NYSE:SO - Southern Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Southern declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 17th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.62 per share on Friday, March 6th. This represents a $2.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 14th. View Southern's Dividend History.

Southern Co (NYSE:SO) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The utilities provider reported $1.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.20. The utilities provider earned $6 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.01 billion. Southern had a net margin of 21.02% and a return on equity of 10.52%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 2.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last 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.

11 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Southern's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $67.00. On average, they expect Southern's share price to reach $61.95 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.8%. 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 3 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Southern.

Media headlines about SO stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Southern earned a news impact score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (0.16%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.06%), Strs Ohio (0.06%), Welch Group LLC (0.05%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%). 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 Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Capital Investment Advisors LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Deane Retirement Strategies Inc. and Strs Ohio. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including J.W. Cole Advisors Inc., Norris Perne & French LLP MI, S.E.E.D. Planning Group LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Bristlecone Advisors LLC, Moseley Investment Management Inc. and Intl Fcstone 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 $69.44.

Southern has a market capitalization of $72.82 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]