On Tuesday, Southern Company (NYSE: SO) was -0.45% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $93.15. A 52-week range for SO has been $80.46 – $100.83.
During the last 5-year period, the sales drop of Utilities Sector giant was -2.34%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 5.67%. With a float of $1.10 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $1.10 billion.
Southern Company (SO) Insider Activity
Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Southern Company stocks. The insider ownership of Southern Company is 0.11%, while institutional ownership is 71.09%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 30 ’25, was worth 582,309. In this transaction EVP of this company sold 6,206 shares at a rate of $93.83, taking the stock ownership to the 51,455 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 30 ’25, when Company’s OFFICER proposed sale 6,206 for $93.83, making the entire transaction worth $582,309.
Southern Company (SO) Earnings and Forecasts
Going through the last 3-months fiscal report unveiled on the 12/31/2024, it has been observed that the corporation posted 0.5 earnings per share (EPS) during the time that was less than consensus figure (set at 0.51) by -0.01. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.28 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 5.67% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.80% during the next five years compared to -2.34% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) Trading Performance Indicators
You can see what Southern Company (SO) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.56. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.53.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.02, a number that is poised to hit 0.61 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.58 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Southern Company (SO)
Looking closely at Southern Company (NYSE: SO), its last 5-days average volume was 9.12 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 5.17 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 15.90%.
During the past 100 days, Southern Company’s (SO) raw stochastic average was set at 37.61%, which indicates a significant increase from 6.35% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 1.65 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 1.27 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $94.27, while its 200-day Moving Average is $91.17. However, in the short run, Southern Company’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $93.36. Second resistance stands at $93.98. The third major resistance level sits at $94.46. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $92.26, it is likely to go to the next support level at $91.78. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $91.16.
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) Key Stats
There are 1,101,105K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 102.11 billion. As of now, sales total 26,724 M while income totals 4,401 M. Its latest quarter income was 7,823 M while its last quarter net income were 1,711 M.
