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Southern Co. (SO) stock price history
Every NYSE trading session of Southern Co. from Dec 31, 1981 to Sep 28, 2026: 11,275 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Jul 13, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
SO adjusted close, 1981 to 2026
- $98.30
- All time high, 2026
- $99.26
- 52 week high, $81.91 low
- 11,275
- Daily sessions since 1981
Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1981 to 2026 series and minute bars.
SO key facts
- Southern Co. (SO) closed at $82.35 on Sep 28, 2026 on NYSE.
- SO's all time high close is $98.30, set on Mar 16, 2026; its all time low close is $0.2684 on Jan 13, 1982.
- SO's 52 week range is $81.91 to $99.26.
- SO returned -10.7% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +58.3% over five years.
- Over ten years SO returned +134%, +8.9% a year compounded.
- SO's deepest drawdown was -38.4% from Jan 30, 2020 to Mar 23, 2020.
- DataCedar holds 11,275 daily sessions of SO history from Dec 31, 1981 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
SO price chart, 1981 to 2026
SO returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -6.7% |
| 3 months | -15.2% |
| 6 months | -13.1% |
| Year to date | -4.4% |
| 1 year | -10.7% |
| 3 years | +39.2% |
| 5 years | +58.3% |
| 10 years | +133.8% |
| Since Dec 31, 1981 | +30,266% |
| Compound annual growth, 44.7 years | +13.6% |
SO records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- $98.30 on Mar 16, 2026
- All time low close
- $0.2684 on Jan 13, 1982
- 52 week high
- $99.26 on Jul 7, 2026
- 52 week low
- $81.91 on Sep 28, 2026
- Deepest drawdown
- -38.4% from Jan 30, 2020 to Mar 23, 2020, recovered Aug 16, 2021
- Best single session
- +18.8% on Mar 17, 2020
- Worst single session
- -18.2% on Oct 19, 1987
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 17.3%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 48%
- Growth of 1 since 1981
- 304×
- Best calendar year
- 2019, +52%
- Worst calendar year
- 1999, -15%
SO price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 1981 starts on Dec 31, 1981; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $85.78 | $99.26 | $81.91 | $82.35 | -4.0% | 1.1B | 185 |
| 2025 | $78.91 | $98.42 | $76.61 | $85.81 | +9.5% | 1.3B | 250 |
| 2024 | $63.98 | $89.20 | $60.69 | $78.38 | +21.7% | 1.1B | 252 |
| 2023 | $63.02 | $67.57 | $55.03 | $64.40 | +2.2% | 1B | 250 |
| 2022 | $58.14 | $70.34 | $52.97 | $63.00 | +8.2% | 1.3B | 251 |
| 2021 | $49.99 | $58.46 | $46.66 | $58.21 | +16.3% | 1B | 252 |
| 2020 | $49.68 | $55.50 | $33.05 | $50.03 | +0.6% | 1.2B | 253 |
| 2019 | $32.76 | $50.16 | $32.29 | $49.72 | +51.7% | 1.2B | 252 |
| 2018 | $34.01 | $35.97 | $30.20 | $32.79 | -3.8% | 1.6B | 251 |
| 2017 | $33.23 | $37.48 | $32.33 | $34.06 | +2.4% | 1.2B | 251 |
| 2016 | $30.02 | $36.13 | $29.75 | $33.26 | +9.9% | 1.4B | 252 |
| 2015 | $30.34 | $32.78 | $26.14 | $30.26 | -0.1% | 1.3B | 252 |
| 2014 | $24.19 | $31.63 | $23.69 | $30.29 | +25.2% | 1.2B | 252 |
| 2013 | $24.37 | $27.71 | $23.45 | $24.18 | +0.5% | 1.2B | 252 |
| 2012 | $24.73 | $26.76 | $23.47 | $24.07 | -3.5% | 1.1B | 250 |
