Headquartered in Atlanta, GA Fiscal year ends December NYSE: SO southerncompany.com
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is one of the largest energy providers in the United States, serving approximately 9 million customers primarily across the Southeastern U.S. The company operates through a family of subsidiaries including three state-regulated electric utilities — Alabama Power, Georgia Power, and Mississippi Power — as well as Southern Company Gas, which provides natural gas distribution in four states. Southern Power is its competitive generation subsidiary focused on wholesale energy, including renewable assets. The company also operates a distributed energy solutions business with national capabilities, a fiber optics network, and telecommunications services. Southern Company's generation portfolio includes nuclear (notably Plant Vogtle), natural gas, coal, solar, and wind assets. The company employs nearly 30,000 people and is experiencing significant demand growth driven by data centers and large commercial customers seeking power in the Southeast. Updated
Dominion Energy offers a bigger yield, but Southern Company keeps raising its payout year after year while Dominion's sits below its pre-cut level. For retirement investors choosing between them, that difference carries…
AEP is borrowing heavily and selling stock to fund a $78 billion buildout for data center demand, all while its dividend raise pace quietly shrinks. Whether that combination protects income investors or…
Generating $9,550 a month from a portfolio means replacing $114,600 a year with dividends and distributions. This matches a solid six-figure professional salary, and every dollar must come from yield, without touching…
Rising Treasury yields just knocked five pipeline and utility stocks to levels that have income investors asking whether the selloff created a buying window or a warning sign worth heeding.
Exelon's dividend yield has climbed to its most attractive level in years, but a single regulatory decision this December could determine whether that income stream grows, stalls, or forces a flood of…
Turning a monthly paycheck into permanent investment income sounds straightforward until you realize how dramatically the required capital swings based on one variable most people overlook when building their retirement portfolio.
Both Southern Company and Duke Energy are locking in massive data center contracts, but funding billions in new generation while protecting a retirement income payout creates a tension only one of them…
With Treasury yields climbing past 5% and both utility giants sliding in price, picking the wrong one for your retirement portfolio could cost you years of lost income or growth. The answer…
Michigan's utility giant just locked in hyperscale data center deals with Oracle and Alphabet while its stock slid nearly 10% in a month, creating a rare gap between what the market sees…
Data centers are quietly reshaping which utility stocks deserve a spot in an income portfolio, and four regulated electric companies just locked in contracts that could rewrite their dividend growth stories for…
Duke Energy and Southern Company both serve regulated Southern markets, both raise their dividends annually, and both benefit from surging data center demand, but a close look at their balance sheets and…
Where you park a high-yield dividend stock can quietly cost you thousands in taxes every single year, and REITs and MLPs carry the steepest penalty of all for investors sitting in the…
At 10:18 a.m. ET on Monday, Elon Musk told his audience that “AI data centers resulting in lower electricity prices for consumers” and pointed to a post claiming Georgia Power’s new large-load…
Southern Company and NextEra Energy both promise reliable retirement income, but one delivers more cash today while the other builds a far larger stream over time. Knowing which trade-off fits your situation…
Every year a regulated utility dividend lands in a taxable account, the IRS quietly clips a piece before reinvestment even starts. Southern Company and Consolidated Edison look like very different investments once…
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) is one of the largest energy providers in the United States, serving approximately 9 million customers primarily across the Southeastern U.S.
24/7 Wall St.'s 12-month price target for SO is $101.77, rated Buy. The Wall Street consensus target is $98.13. SO price prediction →
