Southern Company (NYSE:SO) currently has a daily average trading volume of 5.15M but it saw 5548287 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 99.35B USD, the company’s current market price of $90.4 came falling about -0.54 while comparing to the previous closing price of $90.89. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $94.45 and as low as $76.96. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $89.81 while lowest mark touched by it was $90.69.
The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Raymond James which initiated the stock as “Outperform” in its note to investors issued on June 13, 2025, recommending a price target of $98 for it. Jefferies upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Hold” on June 05, 2025 while assigning a price target of $100. KeyBanc Capital Markets issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock is $78.
Over the week, SO’s stock price is moving 2.24% up while it is 0.85% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 15.22% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 9.82%.
Currently, Southern Company’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.10B with 0.10% of that held by the insiders while 71.15% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 4.70% and return on equity (ROE) at 14.01%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 21.68 while having a 19.75 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.37. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.94 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.57. Its return on asset (ROA) is 3.20% on average.
