Big Tech Is Barreling Toward a $17 Trillion Reckoning
While everyday investors keep piling into names like Nvidia, Apple, and Amazon... the owners of those very companies are dumping their OWN shares at a record pace. Now, "America's top trader" is warning that big tech could be barreling right toward another dot-com style implosion.
| Open | 92.50 | Prev Close | 92.96 |
| High | 92.68 | Low | 89.96 |
| Volume | 6,760,667 | Volume (Avg) | 4,947 |
| 52 Week High | 93.48 | 52 Week Low | 65.27 |
| Market Cap | 98.8B | PE Ratio | 22.58 |
General
| Name | Southern Company |
| Ticker | SO |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Industry | Utilities - Regulated Electric |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 28,314 |
About Southern Company
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee; operates, constructs, and maintains approximately 78,500 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities; and provides gas marketing services, as well as electric services to retail customers. It also offers distributed energy and resilience solutions, and digital wireless communications and fiber optics services, as well as deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, utility customers. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1946 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 91.86 |
| Market Cap | 98,821,900,000 |
| PE Ratio | 22.58 |
| PEG Ratio | 3.13 |
| EBITDA | 12,944,000,000 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 22.58 |
| Forward PE | 21.60 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 3.70 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 3.07 |
Technicals
| Beta | 0.37 |
| 52 Week High | 93.48 |
| 52 Week Low | 65.27 |
| 50 Day Average | 5.56% |
| 200 Day Average | 5.63% |
Dividend
Southern Company pays out a dividend of $2.95 per share, with a dividend yield of 3.27%.
SO's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on March 6, 2025.
They pay out 71.61% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Mar 6, 2025 | $0.72 |
| Dec 6, 2024 | $0.72 |
| Sep 6, 2024 | $0.72 |
| Jun 6, 2024 | $0.72 |
| Mar 6, 2024 | $0.70 |
| Dec 6, 2023 | $0.70 |
| Sep 6, 2023 | $0.70 |
| Jun 6, 2023 | $0.70 |
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