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Financial Performance
5Y price score: 51
The price score is a basic measure of the stock's performance against the S&P 500 Index over a five-year period.
A score of 100 indicates that the stock did as well as the S&P 500 Index.
A score below 100 means the stock underperformed the index, while a score above 100 means it outperformed the S&P 500.
10Y return: 123.2%
DATE RANGE:
Latest quarterly dividend amount:$ 0.76
Current annual dividend yield:3.33%
%
US$ Per
Share
Latest Dividends
Previous dividend
Next dividend
Status
Paid
Declared
Type
Quarterly
Quarterly
Per share
$ 0.76
$ 0.76
Declaration date
Date when the company officially announced the dividend.
Mon, Apr 20, 2026
Mon, Jul 20, 2026
Ex-dividend date
Shown from the source record date field used for this dividends dataset.
Mon, May 18, 2026
Mon, Aug 17, 2026
Pay date
Date when the dividend is paid or scheduled to be paid to shareholders.
Mon, Jun 08, 2026
Tue, Sep 08, 2026
Dividend History
Declaration date
Record date
Payment date
Adj. dividend 
Adjusted for splits
Dividend
Type
Yield
01ㅤ
Mon, Jul 20, 2026
Mon, Aug 17, 2026
Tue, Sep 08, 2026
$ 0.76
$ 0.76
Quarterly
3.25%
02ㅤ
Mon, Apr 20, 2026
Mon, May 18, 2026
Mon, Jun 08, 2026
$ 0.76
$ 0.76
Quarterly
3.18%
03ㅤ
Wed, Jan 28, 2026
Tue, Feb 17, 2026
Fri, Mar 06, 2026
$ 0.74
$ 0.74
Quarterly
3.22%
04ㅤ
Mon, Oct 20, 2025
Mon, Nov 17, 2025
Mon, Dec 08, 2025
$ 0.74
$ 0.74
Quarterly
3.25%
05ㅤ
Mon, Jul 21, 2025
Mon, Aug 18, 2025
Mon, Sep 08, 2025
$ 0.74
$ 0.74
Quarterly
3.14%
06ㅤ
Mon, Apr 21, 2025
Mon, May 19, 2025
Fri, Jun 06, 2025
$ 0.74
$ 0.74
Quarterly
3.24%
07ㅤ
Tue, Jan 28, 2025
Tue, Feb 18, 2025
Thu, Mar 06, 2025
$ 0.72
$ 0.72
Quarterly
3.35%
08ㅤ
Tue, Oct 15, 2024
Mon, Nov 18, 2024
Fri, Dec 06, 2024
$ 0.72
$ 0.72
Quarterly
3.25%
09ㅤ
Mon, Jul 15, 2024
Mon, Aug 19, 2024
Fri, Sep 06, 2024
$ 0.72
$ 0.72
Quarterly
3.27%
10ㅤ
Mon, Apr 22, 2024
Mon, May 20, 2024
Thu, Jun 06, 2024
$ 0.72
$ 0.72
Quarterly
3.55%
11ㅤ
Thu, Jan 18, 2024
Tue, Feb 20, 2024
Wed, Mar 06, 2024
$ 0.7
$ 0.7
Quarterly
4.21%
12ㅤ
Mon, Oct 16, 2023
Mon, Nov 20, 2023
Wed, Dec 06, 2023
$ 0.7
$ 0.7
Quarterly
3.98%
13ㅤ
Mon, Jul 17, 2023
Mon, Aug 21, 2023
Wed, Sep 06, 2023
$ 0.7
$ 0.7
Quarterly
4.07%
14ㅤ
Mon, Apr 17, 2023
Mon, May 15, 2023
Tue, Jun 06, 2023
$ 0.7
$ 0.7
Quarterly
3.74%
15ㅤ
Fri, Jan 20, 2023
Tue, Feb 21, 2023
Mon, Mar 06, 2023
$ 0.68
$ 0.68
Quarterly
4.08%
16ㅤ
Tue, Oct 18, 2022
Mon, Nov 21, 2022
Tue, Dec 06, 2022
$ 0.68
$ 0.68
Quarterly
4.12%
17ㅤ
Mon, Jul 18, 2022
Mon, Aug 15, 2022
Tue, Sep 06, 2022
$ 0.68
$ 0.68
Quarterly
3.43%
18ㅤ
Tue, Apr 19, 2022
Mon, May 16, 2022
Mon, Jun 06, 2022
$ 0.68
$ 0.68
Quarterly
3.61%
19ㅤ
Fri, Jan 14, 2022
Tue, Feb 22, 2022
Mon, Mar 07, 2022
$ 0.66
$ 0.66
Quarterly
4.14%
20ㅤ
Mon, Oct 18, 2021
Mon, Nov 15, 2021
Mon, Dec 06, 2021
$ 0.66
$ 0.66
Quarterly
4.23%
The Southern Company (SO) dividend history and yield
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