Southern Company (SO) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $89.06, with 3.95 million shares of worth about $352.05 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -1.61% during that period and on March 26, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 1.52%. 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 -0.60% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -0.88%. Year-to-date (YTD), SO shares are showing a performance of 8.19% which increased to 27.59% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $67.53 but also hit the highest price of $94.45 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Southern Company shares is 5.01 million. The stock is currently trading -0.75% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 2.41% for SMA50 and it goes to 3.69% higher than SMA200.
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) currently have 1.10B outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 68.74% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $97.68B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.40. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 22.32, while it has posted earnings per share of $3.99 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.40 and has Quick Ratio of 0.46 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 2.00. 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 1.60% while standing at 1.88% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 5.87% while it is estimated to increase by 6.64% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 6.57% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -2.34% 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.
