Southern Co (SO): Today's Featured Utilities Laggard
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(
) pushed the Utilities sector lower today making it today's featured Utilities laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.8%. By the end of trading, Southern fell $0.52 (-1.2%) to $41.78 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5,350,525 shares of Southern exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4,317,300 shares. The stock ranged in price between $41.71-$42.38 after having opened the day at $42.30 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $42.30. Other companies within the Utilities sector that declined today were:
(
), down 8.3%,
(
), down 4.4%,
(
), down 3.8% and
(
), down 3.3%.
The Southern Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a public electric utility company. Southern has a market cap of $36.0 billion and is part of the utilities industry. Shares are down 0.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates Southern a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 12 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Southern
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.
- You can view the full Southern Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 3.9%,
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), up 3.3%,
Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora No
(
), up 3.3% and
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), up 2.9%.
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(
) while those bearish on the utilities sector could consider
ProShares UltraShort Utilities
(
).
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