SOUTHERN CO/THE (SO) Stock Technical Analysis
NYSE:SO - New York Stock Exchange, Inc. - US8425871071 - Common Stock - Currency: USD
Overall SO gets a technical rating of 3 out of 10. SO has been an average performer in the overall market. Also recent evolutions are not that positive: both the medium and short term time frames give negative signs.
SO has an average volume of 4454110 traded shares per day. This is a good sign as it is always nice to have a liquid stock.
The long and short term trends are both neutral. This gives a pretty neutral overall picture!
When comparing the performance of all stocks over the past year, SO turns out to be only a medium performer in the overall market: it outperformed 63% of all stocks.
SO is an average performer in the Electric Utilities industry, it outperforms 62% of 46 stocks in the same industry.
SO is currently trading in the middle of its 52 week range. The S&P500 Index however is currently trading near new highs, so SO is lagging the market.
In the last month SO has a been trading in the 80.46 - 86.64 range, which is quite wide. It is currently trading in the middle of this range, so some resistance may be found above.
Volume is considerably higher in the last couple of days.
Although the technical rating is bad, SO does present a nice setup opportunity. Prices have been consolidating lately. There is very little resistance above the current price. There is a support zone below the current price at 83.86, a Stop Loss order could be placed below this zone. Very recently a Pocket Pivot signal was observed. This is another positive sign.
- A Pocket Pivot is a price/volume accumulation pattern. A Pocket Pivot occurs when price moves up with volume higher than the maximum down volume registered in the previous 10 days.
More info and screens
80.15
95.09
We found 1 important support area.
- A support zone ranging from 80.96 to 83.86. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines and important moving averages in multiple time frames.
We can see 4 important resistance areas.
- Resistance @86.01 from a trend line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @87.57 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- Resistance @91.59 from a horizontal line in the daily time frame.
- A resistance zone ranging from 93.24 to 94.15. This zone is formed by a combination of multiple trend lines in multiple time frames.
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS63.8
Mansfield-0.46
10 Day High86.65
10 Day Low82.05
20 Day High86.65
20 Day Low80.46
52 Week High94.45
52 Week Low65.8
Performance
1 Week0.56%
2 Weeks0.07%
1 Month1.98%
3 Month-5.18%
6 Month-5.23%
12 Month22.29%
2 Year24.04%
3 Year20.81%
5 Year19.25%
10 Year65.52%
15 Year162.34%
Daily CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (D)
Bullish Hammer (D)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (D)
Hanging Man (D)
Bullish Harami (D)
Doji (D)
Gravestone Doji (D)
DragonFly Doji (D)
Bearish Engulfing (D)
Bearish Shooting Star (D)
Bearish Harami (D)
Inside Bar (D)
Red Dog Reversal Down (D)
Red Dog Reversal Up (D)
Dark Cloud Cover (D)
Weekly CandleStick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing (W)
Bullish Hammer (W)
Bearish Inverted Hammer (W)
Hanging Man (W)
Bullish Harami (W)
Doji (W)
Gravestone Doji (W)
DragonFly Doji (W)
Bearish Engulfing (W)
Bearish Shooting Star (W)
Bearish Harami (W)
Inside Bar (W)
Dark Cloud Cover (W)
Daily Chart Patterns
Bull Flag
Bear Flag
Ascending Triangle (D)
Descending Triangle (D)
Symmetrical Triangle (D)
Squeeze
Channel (D)
Channel Up (D)
Channel Down (D)
Rising Wedge (D)
Falling Wedge (D)
Double Bottom (D)
Multiple Bottom (D)
Double Top (D)
Multiple Top (D)
Weekly Chart Patterns
Weekly Bull Flag
Weekly Bear Flag
Squeeze Week
Channel (W)
Double Bottom (W)
Multiple Bottom (W)
Double Top (W)
Multiple Top (W)
Technical Indicators
MACD(12,26,9)0.27
RSI(14)51.23
LBB80.97
UBB86
SOUTHERN CO/THE
NYSE:SO (1/31/2025, 7:53:32 PM)
After market: 83.0893 -0.86 (-1.03%)83.95
-0.98 (-1.15%)
Chartmill TA Rating
Chartmill Setup Rating
Sector
GICS SectorUtilities
GICS IndustryElectric Utilities
Performance
% Chg-1.15%
1 Week0.56%
2 Weeks0.07%
1 Month1.98%
3 Month-5.18%
6 Month-5.23%
12 Month22.29%
2 Year24.04%
3 Year20.81%
5 Year19.25%
10 Year65.52%
15 Year162.34%
Volatility
ATR(14)1.81
ATR(20)%2.04%
ATR Inc4.04%
Range Today1.31
ADR(20)1.62
ADR(20)%1.94%
Trend & SMA
ST Trend
LT Trend
SMA(5)
SMA(10)
SMA(20)
SMA(50)
SMA(100)
SMA(200)
Relative Strength & Ranges
CRS63.8
Mansfield-0.46
10 Day High86.65
10 Day Low82.05
20 Day High86.65
20 Day Low80.46
52 Week High94.45
52 Week Low65.8
CS1 End83.86
CR1 Start86.01
Volume & EV
DER(3)1.12%
DER(5)-0.52%
Volume4.69M
Volume Incr40.79%
Vol(5)6.14M
Vol(50)4.45M