Southern Stock News

This past summer, utilities were one of the best-performing stock market sectors year to date -- even better than technology. Despite a sustained rally in the S&P 500, many top utility stocks have sold off in recent months, including industry leaders like Southern Company (SO -0.20%), American Electric Power (AEP -0.22%), and NextEra Energy (NEE 0.46%).

2024 is almost over, but there's still time left in the year to identify quality companies that are worth buying now. Some folks may be looking for high-octane growth stocks with room to run, whereas others may be in search of companies that can pay them dividend income no matter what the stock market is doing.

ATLANTA , Dec. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Two more iconic Atlanta institutions have joined the growing list of businesses taking positive steps on their sustainability journeys by signing up for the innovative Greener Life® for Business program from Georgia Natural Gas®  (GNG). GNG welcomed the Fox Theatre and City of Refuge to the program at "Merry Mighty Mo and More," a free, annual family frie...

The June/July, 2024 Fortune Magazine revealed 500 biggest U.S. companies by-revenue and profits. Arnold-research focused on 66 December industry-leaders using YCharts 12/13/24 data for Profits from 63. Those 63 Fortune 500 industry leaders (F500IL) were segmented into 21 business sectors ranging (alphabetically) from aerospace/defense to wholesalers. By yield, MO topped-all F500IL. Top-ten Yiel...

Four leading companies partner in support of education and workforce development mission NEWPORT NEWS, Va. , Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the BayPort Foundation, Ferguson, Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of HII, and Virginia Natural Gas announced that the Newport News Education Foundation has been awarded the $500,000 Accelerating Change Together (ACT) Grant to support the Newport...

ATLANTA , Nov. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power announced today that it has elected Virgil R. Miller to the company's board of directors, effective January 1, 2025.

ATLANTA , Nov. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern Power, a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, today announced an additional expansion of its 29th solar project — Millers Branch Solar Facility. The Phase III expansion will account for an added 132-megawatts (MW) from the previous Phase I and Phase II expansion of 200 MW and 180 MW respectively.

AT&T, Altria Group, and Energy Transfer are top buys with dividends from $1K invested exceeding single share prices, meeting the dogcatcher ideal. Analysts forecast 15.47% to 28.33% net gains by November 2025 for top-ten F500IL dogs, with Energy Transfer as the standout “safer” choice. Eight F500IL stocks show negative free cash flow margins, making them unsafe buys; price drops or dividend inc...