Southern Co (FRA:SOT) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 4.32 (As of May. 08, 2024)

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What is Southern Co 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Southern Co's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.32.

The historical rank and industry rank for Southern Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:SOT' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.89 Med: 5.14 Max: 6.36
Current: 4.32

During the past 13 years, Southern Co's highest Yield on Cost was 6.36. The lowest was 3.89. And the median was 5.14.

FRA:SOT's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
53.63% of 427 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 4.54 vs FRA:SOT: 4.32

Competitive Comparison of Southern Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Southern Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Southern Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Southern Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Southern Co's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

Southern Co 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Southern Co is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Southern Co (FRA:SOT) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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Southern Co (FRA:SOT) Business Description

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Address

30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, Northwest, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30308

Website

https://www.southerncompany.com

Southern is one of the largest utilities in the U.S. The company serves 9 million customers with vertically integrated electric utilities in three states and natural gas distribution utilities in four states. It owns 50 gigawatts of rate-regulated generating capacity, primarily for serving customers in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. Subsidiary Southern Power owns 13 gigawatts of natural gas generation and renewable energy across the U.S. and sells the electricity primarily under long-term contracts.

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