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$73.91 $0.66 (0.90%)
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What this means: Southern Company (The) (SO) gets a very poor rank from InvestorsObserver. Our comprehensive analysis of fundamental and technical factors gives SO a rank of 24. Our methodology considers analysis of the company's financial situation and how it has traded recently. SO rank of 24 means that it ranks below 76% of stocks.

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SO Stock Analysis Overview

What this means: Southern Company (The) (SO) gets a very poor rank from InvestorsObserver. Our comprehensive analysis of fundamental and technical factors gives SO a rank of 24. Our methodology considers analysis of the company's financial situation and how it has traded recently. SO rank of 24 means that it ranks below 76% of stocks.

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Southern Company (The) (SO) Analyst Forecast

SO Price, Volume, Earnings, and Dividend Date

  • Last Price $73.91
  • Previous Close $73.25
  • Change $0.66
  • Open $72.75
  • Volume 5,606,872
  • Avg. Volume (100-day) 4,649,431
  • Market Cap 80,636,927,002
  • Days Range 72.11 - 74.22
  • 52-week Range 61.56 - 75.8
  • Dividend Yield 3.93%
  • Ex. Dividend Date 05/17/24
  • P-E 20.09
  • EPS 2.74
  • Earnings Date 05/02/24
  • Sector Utilities
  • Industry Utilities - Regulated Electric
  • Avg. Analyst Rec. Premium
  • Beta 0.457
  • PEG Ratio 4.51

Southern Company (The) (SO) Company Description

Southern Co. is one of the largest utilities in the U.S. The company distributes electricity and natural gas to approximately 9 million customers in nine states. It owns 50 gigawatts of rate-regulated generating capacity, primarily for serving customers in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Subsidiary Southern Power Co. owns 12 gigawatts of mostly non-rate-regulated renewable energy capacity and sells the electricity primarily under long-term power sales agreements. The solar and wind farms are located in Southern's regulated jurisdictions but also in Texas, California, and other states.

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