The market performance of Southern Company has been somewhat stable. Over the past year, the company’s stock achieved a high of $75.80 on 05/11/23, with the lowest value for the same timeframe being $61.56, recorded on 10/03/23.
52-week price history of SO Stock
Analyzing the 52-week price history of a stock, including its high and low prices, can provide valuable insight into its current status and potential future performance. Southern Company’s current trading price is -7.37% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 14.05%. The stock’s price range for this period has remained between $61.56 and $75.80. The Utilities sector company’s shares managed to surpass a trading volume of around 3.85 million for the day, which was noticeably lower compared to the shares’ average daily volume of 4.55 million over the last three months.
Financial Performance and Market Capitalization
Southern Company (SO) has experienced a quarterly decline of -0.92% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 76.60B and boasts a workforce of 28100 employees.
Moving average and trading volume data
Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 69.27, with a change in price of +3.76. Similarly, Southern Company recorded 4,618,508 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of +5.66%.
SO Debt-to-equity ratio analysis
The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio is a valuable metric that offers insight into a company’s financial health and standing in the market. This ratio is calculated by dividing a company’s current total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity. The D/E ratio illustrates the extent of debt a company is utilizing to support its assets in relation to the value of its shareholders’ equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for SO stands at 2.02. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 1.86.
SO Stock Stochastic Average
As of today, the raw stochastic average of Southern Company over the last 50 days is at 69.18%. This shows a declinee from the raw stochastic average of the previous 20 days, which was recorded at 95.05%. Further, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the last 20 days were 81.12% and 78.53%, respectively.
SO Stock Price Performance Analysis
The stock price performance for the year has been a mixed bag, indicating either a pessimistic or optimistic outlook depending on how you look at it. Until today this year the stock’s price performance recorded an increase of 0.13%. However, over the last six months, the performance has been stronger by -1.04%. The price of SO increased 5.61% over the last 30 days. And in the last five days, it has surged by 1.24%.
