Southern (SO) Competitors

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.

Southern has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the broader market.

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.

In the previous week, Southern had 4 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Southern and 1 mentions for Alliant Energy. Southern's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Alliant Energy's score of 0.63 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the media.

64.1% of Southern shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Southern shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers 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 3.1%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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 pays out 67.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years and Alliant Energy has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Southern is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Southern currently has a consensus target price of $99.26, indicating a potential upside of 1.45%. Alliant Energy has a consensus target price of $76.60, indicating a potential downside of 1.83%. Given Southern's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Southern is more favorable than Alliant Energy.

Atmos Energy currently has a consensus price target of $183.90, indicating a potential upside of 4.10%. Southern has a consensus price target of $99.26, indicating a potential upside of 1.45%. Given Atmos Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Atmos Energy is more favorable than Southern.

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.

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.

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 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.

Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Southern pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Atmos Energy pays out 49.1% 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. Atmos Energy has increased its dividend for 41 consecutive years and Southern has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years.

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% 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.

In the previous week, Southern had 1 more articles in the media than Atmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Southern and 4 mentions for Atmos Energy. Southern's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Atmos Energy's score of 0.88 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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.

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 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 3.1%. CMS Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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 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.

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 and Southern both had 5 articles in the media. Southern's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat CMS Energy's score of 1.49 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Southern presently has a consensus target price of $99.26, suggesting a potential upside of 1.45%. CMS Energy has a consensus target price of $80.17, suggesting a potential upside of 3.28%. Given CMS Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CMS Energy is more favorable than Southern.

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

Southern pays an annual dividend of $3.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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. 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 has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years.

64.1% of Southern shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Southern shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by 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.

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.

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.

Southern currently has a consensus target price of $99.26, indicating a potential upside of 1.45%. Dominion Energy has a consensus target price of $67.62, indicating a potential downside of 2.84%. Given Southern's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Southern is more favorable than Dominion Energy.

In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 21 more articles in the media than Southern. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Dominion Energy and 5 mentions for Southern. Southern's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Dominion Energy's score of 0.53 indicating that Southern is being referred to more favorably in the media.