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After finishing at $99.68 in the prior trading day, Southern Company (NYSE: SO) closed at $99.72, up 0.04%. In other words, the price has increased by $0.04 from its previous closing price. On the day, 7.2 million shares were traded. SO stock price reached its highest trading level at $100.24 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $99.17.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of SO by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.53 and its Current Ratio is at 0.74. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.08 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.89.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of. The stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Evercore ISI on October 07, 2025, initiated with a In-line rating and assigned the stock a target price of $103.
On October 03, 2025, Scotiabank Downgraded its rating to Sector Perform which previously was Sector Outperform but kept the price unchanged to $99.
On June 13, 2025, Raymond James started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $98.Raymond James initiated its Outperform rating on June 13, 2025, with a $98 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 30 ’25 when Anderson Bryan D sold 6,206 shares for $93.83 per share. The transaction valued at 582,309 led to the insider holds 51,455 shares of the business.
BRYAN ANDERSON bought 6,206 shares of SO for $582,309 on Sep 30 ’25. On Aug 11 ’25, another insider, Spainhour Sterling A Jr., who serves as the EVP & CLO of the company, sold 2,380 shares for $95.02 each. As a result, the insider received 226,148 and left with 17,382 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SO now has a Market Capitalization of 109696720896 and an Enterprise Value of 182584721408. As of this moment, Southern’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 25.75, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 21.77. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.81. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.87 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.23. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 6.437 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.662.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SO is 0.43, which has changed by 0.07572818 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.14201736 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SO has reached a high of $99.81, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $80.46. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 6.18%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 10.50%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 4.91M shares per day over the past 3-months and 5093920 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 1.10B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 1.10B. Insiders hold about 0.11% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 70.69% stake in the company. Shares short for SO as of 1759190400 were 38006947 with a Short Ratio of 7.74, compared to 1756425600 on 34802311. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 38006947 and a Short% of Float of 3.46.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, SO’s forward annual dividend rate was 2.9, compared to 2.92 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.029093098. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.78. The current Payout Ratio is 71.61% for SO, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-08-18 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-18. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2001-04-03 when the company split stock in a 10000:6109 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The stock of Southern Company (SO) is currently being evaluated by 10.0 analysts who are actively contributing to its market rating.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.61, with high estimates of $0.67 and low estimates of $0.47.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $4.3 and $4.23 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $4.27. EPS for the following year is $4.58, with 18.0 analysts recommending between $4.74 and $4.4.
Revenue Estimates
8 analysts predict $7.96B in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $10.1B to a low estimate of $7.41B. As of. The current estimate, Southern Company’s year-ago sales were $7.27BFor the next quarter, 8 analysts are estimating revenue of $6.16B. There is a high estimate of $6.98B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $3.2B.
A total of 14 analysts have provided revenue estimates for SO’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $29.63B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $26.71B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $28.43B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $26.72BBased on 14 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $29.85B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $31.67B and the low estimate is $28.05B.
