Southern Company (SO) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $88.22, with 5.22 million shares of worth about $460.23 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 0.09% during that period and on Wednesday the price saw a loss of about -1.89%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 1.10B shares, out of which, 1.10B shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -2.87% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -2.79%. Year-to-date (YTD), SO shares are showing a performance of 7.17% which increased to 14.32% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $76.64 but also hit the highest price of $94.45 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Southern Company shares is 5.03 million. The stock is currently trading -1.45% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -1.87% for SMA50 and it goes to 0.36% higher than SMA200.
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) currently have 1.10B outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 68.93% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $96.96B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.36. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 21.15, while it has posted earnings per share of $4.17 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.24 and has Quick Ratio of 0.64 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 2.07. 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 1.26% while standing at 1.47% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 5.61% while it is estimated to increase by 6.83% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 6.52% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -2.34% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by KeyBanc Capital Markets on May 14, 2025 offering an Underweight rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $78 to it. Coverage by JP Morgan stated Southern Company (SO) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on April 08, 2025, suggesting a price target of $94 for the stock. On January 23, 2025, Guggenheim Downgrade their recommendations, while on September 20, 2024, Jefferies Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $94. Stock get a Neutral rating from Mizuho on September 16, 2024.
