Southern Company (SO) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $95.0, with 3.9 million shares of worth about $370.94 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 15.12% during that period and on July 24, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -0.14%. 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 1.79% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 4.52%. Year-to-date (YTD), SO shares are showing a performance of 16.07% which increased to 15.40% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $80.46 but also hit the highest price of $96.44 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Southern Company shares is 5.19 million. The stock is currently trading 2.40% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 4.92% for SMA50 and it goes to 7.43% higher than SMA200.
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) currently have 1.10B outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 69.02% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $104.41B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.36. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 22.78, while it has posted earnings per share of $4.17 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.44 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 1.31% while standing at 1.35% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 5.51% while it is estimated to increase by 7.21% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 6.62% 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 Raymond James on June 13, 2025 offering an Outperform rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $98 to it. Coverage by Jefferies stated Southern Company (SO) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on June 05, 2025, suggesting a price target of $100 for the stock. On May 14, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets Downgrade their recommendations, while on April 08, 2025, JP Morgan Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $94. Stock get a Neutral rating from Guggenheim on January 23, 2025.
