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In the latest session, Southern Company (NYSE: SO) closed at $89.29 up 0.17% from its previous closing price of $89.14. In other words, the price has increased by $0.17 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.34 million shares were traded. SO stock price reached its highest trading level at $89.53 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $88.62.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Southern Company’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.56 and its Current Ratio is at 0.75. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.11 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.88.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. 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 98317656064 and an Enterprise Value of 171994644480. As of this moment, Southern’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 22.20, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 19.50. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.26. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.40 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.81. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.949 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.452.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SO is 0.45, which has changed by -0.006685972 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1177547 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SO has reached a high of $100.83, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $80.46. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.80%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -2.58%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, SO has traded an average of 5.34M shares per day and 5592720 over the past ten days. A total of 1.10B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 1.10B. Insiders hold about 0.13% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 73.38% stake in the company. Shares short for SO as of 1763078400 were 37961722 with a Short Ratio of 7.17, compared to 1760486400 on 41384243. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 37961722 and a Short% of Float of 3.45.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for SO is 2.94, from 2.92 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.03275746. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.75. . The current Payout Ratio is 71.61% for SO, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-11-17 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-11-17. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2001-04-03 when the company split stock in a 10000:6109 ratio.
