Witnessing the stock’s movement on the chart, on Thursday, Southern Company (NYSE: SO) set off with pace as it heaved 0.03% to $93.33, before settling in for the price of $93.3 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, SO posted a 52-week range of $80.46-$94.45.
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It was noted that the giant of the Utilities sector posted annual sales growth of -2.34% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was -2.34%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 5.53%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $1.10 billion, simultaneously with a float of $1.10 billion. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $102.57 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $90.08, while the 200-day Moving Average is $88.33.
Southern Company (SO) Ownership Facts and Figures
Nothing is more important than checking the behaviour of major investors towards the stock of the Utilities – Regulated Electric industry. Southern Company’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.14%, in contrast to 68.96% institutional ownership.
Southern Company (SO) Earnings and Revenue Records
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.52 per share during the current fiscal year.
Southern Company’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 5.53% and is forecasted to reach 4.58 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 6.62% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the -2.34% 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 0.64. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $22.38, and its Beta score is 0.36. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 3.68.
In the same vein, SO’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 4.17, a figure that is expected to reach 0.90 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 4.58 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Southern Company (SO)
Going through the that latest performance of [Southern Company, SO]. Its last 5-days volume of 5.38 million indicated improvement to the volume of 5.17 million it revealed a year ago. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 79.32% While, its Average True Range was 67.31%.
Raw Stochastic average of Southern Company (SO) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 95.57%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 86.86% 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 1.24 that was lower than 1.60 volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
