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SO - The Southern Company
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CONSENSUS:
Hold
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PRICE TARGET:
$98.67
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HIGH:
$112.00
LOW:
$79.00
MEDIAN:
$99.00
CONSENSUS:
$98.67
UPSIDE:
11.99%
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Borders & Southern shares fall 15% after Milei threatens sanctions on Falklands oil firms
Shares in Borders & Southern Petroleum (AIM:BOR), the AIM-listed oil and gas explorer with licences in the Falkland Islands, fell 15% to 9.78p on Friday. The drop came after Argentina's president, Javier Milei, said he would speed up sanctions against companies involved in oil extraction projects near the islands.
Waterfall Asset Management and Delaware Life Complete Refinancing of The Torrance in Southern California
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Southern Cross Gold Drills 0.6 m @ 972 g/t Gold in Apollo and Drills Easternmost Mineralization
Vancouver, British Columbia and Melbourne, Australia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 2, 2026) - Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd (TSX: SXGC) (ASX: SX2) (OTCQX: SXGCF) (FSE: MV3) ("SXGC", "SX2" or the "Company") announces results from five drill holes at the 100%-owned Sunday Creek Gold-Antimony Project in Victoria, showing the increase in grade at depth in Apollo and extended Sunday Creek to its furthest eastern point to date with high grades in up-dip areas of Apollo East (Figures 2 to 6). SDDSC222W1 returned the headline result, 0.6 m @ 993.2 g/t AuEq (972.0 g/t Au, 8.9% Sb) from 808.5 m, the 9th best composite intersection drilled at Sunday Creek, 620 m below surface.
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Ancora Advisors LLC Takes $920,000 Position in Southern Company (The) $SO
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Borders & Southern Petroleum says its talking to multiple parties as spotlight shines on Falklands oil
Borders & Southern Petroleum (AIM:BOR) said accelerating development of the Sea Lion oil project is sharpening investor attention on the Falkland Islands as the company advances talks over a farm-out of its own Darwin discovery. The explorer pointed to Navitas Petroleum's commitment to secure a second FPSO for Sea Lion and Rockhopper Exploration's recent capital raise to meet additional development costs, saying the investment reinforced the Falklands' emergence as a new oil-producing region.
Southern Cross Acquisition II Corp. Announces Closing of $76,526,300 Initial Public Offering
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Georgia Power's contract with OpenAI approved; Latest approval part of portfolio of large-load contracts delivering approximately $950 million in annual savings beginning in 2029
Georgia Power's contract with OpenAI approved; Latest approval part of portfolio of large-load contracts delivering approximately $950 million i
Georgia Power's contract with OpenAI approved; Latest approval part of portfolio of large-load contracts delivering approximately $950 million in annual savings beginning in 2029
Large-load growth continues to provide benefits to customers with expected savings for Georgia Power customers to increase to $180 per year for the typical residential customer; Agreement builds on company's prior base rate freeze and overall reduction in rates announced this summer ATLANTA, Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Georgia Power announced that its contract to serve OpenAI's new project in Effingham County has been approved as part of the regulatory process with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC). This marks the latest step in the company's proactive strategy to ensure Georgia's growth benefits the customers it serves.
Price Targets
Southern Company price target lowered to $97 from $100 at Truist
$97.00
(was $92.70)
Truist Financial
Southern Company price target raised to $106 from $105 at Mizuho
$106.00
(was $94.34)
Mizuho Securities
Southern Company price target raised to $104 from $102 at BMO Capital
$104.00
(was $97.25)
James Thalacker
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BMO Capital
KeyBanc Downgrades Southern Co. (SO) to Underweight
$79.00
(was $95.80)
Sophie Karp
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KeyBanc
Southern Company price target lowered to $102 from $105 at BMO Capital
$102.00
(was $94.80)
James Thalacker
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BMO Capital
Southern Company price target raised to $89 from $87 at Morgan Stanley
$89.00
(was $94.83)
David Arcaro
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Morgan Stanley
Southern Co. (SO) PT Lowered to $99 at JefferiesMember Login
$99.00
(was $94.00)
Jefferies
Southern Company price target lowered to $98 from $99 at Barclays
$98.00
(was $92.53)
Nicholas Campanella
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Barclays
Southern Company price target lowered to $100 from $103 at Truist
$100.00
(was $91.93)
Richard Sunderland
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Truist Financial
Southern Company price target lowered to $87 from $92 at Morgan Stanley
$87.00
(was $94.12)
David Arcaro
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Morgan Stanley
Southern Company price target raised to $105 from $104 at Mizuho
$105.00
(was $97.11)
Mizuho Securities
Southern Company price target raised to $104 from $103 at Raymond James
$104.00
(was $97.05)
Raymond James
Southern Company price target raised to $99 from $88 at Barclays
$99.00
(was $97.59)
Barclays
Southern Co. (SO) PT Raised to $112 at TD Cowen
$112.00
(was $97.11)
Shelby Tucker
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Cowen & Co.
Evercore ISI Upgrades Southern Co. (SO) to Outperform
$111.00
(was $96.29)
Nicholas Amicucci
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Evercore ISI
Southern Co. (SO) PT Raised to $102 at Jefferies
$102.00
(was $95.22)
Julien Dumoulin-Smith
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Jefferies
Southern Company price target raised to $103 from $101 at Scotiabank
$103.00
(was $94.44)
Scotiabank
Southern Co. (SO) PT Raised to $103 at BMO Capital
$103.00
(was $94.58)
Truist Financial
Southern Company upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Mizuho
$104.00
(was $95.05)
Mizuho Securities
Southern Company upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Wells Fargo
$96.00
(was $95.05)
Wells Fargo