SO dividend yield, payout history & ex-date wey update

Southern Company (SO) dey pay dividend every quarterly. Based on di latest declaration, SO pay $0.76 per share, wey be annual rate of $3.04, and di dividend yield na about 3.17% for di recent price of $95.84. Di most recent ex-dividend date na May 18, 2026, and di next one na not yet declared. Dis page dey track SO dividend, wey dem dey refresh every week from di exchange record.

WITH d AS (
    SELECT argMax(cash_amount, ex_dividend_date) AS latest,
           argMax(frequency, ex_dividend_date) AS freq,
           max(ex_dividend_date) AS last_ex,
           maxIf(ex_dividend_date, ex_dividend_date > today()) AS nxt
    FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
    WHERE ticker = 'SO' AND frequency IN (1, 2, 4, 12) AND ex_dividend_date >= today() - 900
),
p AS (
    SELECT argMax(toFloat64(close), window_start) AS price
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SO' AND window_start >= now() - INTERVAL 8 DAY
)
SELECT round(d.latest, 3) AS latest_dividend,
       multiIf(d.freq = 12, 'monthly', d.freq = 4, 'quarterly', d.freq = 2, 'semi-annual', 'annual') AS frequency,
       round(d.latest * d.freq, 2) AS annual_dividend,
       round(p.price, 2) AS recent_price,
       round(d.latest * d.freq / p.price * 100, 2) AS dividend_yield_pct,
       formatDateTime(d.last_ex, '%b %e, %Y') AS last_ex_date,
       if(d.nxt > today(), formatDateTime(d.nxt, '%b %e, %Y'), 'not yet declared') AS next_ex_date
FROM d CROSS JOIN p

SO dividend yield and payout

To collect dividend, you gats own di shares before di ex-dividend date. SO dividend yield wey dey up na di annual rate wey dem divide by di recent price; e dey move opposite to di share price, so yield figure only get meaning wen you check di date wey dem measure am. Di per-share amounts for here na di cash dividends wey dem declare, no be any special or one-time distributions.

SO dividend history

Di most recent regular dividends wey SO don pay, newest first:

SELECT toDate(ex_dividend_date) AS date,
       round(cash_amount, 4) AS dividend_per_share
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker = 'SO' AND frequency IN (1, 2, 4, 12) AND ex_dividend_date >= today() - 1100
ORDER BY ex_dividend_date DESC
LIMIT 10

Di rhythm of di payments dey show di schedule: a quarterly payer dey send check on dat cadence, and di per-share amount na wetin dey step up (or hold, or cut) over time.

SO dividend growth by year

Wen you total di regular dividends inside each calendar year, e turn di individual payments into growth picture.

SELECT toString(toYear(ex_dividend_date)) AS year,
       round(sum(cash_amount), 2) AS dividends_paid_per_share
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker = 'SO' AND frequency IN (1, 2, 4, 12)
  AND ex_dividend_date >= toDate('2019-01-01') AND ex_dividend_date < toDate(concat(toString(toYear(today())), '-01-01'))
GROUP BY year
ORDER BY year

For 2019, SO pay $2.46 per share across di year; by 2025 di annual total don reach $2.94. A rising line mean say di company dey lift im payout year after year; a flat line mean say dem hold di dividend; a fall mean say dem cut am. Di year-by-year record na di single most useful tin to check before you treat a stock as income holding, and na di part of a dividend wey screener single yield number dey hide.

SO be good dividend stock?

Two numbers dey frame dat question, and both dey for dis page: di yield (3.17%) and di direction of di annual payout wey dey up. A yield wey dey below di broad-market average wey pair with steadily rising payout na di profile of a dividend-growth name, where di appeal na small check today wey dey compound. A high yield wey dey next to flat or falling payout na income-now profile, and e warrant closer look to check if earnings dey cover di payment. SO record wey dey up dey show which one e resemble. Wetin dividend history no fit show on im own na safety: dat one rest on earnings and free cash flow, no be on di run of past payments, so stretched payout ratio fit precede a cut wey di history never record.

When be SO ex-dividend date?

Di ex-dividend date na di cutoff: buy SO before am and di upcoming dividend na yours, buy on am and di dividend go to di seller. On di ex-date di stock dey open lower by roughly di dividend amount, since di cash dey comot from di company. SO most recent ex-dividend date na May 18, 2026. Di record date dey follow one business day later under T+1 settlement, and di pay date dey come few weeks after dat. Upcoming ex-dates across di market dey for di ex-dividend calendar.

FAQ

Southern Company dey pay dividend?

Yes. SO dey pay quarterly dividend, most recently $0.76 per share, wey annualize to about $3.04 a share.

Wetin be SO dividend yield?

SO dividend yield na about 3.17%, wey dem calculate as di $3.04 annual dividend wey dem divide by recent price of $95.84. Yield dey rise as price dey fall and vice versa, so e be snapshot, no be fixed number.

When be SO next ex-dividend date?

SO most recent ex-dividend date na May 18, 2026, and di next one na not yet declared. As a quarterly payer, SO dey set new ex-date on dat cadence; date dey show as declared here once di company announce am.

How much be SO dividend?

Di most recent regular dividend na $0.76 per share. At a quarterly cadence dat one annualize to about $3.04 per share.

Every figure wey dey up na stored, inspectable query, wey dem dey refresh each week. Open di SQL under any panel to audit am, or pull any ticker dividend record for di Strasmore terminal.