NASDAQ:SSB - South State Stock Price, Forecast & News

South State trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "SSB."

South State announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a $1.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.40%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 6th. This is an increase from South State's previous quarterly dividend of $0.46. View South State's Dividend History.

South State Corp (NASDAQ:SSB) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 27th. The bank reported $1.48 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.43 by $0.05. The bank earned $162.76 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $162.15 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.35 earnings per share. View South State's Earnings History.

South State is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for South State.

2 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for South State's stock. Their forecasts range from $63.00 to $97.00. On average, they expect South State's stock price to reach $80.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for South State.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for South State in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for South State.

News stories about SSB stock have been trending neutral on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. South State earned a daily sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for South State.

South State saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,430,000 shares, a decrease of 8.9% from the December 31st total of 1,570,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 130,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 10.9 days. Approximately 4.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View South State's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to South State include SunTrust Banks (STI), TCF Financial (TCF), Valley National Bancorp (VLY), Ameris Bancorp (ABCB), Park National (PRK), Tompkins Financial (TMP), Arrow Financial (AROW), American National BankShares (AMNB), Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB), Ames National (ATLO), MidSouth Bancorp (MSL), First Trust California Municipal High Income ETF (FCAL), 1st Source (SRCE), BancFirst (BANF) and Bancorp (TBBK).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other South State investors own include CVS Health (CVS), AbbVie (ABBV), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Procter & Gamble (PG), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), NVIDIA (NVDA), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Pfizer (PFE) and Steelcase (SCS).

South State's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.78%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.72%), Earnest Partners LLC (3.21%), State Street Corp (2.82%), Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (2.67%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.53%). Company insiders that own South State stock include James C Cherry, James W Roquemore, Joe E Burns, John C Pollok, John F Windley, Keith S Rainwater, Martin Bernard Davis, Paula Harper Bethea, Robert H Demere Jr, Robert R Hill Jr and Robert R Horger. View Institutional Ownership Trends for South State.

SSB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., PNC Financial Services Group Inc., State Street Corp, Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, UBS Group AG and California Public Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold South State company stock in the last year include James C Cherry, James W Roquemore, John C Pollok, John F Windley, Keith S Rainwater and Robert R Horger. View Insider Buying and Selling for South State.

SSB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Earnest Partners LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Barclays PLC, Seizert Capital Partners LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. and Bank of America Corp DE. Company insiders that have bought South State stock in the last two years include Martin Bernard Davis, Paula Harper Bethea and Robert H Demere Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for South State.

Shares of SSB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of SSB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $78.49.