Exelonvs.Southern Company
EXC vs SO · both in Utilities & power producers, part of the Energy, grid & critical infrastructure value chain: Electricity utilities and large power producers, from nuclear to renewable portfolios.
Southern Company is about 2.3× larger than Exelon by market cap; Exelon trades at the lower P/E (16.9 vs 22.9).
Side by side
| EXC | SO | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $47B | $107B |
| Price | $44.31 | $89.97 |
| Today | −0.1% | −0.1% |
| Return YTD | +1.7% | +3.3% |
| Return 1Y | −1.4% | −4.6% |
| P/E | 16.9 | 22.9 |
| P/S | 1.9 | 3.7 |
| P/B | 1.6 | 2.7 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
ExelonEXC
Distributes electricity and gas to several large US cities, ComEd and PECO among them.
Full EXC profile →Southern CompanySO
Vogtle is adding nuclear output to what is already one of the biggest US electric and gas utilities.
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