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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
$101.75
+0.5%
$104.05
$85.93
$110.48
$54.35B0.423.20 million shs4.08 million shs
Dominion Energy Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
$54.20
+0.0%
$54.94
$47.99
$61.97
$46.24B0.564.66 million shs14.47 million shs
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$71.61
+0.1%
$69.57
$61.72
$86.10
$147.25B0.6810.99 million shs15.18 million shs
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$89.09
+0.5%
$89.75
$76.96
$94.45
$98.15B0.384.59 million shs10.75 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
0.00%-1.12%-0.05%-3.20%+16.22%
Dominion Energy Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
0.00%-2.31%-2.68%-0.55%+9.68%
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
0.00%-4.14%+7.00%+0.98%+1.66%
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
0.00%-1.25%+0.33%-0.13%+14.31%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
4.5846 of 5 stars
2.23.05.01.03.42.52.5
Dominion Energy Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
2.895 of 5 stars
1.02.02.51.63.31.71.3
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
4.8109 of 5 stars
3.35.03.32.63.12.51.3
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
4.2456 of 5 stars
2.13.04.21.84.11.71.3
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
2.31
Hold$108.316.44% Upside
Dominion Energy Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
2.00
Hold$58.387.70% Upside
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
2.53
Moderate Buy$84.5018.01% Upside
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
2.25
Hold$92.934.31% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NEE, D, AEP, and SO Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
6/18/2025
Dominion Energy Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$62.00 ➝ $60.00
6/18/2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$95.00 ➝ $94.00
6/18/2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$91.00 ➝ $90.00
6/13/2025
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
Raymond James Financial
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Initiated CoverageOutperform$115.00
6/13/2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
Raymond James Financial
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Initiated CoverageOutperform$98.00
6/6/2025
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
UBS Group
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Boost Price TargetSell ➝ Sell$95.00 ➝ $100.00
6/5/2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
Jefferies Financial Group
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UpgradeHold ➝ Buy$102.00 ➝ $100.00
5/23/2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
UBS Group
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$94.00 ➝ $84.00
5/22/2025
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$114.00 ➝ $113.00
5/22/2025
Dominion Energy Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$63.00 ➝ $62.00
5/14/2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
KeyCorp
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DowngradeSector Weight ➝ Underweight$78.00
(Data available from 6/22/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
$19.72B2.76$11.97 per share8.50$50.71 per share2.01
Dominion Energy Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
$14.46B3.20$5.91 per share9.17$34.76 per share1.56
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$24.75B5.96$6.24 per share11.47$29.40 per share2.44
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$26.72B3.66$8.84 per share10.08$33.47 per share2.66
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
$2.97B$5.1919.6116.182.7013.73%11.68%3.08%7/29/2025 (Estimated)
Dominion Energy Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
$2.12B$2.6720.3015.061.1815.55%9.51%2.59%7/30/2025 (Estimated)
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$6.95B$2.6726.8218.082.5221.81%12.06%3.83%7/23/2025 (Estimated)
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$4.40B$4.1921.2619.413.1916.54%12.70%3.22%7/30/2025 (Estimated)

Latest NEE, D, AEP, and SO Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
5/6/2025Q1 2025
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
$1.40$1.54+$0.14$1.50$5.33 billion$5.46 billion
5/1/2025Q1 2025
Dominion Energy Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
$0.82$0.93+$0.11$0.75$3.95 billion$4.08 billion
5/1/2025Q1 2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$1.20$1.23+$0.03$1.21$7.17 billion$7.78 billion
4/23/2025Q1 2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$0.99$0.99N/A$0.40$6.58 billion$6.25 billion
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
$3.723.66%N/A71.68%15 Years
Dominion Energy Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
$2.674.93%N/A100.00%N/A
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$2.273.17%N/A85.02%31 Years
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$2.963.32%N/A70.64%25 Years

