
- Spire declares dividend