Southern Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:SO)

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

Southern announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 15th. Investors of record on Monday, August 19th will be given a dividend of $0.62 per share on Friday, September 6th. This represents a $2.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.06%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 16th. View Southern's Dividend History.

Southern Co (NYSE:SO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 31st. The utilities provider reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.08. The utilities provider earned $5.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.12 billion. Southern had a net margin of 20.18% and a return on equity of 10.04%. The firm's revenue was down 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.80 earnings per share. View Southern's Earnings History.

Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Southern.

Southern updated its third quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.19.

11 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Southern's stock. Their predictions range from $44.00 to $64.00. On average, they expect Southern's share price to reach $55.1111 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Southern.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southern in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Southern.

Media coverage about SO stock has been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Southern earned a media sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Southern.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Southern investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), General Electric (GE), Duke Energy (DUK), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Altria Group (MO), Pfizer (PFE), AbbVie (ABBV), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and The Coca-Cola (KO).

Southern's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.48%), BlackRock Inc. (6.73%), BlackRock Inc. (6.73%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.37%), Northern Trust Corp (1.20%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.17%). Company insiders that own Southern stock include Ann P Daiss, Anthony F Earley Jr, Anthony L Wilson, Art P Beattie, Christopher C Womack, Henry A Clark III, James Y Kerr II, Kimberly S Greene, Mark A Crosswhite, Mark Lantrip, Stephen E Kuczynski 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 Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Morgan Stanley, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Mackenzie Financial Corp, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Putnam Investments LLC and Alps Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Southern company stock in the last year include Ann P Daiss, Anthony L Wilson, Christopher C Womack, James Y Kerr II, Kimberly S Greene, Mark A Crosswhite, Mark Lantrip, Stephen E Kuczynski and William P Bowers. View Insider Buying and Selling for Southern.

SO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., Pictet Asset Management Ltd., BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Invesco Ltd., California Public Employees Retirement System, Zimmer Partners LP and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Southern stock in the last two years include Anthony F Earley Jr and Henry A Clark III. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.11.

Southern has a market capitalization of $63.57 billion and generates $23.50 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $2.24 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.07 on an earnings per share basis. Southern employs 29,192 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Southern.

The official website for Southern is http://www.southerncompany.com/.

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]