NYSE:SO - Southern Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Southern announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 17th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be given a dividend of $0.62 per share on Friday, March 6th. This represents a $2.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.69%. View Southern's Dividend History.

Southern Co (NYSE:SO) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The utilities provider reported $1.34 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.20. The utilities provider had revenue of $6 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.01 billion. Southern had a return on equity of 10.52% and a net margin of 21.02%. Southern's quarterly revenue was down 2.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.14 EPS. View Southern's Earnings History.

Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 19th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Southern.

12 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Southern's stock. Their forecasts range from $50.00 to $67.00. On average, they anticipate Southern's stock price to reach $60.32 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Southern.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southern in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Southern.

Headlines about SO stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Southern earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Southern.

Some companies that are related to Southern include NextEra Energy (NEE), Duke Energy (DUK), American Electric Power (AEP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), FirstEnergy (FE), PPL (PPL), Entergy (ETR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR) and Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE).

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

Southern's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), Sabal Trust CO (0.04%), 6 Meridian (0.03%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.02%) and Verity & Verity LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Southern stock include Ann P Daiss, Anthony F Earley Jr, Anthony L Wilson, Christopher C Womack, Henry A Clark III, James Y Kerr II, Kimberly S Greene, Mark A Crosswhite, Mark Lantrip, Stan W Connally, Stephen E Kuczynski, Thomas A Fanning 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Deane Retirement Strategies Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Rockland Trust Co. and Wedbush Securities 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, Mark A Crosswhite, Mark Lantrip, Stan W Connally, Stephen E Kuczynski, Thomas A Fanning 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 AE Wealth Management LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Moseley Investment Management Inc., 6 Meridian, BT Wealth Management LLC, Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Co., NewSquare Capital LLC and Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC. 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 $67.26.

Southern has a market capitalization of $70.54 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]