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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
$71.73
-0.3%
$70.81
$60.62
$74.38
$308.69B0.4515.40 million shs15.95 million shs
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
$90.77
+0.4%
$89.87
$73.20
$94.45
$99.86B0.394.47 million shs2.33 million shs
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
$42.39
+1.1%
$43.65
$37.59
$47.36
$181.85B0.4120.14 million shs16.17 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
-0.32%-1.47%+1.95%+15.06%+16.18%
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
+0.36%+0.62%-0.36%+8.48%+23.99%
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
+1.15%-1.35%-5.71%+4.82%+6.83%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
4.1553 of 5 stars
2.53.03.30.83.92.51.3
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
3.8627 of 5 stars
2.22.04.21.83.62.50.6
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
4.8584 of 5 stars
3.33.05.03.52.72.51.9
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
3.05
Buy$75.064.64% Upside
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
2.36
Hold$92.541.95% Upside
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
2.61
Moderate Buy$47.4111.85% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest KO, SO, and VZ Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
4/28/2025
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
Tigress Financial
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$55.00 ➝ $56.00
4/23/2025
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
Scotiabank
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Boost Price TargetSector Perform ➝ Sector Perform$48.50 ➝ $49.00
4/22/2025
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$83.00 ➝ $90.00
4/21/2025
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$74.00 ➝ $78.00
4/17/2025
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
UBS Group
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Boost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$78.00 ➝ $84.00
4/15/2025
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
Cfra Research
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UpgradeStrong-Buy
4/11/2025
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
Evercore ISI
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UpgradeIn-Line ➝ Outperform$48.00
4/8/2025
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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UpgradeUnderweight ➝ Neutral$94.00
4/8/2025
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
Scotiabank
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Boost Price TargetSector Perform ➝ Sector Perform$48.00 ➝ $48.50
4/1/2025
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
Oppenheimer
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$48.00 ➝ $50.00
3/27/2025
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
Barclays
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Reiterated RatingOverweight ➝ Overweight
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CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
$47.06B6.56$3.22 per share22.29$6.12 per share11.72
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
$26.72B3.74$9.16 per share9.91$33.47 per share2.71
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
$135.29B1.34$8.83 per share4.80$23.89 per share1.77
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
$10.63B$2.4729.0422.493.7922.59%45.37%12.24%4/29/2025 (Estimated)
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
$3.98B$4.0122.6419.783.0116.47%12.23%3.11%5/1/2025 (Estimated)
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
$17.51B$4.2010.248.724.4512.99%19.80%5.08%N/A

Latest KO, SO, and VZ Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
5/1/2025Q1 2025
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
$1.17N/AN/AN/A$7.17 billionN/A
4/29/2025Q1 2025
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
$0.72N/AN/AN/A$11.23 billionN/A
4/22/2025Q1 2025 Pre Recorded
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
$1.15$1.19+$0.04$1.16$33.31 billion$33.50 billion
2/20/2025Q4 2024
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
$0.51$0.50-$0.01$0.49$5.90 billion$6.34 billion
2/11/2025Q4 2024
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
$0.51$0.55+$0.04$0.51$10.70 billionN/A
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
$2.042.84%+4.91%82.59%64 Years
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
$2.963.26%+2.96%73.82%24 Years
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
$2.716.39%+1.93%64.52%20 Years

Latest KO, SO, and VZ Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
4/21/2025
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
quarterly$0.743.3%5/19/20256/6/2025
2/28/2025
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
quarterly$0.67756.29%4/10/20254/10/20255/1/2025
2/20/2025
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
quarterly$0.512.9%3/14/20253/14/20254/1/2025
1/28/2025
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
quarterly$0.723.44%2/18/20252/18/20253/6/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
1.61
1.03
0.84
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
1.60
0.67
0.66
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
1.21
0.63
0.59

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
70.26%
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
64.10%
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
62.06%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
0.97%
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
0.16%
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
0.10%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
The Coca-Cola Company stock logo
KO
Coca-Cola
82,5004.30 billion4.27 billionOptionable
The Southern Company stock logo
SO
Southern
27,7001.10 billion1.09 billionOptionable
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
117,1004.29 billion4.21 billionOptionable

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Coca-Cola stock logo

Coca-Cola NYSE:KO

$71.73 -0.18 (-0.25%)
Closing price 04/28/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$71.76 +0.03 (+0.05%)
As of 04/28/2025 07:59 PM Eastern
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The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures, markets, and sells various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company provides sparkling soft drinks, sparkling flavors; water, sports, coffee, and tea; juice, value-added dairy, and plant-based beverages; and other beverages. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers, such as restaurants and convenience stores. The company sells its products under the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, caffeine free Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, Fanta Orange, Fanta Zero Orange, Fanta Zero Sugar, Fanta Apple, Sprite, Sprite Zero Sugar, Simply Orange, Simply Apple, Simply Grapefruit, Fresca, Schweppes, Thums Up, Aquarius, Ayataka, BODYARMOR, Ciel, Costa, Dasani, dogadan, FUZE TEA, Georgia, glacéau smartwater, glacéau vitaminwater, Gold Peak, Ice Dew, I LOHAS, Powerade, Topo Chico, AdeS, Del Valle, fairlife, innocent, Minute Maid, and Minute Maid Pulpy brands. It operates through a network of independent bottling partners, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, as well as through bottling and distribution operators. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Southern stock logo

Southern NYSE:SO

$90.77 +0.34 (+0.38%)
Closing price 04/28/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$91.31 +0.54 (+0.59%)
As of 04/28/2025 07:56 PM Eastern
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The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, gas distribution operations, and gas pipeline investments operations. In addition, it owns and operates nuclear, coal, hydro, cogeneration, solar, wind, battery storage, and fuel cell facilities. Further, the constructs, operates, and maintains approximately 77,900 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities with total capacity of 157 Bcf to provide natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company serves approximately 8.9 million electric and gas utility customers. Further, it develops distributed energy and resilience solutions; deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, and utility customers; and offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Verizon Communications stock logo

Verizon Communications NYSE:VZ

$42.39 +0.48 (+1.15%)
Closing price 04/28/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$42.44 +0.05 (+0.12%)
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Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business). The Consumer segment provides wireless services across the wireless networks in the United States under the Verizon and TracFone brands and through wholesale and other arrangements; and fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband through its wireless networks, as well as related equipment and devices, such as smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and other wireless-enabled connected devices. The segment also offers wireline services in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, as well as Washington D.C. through its fiber-optic network, Verizon Fios product portfolio, and a copper-based network. The Business segment provides wireless and wireline communications services and products, including FWA broadband, data, video and conferencing, corporate networking, security and managed network, local and long-distance voice, and network access services to deliver various IoT services and products to businesses, government customers, and wireless and wireline carriers in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon Communications Inc. in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, New York.