NYSE:SO - Southern Stock Price, Price Target & More

Southern trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SO."

Southern declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 20th will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share on Thursday, September 6th. This represents a $2.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 17th. View Southern's Dividend History.

Southern Co (NYSE:SO) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $0.88 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.04. The utilities provider earned $6.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.98 billion. Southern had a net margin of 4.88% and a return on equity of 12.97%. Southern's revenue for the quarter was up 10.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.66 EPS. View Southern's Earnings History.

Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 8th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Southern.

15 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Southern's shares. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $56.00. On average, they expect Southern's stock price to reach $48.0385 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Southern.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southern in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

Some companies that are related to Southern include NextEra Energy (NEE), Enel S.p.A. ADS Common Stock (ENLAY), Dominion Energy (D), American Electric Power (AEP), CLP (CLPHY), Edison International (EIX), Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNABY), PPL (PPL), DTE Energy (DTE), SSE PLC/S (SSEZY), Eversource Energy (ES), Korea Electric Power (KEP), FirstEnergy (FE), Avangrid (AGR) and EDP-Energias de Portugal, S.A (EDPFY).

News headlines about SO stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Southern earned a media sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the utilities provider an impact score of 44.31 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Southern's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.22%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.22%), Hexavest Inc. (0.09%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%) and Capital Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Southern stock include Ann P Daiss, Art P Beattie, Christopher C Womack, James Y Kerr II, Mark A Crosswhite, Mark Lantrip, Stan W Connally and William P Bowers. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Southern.

SO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Rockland Trust Co., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Hartford Investment Management Co., Park National Corp OH, Huntington National Bank, Reilly Financial Advisors LLC and Prospera Financial Services Inc. Company insiders that have sold Southern company stock in the last year include Ann P Daiss, Art P Beattie, Christopher C Womack, James Y Kerr II and William P Bowers. View Insider Buying and Selling for Southern.

SO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sabal Trust CO, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Northstar Investment Advisors LLC, Capital Investment Advisors LLC and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. View Insider Buying and Selling for Southern.

Shares of SO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.48.

Southern has a market capitalization of $48.10 billion and generates $23.03 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $880 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.02 on an earnings per share basis. Southern employs 31,344 workers across the globe.

Southern's mailing address is 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard N.W., Atlanta GA, 30308. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 404-506-5000 or via email at [email protected]