Southern (SO) Competitors

In the previous week, Southern had 12 more articles in the media than Atmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Southern and 16 mentions for Atmos Energy. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Southern's score of 1.56 indicating that Atmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Southern has higher revenue and earnings than Atmos Energy. Atmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southern, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Southern shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Atmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Southern shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Atmos Energy currently has a consensus price target of $187.73, indicating a potential upside of 11.90%. Southern has a consensus price target of $100.09, indicating a potential upside of 13.33%. Given Southern's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Southern is more favorable than Atmos Energy.

Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Southern pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Atmos Energy pays out 47.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern pays out 72.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Atmos Energy has increased its dividend for 41 consecutive years and Southern has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years.

Atmos Energy has a net margin of 28.50% compared to Southern's net margin of 15.43%. Southern's return on equity of 12.93% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Southern has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the broader market.

Southern has higher revenue and earnings than CMS Energy. CMS Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southern, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

In the previous week, Southern had 12 more articles in the media than CMS Energy. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Southern and 16 mentions for CMS Energy. Southern's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat CMS Energy's score of 1.39 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Southern currently has a consensus price target of $100.09, suggesting a potential upside of 13.33%. CMS Energy has a consensus price target of $81.69, suggesting a potential upside of 20.02%. Given CMS Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CMS Energy is more favorable than Southern.

Southern has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, CMS Energy has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its share price is 66% less volatile than the broader market.

Southern has a net margin of 15.43% compared to CMS Energy's net margin of 11.64%. Southern's return on equity of 12.93% beat CMS Energy's return on equity.

64.1% of Southern shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of CMS Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Southern shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CMS Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Southern pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. CMS Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Southern pays out 72.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CMS Energy pays out 68.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Southern has raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years and CMS Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Southern is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Dominion Energy currently has a consensus price target of $69.93, indicating a potential upside of 5.79%. Southern has a consensus price target of $100.09, indicating a potential upside of 13.33%. Given Southern's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Southern is more favorable than Dominion Energy.

Southern has higher revenue and earnings than Dominion Energy. Southern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dominion Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Southern has a net margin of 15.43% compared to Dominion Energy's net margin of 13.98%. Southern's return on equity of 12.93% beat Dominion Energy's return on equity.

73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Southern shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Southern shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Southern pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Dominion Energy pays out 93.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Southern pays out 72.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years.

Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Southern has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Southern. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Dominion Energy and 28 mentions for Southern. Southern's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Dominion Energy's score of 1.13 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

DTE Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Southern pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. DTE Energy pays out 73.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern pays out 72.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. DTE Energy has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Southern has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years. Southern is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Southern had 6 more articles in the media than DTE Energy. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Southern and 22 mentions for DTE Energy. Southern's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat DTE Energy's score of 1.21 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

DTE Energy presently has a consensus price target of $157.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.40%. Southern has a consensus price target of $100.09, indicating a potential upside of 13.33%. Given DTE Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe DTE Energy is more favorable than Southern.

76.1% of DTE Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Southern shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of DTE Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Southern shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

DTE Energy has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its share price is 63% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Southern has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the broader market.

Southern has a net margin of 15.43% compared to DTE Energy's net margin of 8.00%. Southern's return on equity of 12.93% beat DTE Energy's return on equity.

Southern has higher revenue and earnings than DTE Energy. Southern is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DTE Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.