Southern Company (SO) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $86.81, with 4.51 million shares of worth about $391.49 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -0.45% during that period and on February 12, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 0.42%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 1.10B shares, out of which, 1.09B shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 3.51% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 6.03%. Year-to-date (YTD), SO shares are showing a performance of 5.45% which increased to 29.74% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $65.80 but also hit the highest price of $94.45 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Southern Company shares is 4.43 million. The stock is currently trading 3.16% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 3.73% for SMA50 and it goes to 3.05% higher than SMA200.
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) currently have 1.10B outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 68.99% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $95.12B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.46. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 20.22, while it has posted earnings per share of $4.29 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.53 and has Quick Ratio of 0.63 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.95. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for SO, volatility over the week remained 1.97% while standing at 1.96% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 10.86% while it is estimated to increase by 6.46% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 8.00% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 10.78% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Coverage by Jefferies stated Southern Company (SO) stock as a Hold in their note to investors on September 20, 2024, suggesting a price target of $94 for the stock. Stock get a Neutral rating from UBS on April 04, 2024.
