DJ Southern Co. Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors
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Shares of Southern Co. $(SO)$ slid 1.89% to $92.53 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.21% to 7,420.10 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.98% to 51,492.55.
Southern Co. closed 8.24% below its 52-week high of $100.84, which the company reached on October 16th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as NextEra Energy Inc. $(NEE)$ fell 0.58% to $85.73, Dominion Energy Inc. (D) fell 0.70% to $68.02, and American Electric Power Co. Inc. $(AEP)$ fell 1.14% to $128.27.
Trading volume (7.0 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 5.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 17, 2026.
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June 17, 2026 16:39 ET (20:39 GMT)
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