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 paid 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 5.04%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 17th. View Southern's Dividend History.

Southern Co (NYSE:SO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $0.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' 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 return on equity of 12.97% and a net margin of 4.88%. Southern's revenue for the quarter was up 10.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Southern's stock. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate Southern's stock price to reach $48.0385 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.8% 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 Entergy (ETR).

Media headlines about SO stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Southern earned a daily sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the utilities provider an impact score of 45.22 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Southern's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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., Park National Corp OH, Signature Wealth Management Group, Rand Wealth LLC, Atria Investments LLC and Edge Wealth Management LLC. 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, Bank of Montreal Can, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Capital Investment Advisors LLC, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Gulf International Bank UK Ltd and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. 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 $47.65.

Southern has a market capitalization of $48.52 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]