Unlocking Key Insights on Southern Stock

By Chris Stiles • Monday, September 08 15:27 • Permanent Link

Southern logged a -1.1% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $90.77 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. SO's trading volume is 2,143,128 compared to the stock's average volume of 4,999,208.

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

Southern's current price is 74.5% above its Graham number of $52.01, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Southern has moved 2.8% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 18.5%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 3.87, Southern has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.5 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
SO has a forward P/E ratio of 21.0 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $4.32 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.94 compared to its sector average of 2.36
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity.
Based in Atlanta, the company has 28,314 full time employees and a market cap of $99.85 Billion. Southern currently returns an annual dividend yield of 3.2%.

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