SSE (SSEZY) 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: $22.07 to $23.55
• 50-Day Range: $18.94 to $23.00
• 52-Week Range: $18.60 to $27.01
• Volume: 90,613 shs
• Average Volume: 206,140 shs
• Market Capitalization: $25.44 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 2.13%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

SSE Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

SSE scored higher than 15% 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: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 1.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for SSE are expected to grow by 1.00% in the coming year, from $2.01 to $2.03 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

SSE has a PEG Ratio of 1.29. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

SSE has a P/B Ratio of 1.69. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.04% of the float of SSE has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

SSE has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in SSE has recently increased by 88.98%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

SSE pays a meaningful dividend of 2.20%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, SSE will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.14% next year. This indicates that SSE will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.04% of the float of SSE has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

SSE has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in SSE has recently increased by 88.98%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.47

News Sentiment

SSE has a news sentiment score of 0.47. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.79 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for SSE this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 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

Only 0.22% of the stock of SSE is held by institutions.

SSEZY Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SSEZY shares performed this year?

SSE's stock was trading at $19.93 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, SSEZY shares have increased by 15.4% and is now trading at $23.00.
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How do I buy shares of SSE?

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

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/6 Dividend: 1/03/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 3/6 Dividend: 1/03/2025
• Dividend Payable: 3/06/2025
• Today: 5/02/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/21/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Private households
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:SSEZY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.sse.com
• Phone: 441738456000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 14,980
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.44
• P/E Growth: 1.29
• 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: 0.64
• Current Ratio: 0.92
• Quick Ratio: 0.85

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.14 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.94
• Cash Flow: $3.64 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.32
• Book Value: $13.57 per share
• Price / Book: 1.69

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,106,302,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $25.44 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.72