SO

Southern Company
Electric Utilities · Utilities · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$83.79
+0.1% on the session
1-year return
-7.8%
-12.1% over six months
Volatility
17.3%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-15.5%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Southern Company is a electric utilities name in the utilities sector. Over the past year it returned -7.8%, against -13.2% over three months and -5.6% over one. It trades 7.9% below its 200-day average, so recent moves have not repaired the longer downtrend. Annualized volatility of 17.3% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -15.5%, and it has traded a median $461M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate -0.17 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Utilities#21 of 31
Stronger than 33% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#346 of 496

How SO scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 14 others in Electric Utilities.

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Full metrics
1 day+0.1%
1 week+1.7%
1 month-5.6%
3 months-13.2%
6 months-12.1%
1 year-7.8%
12-1 momentum-2.3%
Volatility (1y, annualized)17.3%
Max drawdown (1y)-15.5%
Distance vs 200-day average-7.9%
Return per unit of risk-0.45
Median daily dollar volume$461M
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