Latest NEE, D, AEP, and SO Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
5/7/2025
Dominion Energy Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
quarterly$0.66754.84%5/29/20255/29/20256/20/2025
5/22/2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
quarterly$0.56653.39%6/2/20256/2/20256/16/2025
4/29/2025
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
quarterly$0.933.47%5/9/20255/9/20256/10/2025
4/21/2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
quarterly$0.743.3%5/19/20256/6/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
1.42
0.42
0.31
Dominion Energy Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
1.34
0.73
0.53
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
1.32
0.55
0.45
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
1.69
0.86
0.65

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
75.24%
Dominion Energy Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
73.04%
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
78.72%
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
64.10%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
0.07%
Dominion Energy Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
0.11%
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
0.18%
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
0.16%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
American Electric Power Company, Inc. stock logo
AEP
American Electric Power
16,330534.20 million533.82 millionOptionable
Dominion Energy Inc. stock logo
D
Dominion Energy
14,700852.79 million851.85 millionOptionable
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
9,3002.06 billion2.05 billionOptionable
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
28,6001.10 billion1.10 billionOptionable

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American Electric Power stock logo

American Electric Power NASDAQ:AEP

$101.75 +0.55 (+0.54%)
Closing price 06/20/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$102.48 +0.73 (+0.72%)
As of 06/20/2025 06:55 PM Eastern
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American Electric Power Company, Inc., an electric public utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments. The company generates electricity using coal and lignite, natural gas, renewable, nuclear, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources. It also supplies and markets electric power at wholesale to other electric utility companies, rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, and other market participants. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Dominion Energy stock logo

Dominion Energy NYSE:D

$54.20 +0.02 (+0.04%)
Closing price 06/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$54.23 +0.03 (+0.05%)
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Dominion Energy, Inc. produces and distributes energy in the United States. It operates through three operating segments: Dominion Energy Virginia, Dominion Energy South Carolina, and Contracted Energy. The Dominion Energy Virginia segment generates, transmits, and distributes regulated electricity to approximately 2.8 million residential, commercial, industrial, and governmental customers in Virginia and North Carolina. The Dominion Energy South Carolina segment generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to approximately 0.8 million customers in the central, southern, and southwestern portions of South Carolina; and distributes natural gas to approximately 0.4 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers in South Carolina. The Contracted Energy segment is involved in the nonregulated long-term contracted renewable electric generation and renewable natural gas facility. As of December 31, 2023, the company's portfolio of assets included approximately 29.5 gigawatt of electric generating capacity; 10,600 miles of electric transmission lines; 79,300 miles of electric distribution lines; and 94,800 miles of gas distribution mains and related service facilities. The company was formerly known as Dominion Resources, Inc. Dominion Energy, Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

NextEra Energy stock logo

NextEra Energy NYSE:NEE

$71.61 +0.04 (+0.05%)
Closing price 06/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$71.91 +0.30 (+0.42%)
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NextEra Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America. The company generates electricity through wind, solar, nuclear,natural gas, and other clean energy. It also develops, constructs, and operates long-term contracted assets that consists of clean energy solutions, such as renewable generation facilities, battery storage projects, and electric transmission facilities; sells energy commodities; and owns, develops, constructs, manages and operates electric generation facilities in wholesale energy markets. The company had approximately 33,276 megawatts of net generating capacity; approximately 90,000 circuit miles of transmission and distribution lines; and 883 substations. It serves approximately 12 million people through approximately 5.9 million customer accounts in the east and lower west coasts of Florida. The company was formerly known as FPL Group, Inc. and changed its name to NextEra Energy, Inc. in 2010. NextEra Energy, Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida.

Southern stock logo

Southern NYSE:SO

$89.09 +0.46 (+0.52%)
Closing price 06/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$89.45 +0.36 (+0.40%)
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The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, gas distribution operations, and gas pipeline investments operations. In addition, it owns and operates nuclear, coal, hydro, cogeneration, solar, wind, battery storage, and fuel cell facilities. Further, the constructs, operates, and maintains approximately 77,900 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities with total capacity of 157 Bcf to provide natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company serves approximately 8.9 million electric and gas utility customers. Further, it develops distributed energy and resilience solutions; deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, and utility customers; and offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.