Southern Stock Options
| SO Stock | USD 83.90 0.01 0.01% |
Southern's latest option contracts expiring on March 21st 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.39 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.07 over 21 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying way more calls than puts on contracts expiring on March 21st 2025. The total put volume is at 6.0, with calls trading at the volume of 100.0. This yields a 0.06 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against March 21st 2025 Option Contracts
2025-03-21
The chart above shows Southern's distribution of open interest by maturity on contracts that have not yet been settled. The area between the two highest points is the projection of the price at expiration. Southern's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Southern's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Southern Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-03-21 Option Contracts
Max pain occurs when Southern's market makers reach a net positive position across all Southern's options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Southern's option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Southern
Analyzing Southern's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Southern regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Southern's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Southern's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Southern's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Please note that buying 'in-the-money' options on Southern lessens the impact of time decay, as they carry both intrinsic and time value. So, even if Southern's value remains static through the expiration date, the investor can sell to close an 'in-the-money' option to avoid a potential loss. However, in-the-money Southern contracts are usually more expensive to enter than their out-of-the-money counterparts. So keep in mind that while the payoffs on an in-the-money trade can be high, the investors could ultimately experience a more consequential loss if Southern Stock moves the wrong way.
Southern In The Money Call Balance
When Southern's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Southern Company stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Southern's options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on Southern Company are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.
Southern Current Options Market Mood
Southern's open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps Southern Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.
Put-to-Call Open Interest
Put-to-Call Volume
Unfortunately, most Southern's options investors are not very successful. Southern's option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.
Rule 16 of the current Southern contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Southern Company will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0244% per day over the life of the 2025-03-21 option contract. With Southern trading at USD 83.9, that is roughly USD 0.0205. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Southern's daily price movement you should consider buying Southern Company options at the current volatility level of 0.39%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Southern options can give investors a meaningful hedge against losses and, therefore, could be used conservatively to decrease the volatility of your portfolio. However, many options could also amount to little more than gambling, significantly enhancing your overall portfolio risk. One simple example of these aggressive strategies is the sale of "uncovered" Southern calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Southern Company stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Southern Option Chain
When Southern's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Southern Company stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
Southern's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Southern. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Southern. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Southern against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone. | Open Int | Strike Price | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | SO250321C00082500 | 13 | 82.5 | 2.2 - 5.3 | 2.95 | In |
Call | SO250321C00085000 | 21 | 85.0 | 1.45 - 2.5 | 1.97 | Out |
Call | SO250321C00087500 | 108 | 87.5 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 1.01 | Out |
Call | SO250321C00090000 | 0 | 90.0 | 0.4 - 0.55 | 0.45 | |
Call | SO250321C00095000 | 0 | 95.0 | 0.0 - 2.25 | 2.25 | |
Call | SO250321C00100000 | 0 | 100.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Call | SO250321C00105000 | 0 | 105.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Call | SO250321C00110000 | 0 | 110.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Call | SO250321C00115000 | 0 | 115.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Call | SO250321C00120000 | 0 | 120.0 | 0.0 - 4.8 | 4.8 | |
Put | SO250321P00077500 | 5 | 77.5 | 0.05 - 4.6 | 0.75 | Out |
Put | SO250321P00082500 | 3 | 82.5 | 0.85 - 2.2 | 1.9 | Out |
Put | SO250321P00085000 | 2 | 85.0 | 1.45 - 5.5 | 2.92 | In |
Put | SO250321P00087500 | 0 | 87.5 | 3.3 - 7.0 | 3.3 | In |
Put | SO250321P00090000 | 0 | 90.0 | 4.7 - 9.5 | 4.7 | In |
Put | SO250321P00095000 | 0 | 95.0 | 9.4 - 13.5 | 9.4 | In |
Put | SO250321P00100000 | 0 | 100.0 | 14.4 - 18.2 | 14.4 | In |
Put | SO250321P00105000 | 0 | 105.0 | 20.2 - 22.8 | 20.2 | In |
Put | SO250321P00110000 | 0 | 110.0 | 24.1 - 28.9 | 24.1 | In |
Put | SO250321P00115000 | 0 | 115.0 | 29.0 - 33.9 | 29.0 | In |
Put | SO250321P00120000 | 0 | 120.0 | 34.1 - 39.0 | 34.1 | In |
Southern Total Stockholder Equity
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Southern Corporate Directors
| Henry Clark | Independent Director | Profile | |
| William Smith | Presiding Independent Director | Profile | |
| John Johns | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Donald James | Independent Director | Profile |
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Is Electric Utilities space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Southern. If investors know Southern will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Southern listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.078 | Dividend Share 2.84 | Earnings Share 4.29 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.042 |
The market value of Southern is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Southern that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Southern's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Southern's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Southern's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Southern's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Southern's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Southern is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Southern's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.