SOMN - The Southern Company
Established in 1946 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Company operates as a diversified energy utility. Its primary activities involve the production, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company is responsible for developing, constructing, acquiring, owning, and managing a variety of electricity generation assets, including renewable energy projects, and it engages in the wholesale sale of power.
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Regulated Electric
- Market Cap
- $101.57B
- P/E Ratio
- 21.51
- Beta
- 0.30
- 52-Week Range
- 44.35-53.99
- Dividend Yield
- $2.17
- CEO
- Christopher C. Womack
- Employees
- 28,314
- IPO Date
- Nov 4, 2025
- Exchange
- NYSE
SOMN Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for SOMN is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The SOMN overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked SOMN overview questions
- What is SOMN?
- SOMN is the ticker symbol for The Southern Company, a listed security. Established in 1946 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, The Southern Company operates as a diversified energy utility. Its primary activities involve the production, transmission, and distribution of electricity. Listed on NYSE. SOMN is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What are SOMN's key statistics?
- The Southern Company (SOMN) carries a market capitalization of $101.57B, trailing P/E ratio of 21.51, beta of 0.30 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 44.35-53.99. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does SOMN belong to?
- The Southern Company operates in the Utilities sector, in the Regulated Electric industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare SOMN's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the SOMN data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for SOMN, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, twice-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).