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SO vs TLN
Side-by-side comparison of Southern Company (SO) and Talen Energy Corporation (TLN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both SO and TLN operate in Electric Utilities: Central (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
- SO is the larger of the two at $108.27B, about 5.7x TLN ($19.01B).
- Over the past year, SO is up 3.8% and TLN is up 48.0% - TLN leads by 44.2 points.
- TLN has been more active in the news (4 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for SO).
- SO has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 17 for TLN).
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 SO
- 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®
- New stipulated agreement offers $285 million in annual savings for Georgia Power customers starting this summer
Latest TLN
- Talen Energy to Report Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results on August 5, 2026
- Talen Energy Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Talen Energy Reports PJM Auction Results for the 2028/2029 Planning Year
- Jefferies resumed coverage on Talen Energy with a new price target
- SEC Form S-3ASR filed by Talen Energy Corporation
- Amendment: Talen Energy Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Goldman initiated coverage on Talen Energy with a new price target
- Director Abbas Gizman I sold $988,000 worth of shares (2,600 units at $380.00), decreasing direct ownership by 50% to 2,606 units (SEC Form 4)
- Talen Energy Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation, Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Talen Energy Completes Acquisition of High-Quality Western PJM Generation Assets