The stock of Southern Company (SO) has gone up by 1.28% for the week, with a 3.47% rise in the past month and a 0.77% rise in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.31%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are 1.44% for SO. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 2.44% for SO stock, with a simple moving average of 4.17% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Southern Company (NYSE: SO) Right Now?
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 22.02x compared to its average ratio. SO has 36-month beta value of 0.36. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 5 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 12 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for SO is 1.10B, and currently, short sellers hold a 1.94% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of SO on July 01, 2025 was 5.23M shares.
SO) stock’s latest price update
Southern Company (NYSE: SO)’s stock price has plunge by 1.02relation to previous closing price of 90.9. Nevertheless, the company has seen a 1.28% surge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-06-26 that SO and VST continue to expand their clean energy generation portfolio and efficiently serve their customers in the United States.
Analysts’ Opinion of SO
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for SO stocks, with Raymond James repeating the rating for SO by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for SO in the upcoming period, according to Raymond James is $98 based on the research report published on June 13, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Jefferies, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see SO reach a price target of $100. The rating they have provided for SO stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on June 05th, 2025.
KeyBanc Capital Markets gave a rating of “Underweight” to SO, setting the target price at $78 in the report published on May 14th of the current year.
SO Trading at 2.24% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought SO to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -2.77% of loss for the given period.
Stock Fundamentals for SO
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.26 for the present operating margin
- 0.45 for the gross margin
The net margin for Southern Company stands at 0.17. The total capital return value is set at 0.05. Equity return is now at value 14.01, with 3.20 for asset returns.
Based on Southern Company (SO), the company’s capital structure generated 0.67 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.14. The debt to equity ratio resting at 2.07. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 2.63.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 13.2 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 4.99. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 6.06. The receivables turnover for the company is 6.52for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.19. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.86.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Southern Company (SO) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
