Is Southern Company (The) stock a buy?
What Is The Conclusion?
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Interesting Questions and Easy Answers!
Yes, Southern Company (The) pays dividends. Last time was Wednesday 30th of October 2024 where the investors holding the stock on Tuesday 29th of October 2024 were paid $0.30938 per share. Over the last 18 times between 2020 and 2024, Southern Company (The) has paid $5.63766 with an average of $0.31 per share.
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We cannot find data for Southern Company (The) 10 years ago, but if you had invested on Tuesday 14th of January 2020 when the price was $25.28, you would have made a loss of $-1.670 per share or -6.61%
Yes, the average daily trading liquidity for Southern Company (The) is $71 748 thousand. You should therefore be able to get in and out of your positions relatively fast.
Southern Company (The) 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 0.13, the company's ability to pay off the debt is normal. Southern Company (The) has a good net profit margin of 16.70% and should have high tolerances against inflation.
We have calculated the inflation risk for Southern Company (The) to be low [0.4 of 1]
US inflation for July 2024 was 0.15%. Over the last 12 months, the US inflation is 2.92%. The 10-year treasury yield that indicates the future interest level is currently 3.72 and is down -0.95 over the last 30 days.