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 given a dividend of $0.47 per share on Friday, February 14th. This represents a $1.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.41%. 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 earnings results on Monday, January, 27th. The bank reported $1.48 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.43 by $0.05. The bank had revenue of $162.76 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $162.15 million. South State had a return on equity of 8.27% and a net margin of 25.39%. 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 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for South State's shares. Their forecasts range from $63.00 to $97.00. On average, they anticipate South State's stock price to reach $80.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.5% 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.

Media headlines about SSB stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. South State earned a daily sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the bank a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for South State.

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

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South State's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 bought 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 $78.06.

South State has a market capitalization of $2.63 billion and generates $734.39 million in revenue each year. The bank earns $186.48 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.63 on an earnings per share basis. South State employs 2,602 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About South State.

The official website for South State is http://www.southstatebank.com/.

South State's mailing address is 520 GERVAIS STREET, COLUMBIA SC, 29201. The bank can be reached via phone at 800-277-2175.