Don't Judge Southern Company on Technicals Alone - Check Its Fundamentals!

By Naomi Wentworth • Monday, October 09 15:10 • Permanent Link

Southern Company logged a 0.7% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $65.44 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. SO's trading volume is 2,296,549 compared to the stock's average volume of 3,929,887.

Southern Company trades -10.42% away from its average analyst target price of $73.06 per share. The 16 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $64.0 to $81.0, and on average have given Southern Company a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in SO, you'll want to know the following:

Southern Company's current price is 32.8% above its Graham number of $49.28, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Southern Company has moved 4.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 21.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.81, Southern Company has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
SO has a forward P/E ratio of 16.2 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $4.03 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.53 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Southern Company is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.33 compared to its sector average of 1.03
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity.
Based in Atlanta, the company has 27,423 full time employees and a market cap of $71.37 Billion. Southern Company currently returns an annual dividend yield of 4.2%.

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