SSE (SSEZF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

SSE plc engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity. It generates electricity from water, gas, coal, oil, and multi fuel. The company distributes electricity to approximately 3.8 million homes and businesses across the north of the central belt of Scotland and central southern England; and owns, operates, and develops high voltage electricity transmission system in the north of Scotland and remote islands. It also produces, stores, distributes, and supplies gas. In addition, it engages in the electricity and utility contracting, telecommunications, energy trading, insurance, and property holding businesses, as well as provides maintenance services. The company was formerly known as Scottish and Southern Energy plc and changed its name to SSE plc in September 2011. SSE plc was incorporated in 1989 and is based in Perth, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $32.88 to $32.88
• 50-Day Range: $30.05 to $37.20
• 52-Week Range: $21.95 to $38.55
• Volume: 623 shs
• Average Volume: 1,128 shs
• Market Capitalization: N/A
• P/E Ratio: 159.14
• Dividend Yield: 2.64%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: N/A

SSE Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

SSE scored higher than 17% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for SSE.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of SSE is 159.14, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 46.31.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of SSE is 159.14, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 20.03.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

SSE has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 172.14, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in SSE has recently decreased by 13.01%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

SSE is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.04%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

SSE does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of SSE is 419.63%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

SSE has a news sentiment score of 0.64. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for SSE this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added SSE to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, SSE insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

40.39% of the stock of SSE is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Utilities - Diversified
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:SSEZF
• Previous Symbol: OTC:SSEZF
• CIK: N/A
• Web: sse.com
• Phone: 44.1738.456.000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 12,180
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 159.14
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: N/A
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: N/A
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A