Is The Southern Company stock a buy?
What Is The Conclusion?
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Interesting Questions and Easy Answers!
Yes, The Southern Company pays dividends. Last time was Friday 6th of December 2024 where the investors holding the stock on Monday 18th of November 2024 were paid $0.72 per share. Over the last 172 times between 1982 and 2024, The Southern Company has paid $81.9075 with an average of $0.48 per share.
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We cannot find data for The Southern Company 10 years ago, but if you had invested on Friday 22nd of November 2019 when the price was $62.89, you would have made a profit of $25.08 per share or 39.88%
Yes, the average daily trading liquidity for The Southern Company is $4.39 million. You should therefore be able to get in and out of your positions relatively fast.
The Southern Company has a normal ratio of the business financed by loans. This puts the company at some risk in periods of high inflation where borrowing costs usually go up. With a normal cash flow to debt ratio of 0.15, the company's ability to pay off the debt is normal. The Southern Company has a good net profit margin of 17.87% and should have high tolerances against inflation.
We have calculated the inflation risk for The Southern Company to be low [0.4 of 1]
US inflation for August 2024 was 0.19%. Over the last 12 months, the US inflation is 2.59%. The 10-year treasury yield that indicates the future interest level is currently 4.41 and is up 0.05 over the last 30 days.