Southern Company (SO)
| Market Cap | 63.02B |
| Revenue (ttm) | 20.17B |
| Net Income (ttm) | 3.17B |
| Shares Out | 1.06B |
| EPS (ttm) | 2.99 |
| PE Ratio | 19.97 |
| Forward PE | 17.95 |
| Dividend | $2.56 |
| Dividend Yield | 4.29% |
| Trading Day | January 15 |
| Last Price | $59.66 |
| Previous Close | $59.04 |
| Change ($) | 0.62 |
| Change (%) | 1.05% |
| Day's Open | 58.85 |
| Day's Range | 58.46 - 59.85 |
| Day's Volume | 4,108,127 |
| 52-Week Range | 41.80 - 67.90 |
Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company (SO) announces delay of hot functional test and fuel load of Vogtle Unit 3 as a result of increasing coronavirus cases at the construction site.
ATLANTA, Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company and Apple joined educators and community stakeholders today to announce a partnership to launch the Propel Center, a new digital learnin...
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ATLANTA, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company today announced Chris Cummiskey, currently Group CEO for Southern Energy Resources and executive vice president of Southern Company Serv...
Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company (SO), completes the condenser vacuum testing of the Unit 3 turbine system for one of its new units at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant.
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Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company (SO) receives the first nuclear fuel shipment for the newly-designed AP1000 reactor in the United States.
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ATLANTA, Nov. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company announced today it is awarding grants to support technology for 21 historically black colleges and universities across several states, t...
The Southern Company (SO) CEO Tom Fanning on Q3 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Southern Company (SO) continues to progress toward completing the Units 3 and 4 of the Vogtle nuclear project by the November 2021 and November 2022 regulatory approved in-service dates.
ATLANTA, Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company today announced the promotion of Bryan D. Anderson, senior vice president of governmental affairs, to the roles of executive vice presid...
ATLANTA, Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company today announced that Chris Womack, executive vice president and president of External Affairs, has been elected by the Georgia Power Boa...
Southern Co. CEO Tom Fanning on the utility company's mixed quarterly earnings results
"I think America is learning to live with the Covid virus," Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Thursday. "My sense is, as customers and as businesses are prone to do,...
Shares of Southern (NYSE:SO) decreased 0.7% in pre-market trading after the company reported Q3 results.
Southern Co. (SO) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -1.61% and -3.93%, respectively, for the quarter ended September 2020. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
ATLANTA, Oct. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company today reported third-quarter 2020 earnings of $1.25 billion, or $1.18 per share, compared with $1.32 billion, or $1.26 per share, in the...
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ATLANTA, Oct. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company Gas today announced that its board of directors has elected two new directors. Norman G. Holmes joined the board, effective Oct. 27, 202...
With coronavirus containment measures forcing people to stay indoors and work from home, Southern Company's (SO) residential power usage is likely to have strengthened in the third quarter.
ATLANTA, Oct. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company was named the top utility in transparency in the 2020 U.S. Transparency Awards, sponsored by Labrador, a global communications firm spec...
Southern Co. (SO) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
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ATLANTA, Oct. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company today announced a regular quarterly dividend of 64 cents per share on the company's common stock, payable Dec. 7, 2020, to shareholders ...
ATLANTA, Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company plans to release its earnings for the third quarter of 2020 by 7:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 29th. Chairman, president and CEO Thomas A...
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ATLANTA, Sept. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Company today announces an internal fleet electrification goal as part of National Drive Electric Week 2020. The company plans to convert 50 pe...
More than 230,000 utility customers in the states of Alabama, Louisiana and Florida suffered power cut in the early hours of Sep 16 due to Hurricane Sally.
ATLANTA, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) today awarded Southern Company the electric utility industry's most prestigious honor, the EEI Edison Award.
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About SO
The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. It operates in four segments: Gas Distribution Operations, Gas Pipeline Investments, Wholesale Gas Services, and Gas Marketing Services. The company also constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy facilities and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, whole... [Read more...]
| Industry Utilities-Regulated Electric | |
| CEO Thomas Fanning | Employees 27,943 |
| Stock Exchange NYSE | Ticker Symbol SO |
Financial Performance
In 2019, SO's revenue was $21.42 billion, a decrease of -8.84% compared to the previous year's $23.50 billion. Earnings were $4.75 billion, an increase of 112.04%.
Analyst Forecasts
According to 19 analysts, the average rating for SO stock is "Hold." The 12-month stock price forecast is 63.65, which is an increase of 6.69% from the latest price.