Dividends

SOSouthern

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+1.3% today · +5.7% over a year

4/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 38% of the instruments we score

Stability: among the best of its peers; priced higher than most peers (P/E 24.2). Dividend yield 4.00%.

Southern (SO) dividends: trailing yield 4.00%, next ex-dividend date 16 Nov 2026, Dividend Safety 55/100, not lowered for 25 years, 5-year growth 7.5% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
4.00%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
3.25%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$3.74
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
55 / 100
Borderline

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
4.00% → 3.29%
Forward
3.25% → 2.68%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 3.29%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

Ex-dividend date
16 Nov 2026
Payment date
07 Dec 2026
Amount per share
$0.76
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+7.5%
Years without a lower dividend
25
Years without a cut of over 10 %
25
Payout ratio (earnings)
96%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.56, 2017 $2.30, 2018 $2.38, 2019 $2.46, 2020 $2.54, 2021 $2.62, 2022 $2.70, 2023 $2.78, 2024 $2.86, 2025 $3.682016: $0.562017: $2.302018: $2.382019: $2.462020: $2.542021: $2.622022: $2.702023: $2.782024: $2.862025: $3.68

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
16 Nov 202607 Dec 2026$0.76RegularAnnounced1
17 Aug 202609 Sep 2026$0.76RegularVerified3
18 May 202609 Jun 2026$0.76RegularVerified3
17 Feb 202609 Mar 2026$0.74RegularVerified3

Each payment is checked against up to 3 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

Similar dividend payers

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