Southern Company [NYSE: SO] traded at a low on 2025-06-25, posting a -0.54 loss after which it closed the day’ session at $5150000.0.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 5548287 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Southern Company stands at 0.87% while the volatility over the past one month is 0.92%.
The market cap for SO stock reached $99.35 billion, with 1.10 billion shares outstanding and 1.10 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 5.15M shares, SO reached a trading volume of 5548287 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about Southern Company [SO]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for SO shares is $95.47 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on SO stock is a recommendation set at 2.43. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Raymond James have made an estimate for Southern Company shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on June 13, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on June 05, 2025, representing the official price target for Southern Company stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $78, while KeyBanc Capital Markets analysts kept a Underweight rating on SO stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 2.94, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 2.12.
How has SO stock performed recently?
Southern Company [SO] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.24. With this latest performance, SO shares gained by 0.85% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 10.54% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 9.82% in the past year of trading.
Southern Company [SO]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Southern Company [SO] shares currently have an operating margin of 25.90% and a Gross Margin at 31.60%. Southern Company’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 16.54%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 3.20%, with Return on Assets sitting at 3.20%.
Earnings analysis for Southern Company [SO]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for SO. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Southern Company go to 6.55%.
Insider trade positions for Southern Company [SO]
There are presently around $71.15%, or 71.22% of SO stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of SO stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 100.76 million shares, which is approximately 9.1938%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 77.69 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$6.03 billion in SO stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$4.45 billion in SO stock with ownership which is approximately 5.2357%.
