Southern Ownership

SO Stock  USD 89.74  0.41  0.46%   
Southern shows a total of 1.1 Billion outstanding shares. The majority of Southern outstanding shares are owned by institutional holders. These institutional investors are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to take positions in Southern to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutions are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Southern. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Southern Company as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. On November 11, 2024, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of US Congress acquired under $15k worth of Southern's common stock.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
1985-09-30
Previous Quarter
1.1 B
Current Value
1.1 B
Avarage Shares Outstanding
782.3 M
Quarterly Volatility
174.3 M
 
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Some institutional investors establish a significant position in stocks such as Southern in order to find ways to drive up its value. Retail investors, on the other hand, need to know that institutional holders can own millions of shares of Southern, and when they decide to sell, the stock will often sell-off, which may instantly impact shareholders' value. So, traders who get in early or near the beginning of the institutional investor's buying cycle could potentially generate profits.
At this time, Southern's Dividend Yield is very stable compared to the past year. As of the 28th of November 2024, Dividend Paid And Capex Coverage Ratio is likely to grow to 0.84, while Dividends Paid is likely to drop about 1.7 B. As of the 28th of November 2024, Common Stock Shares Outstanding is likely to drop to about 847.2 M. In addition to that, Net Income Applicable To Common Shares is likely to drop to about 2.2 B.
Please note, institutional investors have a lot of resources and new technology at their disposal. They can put in a lot of research and financial analysis when reviewing investment options. There are many different types of institutional investors, including banks, hedge funds, insurance companies, and pension plans. One of the main advantages they have over retail investors is the fees paid for trades. As they are buying in large quantities, they can manage their cost more effectively.
  
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Southern Stock Ownership Analysis

About 71.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The book value of Southern was at this time reported as 30.39. The company last dividend was issued on the 18th of November 2024. Southern had 10000:6109 split on the 3rd of April 2001. The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Southern operates under UtilitiesRegulated Electric classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 27027 people. To find out more about Southern Company contact Mark Lantrip at 404 506 5000 or learn more at https://www.southerncompany.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Southern also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different Southern's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align Southern's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

Southern Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

143.96 Billion

Southern Insider Trades History

Less than 1% of Southern Company are currently held by insiders. Unlike Southern's institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against Southern's private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of Southern's insider trades
 
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Southern Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Southern is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Southern Company backward and forwards among themselves. Southern's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Southern's securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
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Note, although Southern's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Southern Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific Southern insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on Southern's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases Southern insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

Southern's latest congressional trading

Congressional trading in companies like Southern, is subject to rigorous scrutiny to prevent conflicts of interest and insider trading. This is governed by multiple SEC regulations which were established to foster transparency and deter members of Congress from leveraging non-public information for personal gain. This oversight helps maintain public trust and ensures that investments in Southern by those in governmental positions are based on the same information available to the general public.
2024-11-11Representative Marjorie Taylor GreeneAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-09-06Representative John JamesAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-09-02Representative John JamesAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-08-21Representative Jared MoskowitzAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-08-19Representative Jared MoskowitzAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-08-06Representative Jared MoskowitzAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-05-21Representative Marjorie Taylor GreeneAcquired Under $15KVerify
2024-05-04Representative Earl BlumenauerAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2023-02-17Representative Neal P DunnAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2020-04-13Representative Billy LongAcquired $15K to $50KVerify
2019-07-19Representative Lois FrankelAcquired Under $15KVerify
2019-01-31Representative John RutherfordAcquired Under $15KVerify

Southern Outstanding Bonds

Southern issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Southern uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Southern bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Southern Company has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Southern Corporate Filings

F4
15th of November 2024
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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10Q
31st of October 2024
Quarterly performance report mandated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to be filed by publicly traded corporations
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8K
9th of September 2024
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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5th of September 2024
Prospectus used primarily for registering securities for public sale.
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Pair Trading with Southern

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Southern position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Southern will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to Southern could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Southern when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Southern - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Southern Company to buy it.
The correlation of Southern is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. 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 moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Southern can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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Is Electric Utilities space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Southern. If investors know Southern will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Southern listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.078
Dividend Share
2.84
Earnings Share
4.29
Revenue Per Share
24.135
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.042
The market value of Southern is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Southern that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Southern's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Southern's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Southern's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Southern's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Southern's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Southern is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Southern's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.