SOJE (SOJE) Dividends & Splits

Southern Company (SOJE) is a publicly traded energy company that operates in the southern United States. The company has a long history of paying dividends to its shareholders. Dividends are a portion of a company's profits that are distributed to shareholders as a way to reward them for their investment. Southern Company has a strong dividend history, with consistent increases in dividend payments over the years. The company's dividend yield is the annual dividend amount per share divided by the stock price. This yield represents the return on investment that shareholders receive from their dividend payments.

The payout ratio for Southern Company is the percentage of earnings that are paid out as dividends. A lower payout ratio indicates that the company is retaining more of its earnings for reinvestment, while a higher payout ratio means that a larger portion of earnings is being distributed to shareholders. Southern Company's dividend ex-date is the date on which a person must own the stock in order to be eligible to receive the upcoming dividend payment. This date is typically two trading days before the dividend payment date.