Southern Correlations

SO Stock  USD 89.13  0.61  0.68%   
The current 90-days correlation between Southern and Dominion Energy is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Southern moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Southern Company moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

Southern Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Southern Company and DJI is -0.07 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Southern Company and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Southern Stock

  0.84D Dominion EnergyPairCorr
  0.76ED Consolidated EdisonPairCorr
  0.63CMS-PB Consumers EnergyPairCorr
  0.69CMS-PC CMS EnergyPairCorr
  0.87CMS CMS EnergyPairCorr
  0.78DTE DTE EnergyPairCorr
  0.78DUK Duke Energy Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.82EXC ExelonPairCorr
  0.62NEE Nextera Energy Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.65POR Portland General ElectricPairCorr

Moving against Southern Stock

  0.37VSTEW Vast RenewablesPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Southern Stock performing well and Southern Company doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Southern's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.