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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 $104.48B, about 21.5x SR ($4.87B).
- Over the past year, SO is up 4.7% and SR is up 11.5% - SR leads by 6.8 points.
- SO has been more active in the news (6 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for SR).
- 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 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
- NYSE Content Update: Stocktwits Cashtag Awards Takes Place at NYSE Today
- Southern Company reports first-quarter 2026 earnings
- Georgia Power continues to plan for additional generation to meet the energy needs of a growing Georgia
Latest SR
- 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
- BERNHARD CAPITAL-BACKED DELTA UTILITIES TO EXPAND MISSISSIPPI FOOTPRINT THROUGH ACQUISITION OF SPIRE INC.'S NATURAL GAS BUSINESS
- Spire announces sale of its Mississippi natural gas business to Delta Utilities for $75 million
- TD Cowen initiated coverage on Spire with a new price target
- Spire and I Squared announce agreement for sale of natural gas storage assets for $650 million