SO Insider Buying & Government Contracts (2026)

SO insider buying and selling over the past year

Insiders at SOUTHERN CO only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 4 Form 4 sales totaling $4.76M, against no open-market purchases.

Most of the selling was pre-scheduled: 3 of the 4 sales (75.0%) were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, which are set up in advance and say less about an insider's current view than discretionary sales. Activity clustered in 2026-03 (3 trades) and 2026-02 (1 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-03-30. The average open-market sale price was $96.61; the last close of $83.72 is 13.3% below that level, so sellers exited above the current price. The single largest trade was a sale of 25,000 shares worth $2.42M on 2026-03-30. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved -13.6%, from $96.93.

Where SO trades relative to its one-year range

SOUTHERN CO closed at $83.72 on 2026-10-02, inside a one-year range of $82.35 to $99.72. That puts the stock near the bottom of its range, at 7.9% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved -10.8%, and over roughly three months -14.6%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 6,504,730 shares.

Across 78 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 49) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was -1.7%. SO is behind that median and beat 21% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded SO

STOCK Act disclosures show 11 trades in SO by 6 members of Congress over five years (7 purchases, 4 sales), most recently on 2025-12-02. The most active traders were Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), 4 trades; Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), 3 trades; Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), 1 trade; John James (R-MI), 1 trade; Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), 1 trade.

By party the trades split 6 by Republicans, 5 by Democrats; by chamber, 11 from the House.

SOUTHERN CO federal contract exposure

Federal procurement records resolve 4 prime award actions to SOUTHERN CO, worth $436.30M across 4 agencies. Department of Energy accounts for 91.6% of that value ($399.66M), so revenue from this channel depends heavily on one buyer.

Compare SO with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to SO:

• NEE one-year return -1.7%
• BKH one-year return +18.7%
• ET one-year return +21.0%
• NGL one-year return +178.0%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-03-30
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-02
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2025-12-02
• FPDS / USAspending (edge_contracts, tier-1 resolved) — as of 2026-09-25

SO data questions

Are SO insiders buying or selling stock?

Insiders at SOUTHERN CO only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 4 Form 4 sales totaling $4.76M, against no open-market purchases.

What is the one-year price range for SO?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-02, SO traded between $82.35 and $99.72, last closing at $83.72.

Has any member of Congress traded SO stock?

Yes. 6 members disclosed 11 trades in SO over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2025-12-02.