Southern Correlations

SO Stock  USD 89.36  0.61  0.68%   
The current 90-days correlation between Southern and Dominion Energy is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Southern moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Southern Company moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

Southern Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Southern Company and DJI is 0.1 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Southern Company and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Southern Stock

  0.74D Dominion EnergyPairCorr
  0.92ED Consolidated EdisonPairCorr
  0.84ES Eversource EnergyPairCorr
  0.8HE Hawaiian ElectricPairCorr
  0.65CMS-PB Consumers EnergyPairCorr
  0.88ENIC Enel Chile SAPairCorr
  0.89EVRG Evergy,PairCorr
  0.89AEE Ameren CorpPairCorr
  0.93AEP American Electric PowerPairCorr
  0.94CMS CMS EnergyPairCorr
  0.93CNP CenterPoint EnergyPairCorr
  0.94DTE DTE EnergyPairCorr
  0.94DUK Duke EnergyPairCorr
  0.88EBR Centrais ElectricasPairCorr
  0.77ETR EntergyPairCorr
  0.91EXC ExelonPairCorr
  0.89FTS Fortis IncPairCorr
  0.89IDA IDACORPPairCorr
  0.74KEP Korea Electric PowerPairCorr
  0.94LNT Alliant Energy CorpPairCorr
  0.75NGG National Grid PLCPairCorr
  0.9OGE OGE EnergyPairCorr
  0.95PNW Pinnacle West CapitalPairCorr
  0.65POR Portland General ElectricPairCorr
  0.9PPL PPL CorporationPairCorr
  0.96WEC WEC Energy GroupPairCorr
  0.77XEL Xcel EnergyPairCorr
  0.83DUK-PA Duke EnergyPairCorr

Moving against Southern Stock

  0.9VSTE Vast RenewablesPairCorr
  0.66EDN Empresa DistribuidoraPairCorr
  0.61EIX Edison InternationalPairCorr
  0.53CMS-PC CMS EnergyPairCorr
  0.34GNE Genie EnergyPairCorr
  0.84VSTEW Vast RenewablesPairCorr
  0.64PEG Public Service EnterprisePairCorr
  0.58PCG-PE Pacific GasPairCorr
  0.57PCG-PC Pacific GasPairCorr
  0.57PCG-PD Pacific GasPairCorr
  0.5PCG PGE CorpPairCorr
  0.47PCG-PI Pacific GasPairCorr
  0.45SCE-PG SCE Trust IIPairCorr
  0.42PCG-PG Pacific GasPairCorr
  0.4PCG-PH Pacific GasPairCorr
  0.39SCE-PL SCE Trust VIPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
EXCAEP
DUKAEP
DUKED
EXCDUK
EXCED
EDAEP
  
High negative correlations   
EIXAEP
EXCEIX
DUKEIX
EIXD
EIXED
NEED

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Southern Stock performing well and Southern Company doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Southern's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.