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Dividend history

SO — The Southern Company

UtilitiesQuarterly scheduleRecords since 1948

Dividend summary

Current dividend

$0.74

Per share, per payment

Annualised rate

$2.96

4 payments a year

Last payment

$0.74

15 Jun 2026

Next expected payment

15 Sep 2026

Ex-dividend 18 Aug 2026

Upcoming dividend events

  • Ex-dividend 18 Aug 2026 · record 19 Aug 2026pays 15 Sep 2026$0.74
  • Ex-dividend 18 Nov 2026 · record 19 Nov 2026pays 16 Dec 2026$0.74
  • Ex-dividend 18 Feb 2027 · record 19 Feb 2027pays 18 Mar 2027$0.7622
  • Ex-dividend 18 May 2027 · record 19 May 2027pays 15 Jun 2027$0.7622

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Historical payments

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SO historical dividend payments over the last 5 years
Ex-dividendRecordPaymentAmountChangeType
18 May 202619 May 202615 Jun 2026$0.74—Regular
18 Feb 202619 Feb 202618 Mar 2026$0.74Increase +3.0%Regular
18 Nov 202519 Nov 202516 Dec 2025$0.7184—Regular
18 Aug 202519 Aug 202515 Sep 2025$0.7184—Regular
19 May 202520 May 202516 Jun 2025$0.7184—Regular
18 Feb 202519 Feb 202518 Mar 2025$0.7184Increase +3.0%Regular
18 Nov 202419 Nov 202416 Dec 2024$0.6975—Regular
19 Aug 202420 Aug 202416 Sep 2024$0.6975—Regular
20 May 202421 May 202417 Jun 2024$0.6975—Regular
19 Feb 202420 Feb 202418 Mar 2024$0.6975Increase +3.0%Regular
20 Nov 202321 Nov 202318 Dec 2023$0.6772—Regular
18 Aug 202321 Aug 202315 Sep 2023$0.6772—Regular
18 May 202319 May 202315 Jun 2023$0.6772—Regular
20 Feb 202321 Feb 202320 Mar 2023$0.6772Increase +3.0%Regular
18 Nov 202221 Nov 202216 Dec 2022$0.6575—Regular
18 Aug 202219 Aug 202215 Sep 2022$0.6575—Regular
18 May 202219 May 202215 Jun 2022$0.6575—Regular
18 Feb 202221 Feb 202218 Mar 2022$0.6575Increase +3.0%Regular
18 Nov 202119 Nov 202116 Dec 2021$0.6383—Regular
18 Aug 202119 Aug 202115 Sep 2021$0.6383—Regular
  1. 15 Jun 2026$0.74

    Ex-dividend 18 May 2026 · record 19 May 2026

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  2. 18 Mar 2026$0.74

    Ex-dividend 18 Feb 2026 · record 19 Feb 2026

    Increase +3.0%
  3. 16 Dec 2025$0.7184

    Ex-dividend 18 Nov 2025 · record 19 Nov 2025

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  4. 15 Sep 2025$0.7184

    Ex-dividend 18 Aug 2025 · record 19 Aug 2025

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  5. 16 Jun 2025$0.7184

    Ex-dividend 19 May 2025 · record 20 May 2025

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  6. 18 Mar 2025$0.7184

    Ex-dividend 18 Feb 2025 · record 19 Feb 2025

    Increase +3.0%
  7. 16 Dec 2024$0.6975

    Ex-dividend 18 Nov 2024 · record 19 Nov 2024

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  8. 16 Sep 2024$0.6975

    Ex-dividend 19 Aug 2024 · record 20 Aug 2024

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  9. 17 Jun 2024$0.6975

    Ex-dividend 20 May 2024 · record 21 May 2024

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  10. 18 Mar 2024$0.6975

    Ex-dividend 19 Feb 2024 · record 20 Feb 2024

    Increase +3.0%
  11. 18 Dec 2023$0.6772

    Ex-dividend 20 Nov 2023 · record 21 Nov 2023

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  12. 15 Sep 2023$0.6772

    Ex-dividend 18 Aug 2023 · record 21 Aug 2023

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  13. 15 Jun 2023$0.6772

    Ex-dividend 18 May 2023 · record 19 May 2023

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  14. 20 Mar 2023$0.6772

    Ex-dividend 20 Feb 2023 · record 21 Feb 2023

    Increase +3.0%
  15. 16 Dec 2022$0.6575

    Ex-dividend 18 Nov 2022 · record 21 Nov 2022

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  16. 15 Sep 2022$0.6575

    Ex-dividend 18 Aug 2022 · record 19 Aug 2022

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  17. 15 Jun 2022$0.6575

    Ex-dividend 18 May 2022 · record 19 May 2022

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  18. 18 Mar 2022$0.6575

    Ex-dividend 18 Feb 2022 · record 21 Feb 2022

    Increase +3.0%
  19. 16 Dec 2021$0.6383

    Ex-dividend 18 Nov 2021 · record 19 Nov 2021

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  20. 15 Sep 2021$0.6383

    Ex-dividend 18 Aug 2021 · record 19 Aug 2021

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