Southern Company (NYSE: SO) started the day on Thursday, with a price decrease of -0.30% at $82.07, before settling in for the price of $82.32 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, SO posted a 52-week range of $65.80-$94.45.
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It was noted that the giant of the Utilities sector posted annual sales growth of 5.64% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 10.78%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 10.65%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $1.10 billion, simultaneously with a float of $1.09 billion. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $89.92 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $86.75, while the 200-day Moving Average is $82.50.
Southern Company (SO) Ownership Facts and Figures
Now let’s turn our focus to how large-scale investors are working with this stock of the Utilities – Regulated Electric Industry. Southern Company’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.19%, in contrast to 68.44% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Dec 05 ’24, this organization’s EVP and CIO sold 1,170 shares at the rate of 85.90, making the entire transaction reach 100,503 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 88,393. Preceding that transaction, on Dec 05 ’24, Company’s CEO, President and Chairman sold 14,000 for 86.18, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 1,206,520. This particular insider is now the holder of 73,911 in total.
Southern Company (SO) Earnings and Revenue Records
Southern Company’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 10.65% and is forecasted to reach 4.32 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 6.40% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 10.78% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Southern Company (SO). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.63. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 1.24. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $19.12, and its Beta score is 0.51. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 3.40. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 1231.82.
In the same vein, SO’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 4.29, a figure that is expected to reach 0.53 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 4.32 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Southern Company (SO)
During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 44.16% While, its Average True Range was 1.19.
Raw Stochastic average of Southern Company (SO) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 5.28%, which indicates a major fall in contrast to 24.73% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 15.37% that was higher than 15.37% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
