Southern (SO) Competitors

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

Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Southern has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the broader market.

Alliant Energy currently has a consensus target price of $76.60, indicating a potential upside of 4.77%. Southern has a consensus target price of $99.38, indicating a potential upside of 5.84%. Given Southern's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Southern is more favorable than Alliant Energy.

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 18.58% compared to Southern's net margin of 14.46%. Southern's return on equity of 12.64% beat Alliant Energy's return on equity.

Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Southern pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Alliant Energy pays out 67.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern pays out 77.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliant Energy has increased its dividend for 22 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 19 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Southern and 4 mentions for Alliant Energy. Southern's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Alliant Energy's score of 1.07 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Southern shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Southern shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Southern had 21 more articles in the media than Atmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Southern and 2 mentions for Atmos Energy. Southern's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Atmos Energy's score of 1.25 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Southern has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the broader market.

Atmos Energy has a net margin of 27.58% compared to Southern's net margin of 14.46%. Southern's return on equity of 12.64% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.

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.

64.1% of Southern shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Southern shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Atmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Southern pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Southern pays out 77.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Atmos Energy pays out 49.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern has raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years and Atmos Energy has raised its dividend for 41 consecutive years.

Southern currently has a consensus target price of $99.38, indicating a potential upside of 5.84%. Atmos Energy has a consensus target price of $181.90, indicating a potential upside of 7.11%. Given Atmos Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atmos Energy is more favorable than Southern.

Southern has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, CMS Energy has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its share price is 65% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Southern had 11 more articles in the media than CMS Energy. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Southern and 12 mentions for CMS Energy. Southern's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat CMS Energy's score of 1.45 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CMS Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Southern currently has a consensus price target of $99.38, suggesting a potential upside of 5.84%. CMS Energy has a consensus price target of $80.17, suggesting a potential upside of 9.06%. Given CMS Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CMS Energy is more favorable than Southern.

Southern pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. CMS Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Southern pays out 77.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CMS Energy pays out 63.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years and CMS Energy has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Southern is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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.

Southern has a net margin of 14.46% compared to CMS Energy's net margin of 12.55%. Southern's return on equity of 12.64% beat CMS Energy's return on equity.

Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Southern has a beta of 0.34, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the broader market.

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

Dominion Energy presently has a consensus price target of $67.69, suggesting a potential downside of 0.29%. Southern has a consensus price target of $99.38, suggesting a potential upside of 5.84%. Given Southern's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Southern is more favorable than Dominion Energy.

Dominion Energy has a net margin of 16.93% compared to Southern's net margin of 14.46%. Southern's return on equity of 12.64% beat Dominion Energy's return on equity.

In the previous week, Southern had 1 more articles in the media than Dominion Energy. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Southern and 22 mentions for Dominion Energy. Southern's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Dominion Energy's score of 1.02 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Southern shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion 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, large money managers 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 3.9%. Southern pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Dominion Energy pays out 79.0% 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 77.4% 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 has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years.