Southern Company [SO] stock is trading at $87.97, down -0.36%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The SO shares have gain 0.51% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.49%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Southern Company [NYSE: SO] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on September 20, 2024, when Jefferies initiated its Hold rating and assigned the stock a price target of $94. Previously, Mizuho downgraded its rating to Neutral on September 16, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $90. On August 02, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Peer Perform. UBS downgraded its rating to a Neutral. BMO Capital Markets upgraded its rating to a Outperform and raised its price target to $77 on January 11, 2024. Citigroup started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on December 08, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $82. In a note dated November 03, 2023, Scotiabank downgraded an Sector Perform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $78.
Southern Company [SO] stock has fluctuated between $65.80 and $94.45 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $78.09 within the next 12 months. Southern Company [NYSE: SO] shares were valued at $87.97 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -11.23% based on the average SO price forecast.
Analyzing the SO fundamentals
Southern Company [NYSE:SO] reported sales of 26.43B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 4.21%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.48% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.27%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.21%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.18%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.15 and Total Capital is 0.05. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.91.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 87.71 points at the first support level, and at 87.45 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 88.32, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 88.67.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Southern Company’s Current Ratio is 0.91. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.63, and the Cash Ratio is 0.08. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.65, the price to book ratio is 2.89 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 20.49.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Spainhour Sterling A Jr., EVP, Chief Legal Officer & CCO, that happened on Nov 04 ’24 when 793.0 shares were sold. Officer, Spainhour Sterling A Jr. completed a deal on Nov 04 ’24 to buy 793.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chairman, President & CEO, GAS Kerr, II James Y sold 30000.0 shares on Oct 04 ’24.
