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Southern Co

SO
94.040USD
-1.030-1.08%
Close 10/31, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
103.45BMarket Cap
24.15P/E TTM

Southern Co

94.040
-1.030-1.08%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Southern Co

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively stable. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Hold. Despite an average stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Southern Co's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
26 / 69
Overall Ranking
144 / 4618
Industry
Electric Utilities & IPPs

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 24 analysts
Hold
Current Rating
100.559
Target Price
+5.77%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Southern Co Highlights

StrengthsRisks
The Southern Company is an energy provider. The Company owns three traditional electric operating companies, Southern Power Company and Southern Company Gas. The traditional electric operating companies - Alabama Power, Georgia Power and Mississippi Power - are each operating public utility companies providing electric service to retail customers in three Southeastern states in addition to wholesale customers in the Southeast. The Southern Power Company develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects, and sells electricity at market-based rates in the wholesale market. The Southern Company Gas is an energy services holding company whose primary business is the distribution of natural gas in four states - Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee - through the natural gas distribution utilities. Southern Company Gas is also involved in several other businesses that are complementary to the distribution of natural gas.
High Profit Growth
The company's net income leads the industry, with the latest annual income totaling USD 26.72B.
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 71.19%.
Stable Dividend
The company has regularly paid dividends over the past 5 years, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 71.19%.
Fairly Valued
The company’s latest PE is 23.21, at a medium 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 786.78M shares, decreasing 0.65% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by Steven Cohen
Star Investor Steven Cohen holds 1.20M shares of this stock.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company's current financial score is 7.34, which is higher than the Electric Utilities & IPPs industry's average of 7.14. Its financial status is weak, and its operating efficiency is high. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 6.97B, representing a year-over-year increase of 7.89%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 26.85%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.34
Change
0

Financials

5.73

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

8.27

Operational Efficiency

8.09

Growth Potential

7.52

Shareholder Returns

7.08

Southern Co's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current valuation score is 7.16, which is lower than the Electric Utilities & IPPs industry's average of 7.49. Its current P/E ratio is 23.21, which is 14.04% below the recent high of 26.46 and 24.79% above the recent low of 17.45.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.16
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 26/69
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 7.10, which is lower than the Electric Utilities & IPPs industry's average of 7.32. The average price target for Southern Co is 102.50, with a high of 114.00 and a low of 73.12.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.10
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 24 analysts
Hold
Current Rating
100.559
Target Price
+5.77%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

59
Total
12
Median
12
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Southern Co
SO
24
Nextera Energy Inc
NEE_pr
20
Nextera Energy Inc
NEE_ps
20
Nextera Energy Inc
NEE
20
Nextera Energy Inc
NEE_pt
20
Duke Energy Corp
DUK
19
1
2
3
...
12

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.74, which is lower than the Electric Utilities & IPPs industry's average of 7.16. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 98.97 and the support level at 90.98, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.98
Change
-0.24

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(1)
Neutral(4)
Buy(1)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
-1.102
Neutral
RSI(14)
42.692
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
23.311
Neutral
ATR(14)
1.614
Low Volatility
CCI(14)
-97.857
Neutral
Williams %R
85.097
Oversold
TRIX(12,20)
0.041
Sell
StochRSI(14)
51.028
Buy
Moving Average
Sell(4)
Neutral(0)
Buy(2)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
94.386
Sell
MA10
95.613
Sell
MA20
96.618
Sell
MA50
94.308
Sell
MA100
93.609
Buy
MA200
91.079
Buy

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 7.00, which is higher than the Electric Utilities & IPPs industry's average of 6.19. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 71.52%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 0.10%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 104.94M shares, representing 9.54% of shares outstanding, with 2.61% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
7.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
104.94M
+1.61%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
65.26M
+1.68%
State Street Investment Management (US)
59.12M
+1.23%
JP Morgan Asset Management
48.21M
+8.49%
Geode Capital Management, L.L.C.
26.01M
+0.94%
Capital International Investors
25.89M
+0.47%
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC
22.12M
-12.74%
MFS Investment Management
20.06M
-3.97%
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
Star Investors
15.92M
+19.96%
Franklin Advisers, Inc.
13.82M
-5.93%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current risk assessment score is 9.95, which is higher than the Electric Utilities & IPPs industry's average of 6.94. The company's beta value is 0.43. This indicates that the stock tends to underperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences smaller declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
9.95
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
0.43
VaR
+1.89%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+9.78%
240-Day Volatility
+18.38%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+2.25%
120 days
+2.91%
5 years
+4.85%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-1.56%
120 days
-2.84%
5 years
-4.70%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
-0.14
120 days
+0.74
5 years
+0.80

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+9.78%
3 years
+17.12%
5 years
+23.28%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
+0.86
3 years
+0.69
5 years
+0.48
Skewness
240 days
-0.27
3 years
-0.02
5 years
-0.09

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+18.38%
5 years
+20.51%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+1.59%
5 years
+1.38%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
+114.13%
240 days
+114.13%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+9.27%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+8.44%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+0.46%
120 days
+0.46%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
-4.79%
60 days
+9.12%
120 days
+7.75%

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