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. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.75%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. View Southern's Dividend History.

Southern Co (NYSE:SO) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 20th. The utilities provider reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.27. The utilities provider had revenue of $4.91 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.27 billion. Southern had a return on equity of 10.38% and a net margin of 22.20%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 7.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.25 EPS. View Southern's Earnings History.

Southern is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Southern.

Southern issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 20th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.10-3.22 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.18.

13 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Southern's stock. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $73.00. On average, they anticipate Southern's stock price to reach $63.21 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Southern.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southern in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Southern.

Media stories about SO stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Southern earned a news sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. 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), FirstEnergy (FE), Edison International (EIX), 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), Pfizer (PFE), Duke Energy (DUK), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), General Electric (GE) and The Coca-Cola (KO).

Southern's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.46%), Franklin Resources Inc. (2.54%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.48%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.45%), FMR LLC (1.44%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.03%). 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 Franklin Resources Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, FMR LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Man Group plc and Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.. 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, 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 State Street Corp, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP and Geode Capital Management 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 $66.19.

Southern has a market capitalization of $69.78 billion and generates $21.42 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $4.75 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.11 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]