| 2011 | $19.73 | $25.17 | $19.00 | $24.95 | +26.9% | 1.2B | 252 |
| 2010 | $16.34 | $19.79 | $15.28 | $19.66 | +20.7% | 1.1B | 252 |
| 2009 | $17.12 | $17.41 | $12.41 | $16.28 | -4.9% | 1.2B | 252 |
| 2008 | $17.12 | $18.29 | $13.64 | $17.12 | +0.0% | 1.3B | 253 |
| 2007 | $15.56 | $17.39 | $14.46 | $17.12 | +9.9% | 952.8M | 251 |
| 2006 | $14.05 | $15.81 | $12.61 | $15.59 | +11.7% | 594.8M | 251 |
| 2005 | $12.85 | $14.58 | $12.18 | $13.96 | +7.6% | 533.2M | 252 |
| 2004 | $11.16 | $13.14 | $10.37 | $12.97 | +16.2% | 467.7M | 252 |
| 2003 | $10.05 | $11.54 | $9.62 | $11.17 | +11.7% | 494.2M | 252 |
| 2002 | $8.47 | $10.84 | $7.99 | $9.99 | +17.6% | 508.5M | 252 |
| 2001 | $6.35 | $8.61 | $5.13 | $8.50 | +31.8% | 588.5M | 248 |
| 2000 | $4.25 | $6.71 | $3.81 | $6.45 | +48.7% | 744.6M | 252 |
| 1999 | $5.11 | $5.25 | $4.04 | $4.34 | -15.0% | 509.2M | 252 |
| 1998 | $4.34 | $5.47 | $4.02 | $5.10 | +18.2% | 510.6M | 252 |
| 1997 | $3.57 | $4.38 | $3.17 | $4.32 | +21.4% | 484.9M | 253 |
| 1996 | $3.64 | $3.90 | $3.25 | $3.55 | -2.9% | 404.4M | 254 |
| 1995 | $2.81 | $3.72 | $2.76 | $3.66 | +30.3% | 324.9M | 252 |
| 1994 | $2.92 | $2.95 | $2.35 | $2.81 | -3.9% | 339.2M | 252 |
| 1993 | $2.42 | $3.09 | $2.31 | $2.92 | +21.0% | 284.7M | 253 |
| 1992 | $2.01 | $2.46 | $1.82 | $2.42 | +19.4% | 308.3M | 254 |
| 1991 | $1.52 | $2.05 | $1.43 | $2.02 | +33.1% | 367.1M | 253 |
| 1990 | $1.46 | $1.56 | $1.23 | $1.52 | +4.0% | 386.6M | 253 |
| 1989 | $1.03 | $1.49 | $1.02 | $1.46 | +41.5% | 405.4M | 252 |
| 1988 | $0.9456 | $1.05 | $0.9182 | $1.03 | +9.9% | 1.1B | 253 |
| 1987 | $0.9757 | $1.12 | $0.7326 | $0.9404 | -3.6% | 634.3M | 253 |
| 1986 | $0.7756 | $1.04 | $0.7514 | $0.9757 | +24.4% | 573.6M | 253 |
| 1985 | $0.5991 | $0.8373 | $0.5831 | $0.7844 | +30.1% | 410.7M | 252 |
| 1984 | $0.4631 | $0.6030 | $0.4249 | $0.6030 | +29.2% | 288.2M | 253 |
| 1983 | $0.4002 | $0.4927 | $0.3970 | $0.4667 | +16.6% | 237.6M | 253 |
| 1982 | $0.2740 | $0.4066 | $0.2571 | $0.4002 | +47.6% | 176.5M | 253 |
| 1981 | $0.2740 | $0.2768 | $0.2712 | $0.2712 | n/a | 221K | 1 |
SO monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | $82.35 | -6.4% |
| August 2026 | $88.00 | -6.9% |
| July 2026 | $94.54 | -1.2% |
| June 2026 | $95.71 | +4.0% |
| May 2026 | $92.05 | -4.0% |
| April 2026 | $95.91 | +0.2% |
| March 2026 | $95.73 | -0.9% |
| February 2026 | $96.58 | +9.9% |
| January 2026 | $87.89 | +2.4% |
| December 2025 | $85.81 | -4.3% |
| November 2025 | $89.67 | -2.3% |
| October 2025 | $91.79 | -0.8% |
About the SO data
Daily bars. 11,275 sessions from Dec 31, 1981 to Sep 28, 2026, one row per NYSE trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Jul 13, 2026 forward, most recent session Sep 28, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are NYSE trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in USD. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Dec 31, 1981, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/SO/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
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Common questions
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