Southern (SO) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)
Southern's Dividends Paid - Common was $803 million in Q2 2026, up 5.9% from $758 million a year earlier and up 3.5% from the prior quarter.
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Southern (SO) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Southern's Dividends Paid - Common was $3.1 billion through Jun 30, 2026, up 4.7% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $3.02 billion, up 2.1% from FY2024.
- Dividends Paid - Common shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 2.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Dividends Paid - Common was $2.95 billion in FY2024 (-2.7%), $3.04 billion in FY2023 (+4.4%), $2.91 billion in FY2022 (+4.7%) and $2.78 billion in FY2021 (+3.4%).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Dividends Paid - Common since Q3 2014.
- Compared with a year earlier, Dividends Paid - Common has increased for six straight quarters, with growth averaging 1.4% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Dividends Paid - Common over five years was Q2 2026 (growth of 5.9%); the worst was Q3 2024 (a decline of 4.2%).
- Per Business Quant data, SO's Dividends Paid - Common in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was $776 million (Q1 2026), $761 million (Q4 2025) and $760 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div. Paid (Common) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enel Chile | 287.73 Bn | 287.73 Bn | 890.00 Mn | - |
| 2 | Nextera Energy | 160.25 Bn | 161.15 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Southern | 96.31 Bn | 87.36 Bn | 5.92 Bn | 803.00 Mn |
| 4 | Duke Energy | 88.79 Bn | 87.40 Bn | 6.74 Bn | 846.00 Mn |
| 5 | National Grid | 79.16 Bn | 60.69 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | American Electric Power | 65.09 Bn | 63.47 Bn | 3.84 Bn | - |
| 7 | Dominion Energy | 53.95 Bn | 56.63 Bn | - | 587.00 Mn |
| 8 | Sempra | 51.22 Bn | 50.35 Bn | 2.89 Bn | - |
| 9 | Entergy | 47.09 Bn | 36.28 Bn | - | 293.03 Mn |
| 10 | Xcel Energy | 44.58 Bn | 39.49 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 803.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 776.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 761.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 760.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 758.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 736.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 734.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 733.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 754.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 733.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 764.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 765.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 764.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 742.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 741.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 741.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 723.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 702.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 700.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 700.00 Mn |
API Access
Southern Dividends Paid - Common API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common&ticker=SO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common", "ticker": "SO", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common&ticker=SO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();