NYSE:SO - Southern Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Southern declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 19th will be given a dividend of $0.60 per share on Thursday, December 6th. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 16th. View Southern's Dividend History.

Southern Co (NYSE:SO) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 8th. The utilities provider reported $0.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.11. The utilities provider earned $5.63 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.28 billion. Southern had a return on equity of 13.06% and a net margin of 9.96%. Southern's revenue for the quarter was up 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.73 earnings per share. View Southern's Earnings History.

Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Southern.

16 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Southern's shares. Their forecasts range from $43.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect Southern's share price to reach $45.8077 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Southern.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southern in the last year. There are currently 6 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Southern.

Southern saw a decline in short interest in the month of September. As of September 14th, there was short interest totalling 28,203,582 shares, a decline of 11.6% from the August 31st total of 31,889,350 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,212,740 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.9 days. Currently, 2.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View Southern's Current Options Chain.

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Southern's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.23%), Hexavest Inc. (0.08%), Personal Capital Advisors Corp (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Sabal Trust CO (0.04%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%). Company insiders that own Southern stock include Ann P Daiss, Art P Beattie, Christopher C Womack, James Y Kerr II, 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 Viking Fund Management LLC, Hexavest Inc., Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, Chemung Canal Trust Co., Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Monument Capital Management and Pensionfund Sabic. Company insiders that have sold Southern company stock in the last year include Ann P Daiss, Art P Beattie, Christopher C Womack and James Y Kerr II. View Insider Buying and Selling for Southern.

SO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Personal Capital Advisors Corp, DNB Asset Management AS, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Andra AP fonden, United Capital Management of KS Inc., First Hawaiian Bank and Sabal Trust CO. 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 $44.51.

Southern has a market capitalization of $44.22 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.

The official website for Southern is http://www.southernco.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]