SSE (SSEL) Stock Overview

Engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity. More details

SSEL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	2/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 17.16% per year

Earnings grew by 1.6% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Dividend of 2.91% is not well covered by free cash flows

Has a high level of debt

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for SSE
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£23.70
52 Week High	UK£27.67
52 Week Low	UK£16.31
Beta	0.58
1 Month Change	-0.96%
3 Month Change	-0.92%
1 Year Change	44.17%
3 Year Change	41.97%
5 Year Change	41.21%
Change since IPO	79.37%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	SSEL	GB Electric Utilities	GB Market
7D	-0.04%	1.8%	-0.7%
1Y	44.2%	22.8%	16.1%

Return vs Industry: SSEL exceeded the UK Electric Utilities industry which returned 22.8% over the past year.

Return vs Market: SSEL exceeded the UK Market which returned 16.1% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is SSEL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
SSEL volatility
SSEL Average Weekly Movement	2.9%
Electric Utilities Industry Average Movement	3.1%
Market Average Movement	4.8%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	10.3%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	2.6%

Stable Share Price: SSEL has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: SSEL's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1989	15,197	Martin Pibworth	www.sse.com

SSE plc engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity. The company distributes electricity to approximately 4 million homes and businesses in southern central England and the north of Scotland; and owns, develops, and operates the high voltage electricity transmission system in the north of Scotland and other areas. Its diversified portfolio includes onshore and offshore wind farms, hydro-electric power, and batteries, flexible thermal generation, and electricity transmission and distribution networks.

SSE plc Fundamentals Summary

How do SSE's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
SSEL fundamental statistics
Market cap	UK£28.52b
Earnings (TTM)	UK£1.21b
Revenue (TTM)	UK£10.19b

23.6x

P/E Ratio

2.8x

P/S Ratio

Is SSEL overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
SSEL income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£10.19b
Cost of Revenue	UK£6.41b
Gross Profit	UK£3.77b
Other Expenses	UK£2.57b
Earnings	UK£1.21b

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2026

Next Earnings Date

Nov 18, 2026

Earnings per share (EPS)	1.00
Gross Margin	37.05%
Net Profit Margin	11.87%
Debt/Equity Ratio	59.2%

How did SSEL perform over the long term?

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Dividends

2.9%

Current Dividend Yield

65%

Payout Ratio

Does SSEL pay a reliable dividends?

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When do you need to buy SSEL by to receive an upcoming dividend?
SSE dividend dates
Ex Dividend Date	Jul 23 2026
Dividend Pay Date	Sep 17 2026
Days until Ex dividend	50 days
Days until Dividend pay date	6 days

Does SSEL pay a reliable dividends?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/09/10 01:23
End of Day Share Price	2026/09/10 00:00
Earnings	2026/03/31
Annual Earnings	2026/03/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

SSE plc is covered by 25 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Dominic Nash	Barclays
Peter Crampton	Barclays
Andrew Fisher	Berenberg

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Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Now 21% overvalued after recent price rise

Now 20% overvalued

SSE plc Announces Appointment of John Pettigrew as Independent Non-Executive Director, Effective December 1, 2026

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.47 per share

Now 20% overvalued

SSE plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 16, 2026

Recent updates

Now 21% overvalued after recent price rise

Now 20% overvalued

SSE plc Announces Appointment of John Pettigrew as Independent Non-Executive Director, Effective December 1, 2026

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.47 per share

Now 20% overvalued

SSE plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 16, 2026

Final dividend increased to UK£0.47

Full year 2026 earnings released: EPS: UK£1.06 (vs UK£1.08 in FY 2025)

SSE plc to Report Fiscal Year 2026 Final Results on Jun 12, 2026

Now 21% overvalued

SSE plc has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of £6.956511 million.

SSE plc has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of £2 billion.

SSE plc Approves Final Dividend for the Year Ended March 31, 2025, Payable on September 18, 2025

SSE plc Announces Board Committee Changes

SSE plc Recommends A Final Dividend for the Year Ended 31 March 2025, Payable on September 18, 2025

SSE plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 17, 2025

SSE plc Announces CEO Changes

Alistair Phillips-Davies Intends to Retire as Chief Executive of SSE plc

SSE plc Appoints Hixonia Nyasulu as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director on 1 January 2025

SSE plc Announces Resignation of Helen Mahy as Senior Independent Director, Effective of 18 July 2025

SSE plc (LSE:SSE) commences an Equity Buyback Plan for 109,345,335 shares, representing 10% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on July 18, 2024.

SSE plc to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Nov 13, 2024

SSE plc Announces Final Dividend for the Year Ended 31 March 2024, Payable on 19 September 2024

Final dividend of UK£0.40 announced

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£1.57 (vs UK£0.15 loss in FY 2023)

SSE Thermal Appoints Finlay McCutcheon as the New Managing Director

High number of new directors

New minor risk - Earnings quality

SSE plc to Report Fiscal Year 2024 Results on May 22, 2024

First half 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£0.28 (vs UK£0.40 loss in 1H 2023)

SSE plc Announces Directorate Change

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.68 per share at 5.4% yield

New minor risk - Insider selling

SSE plc Announces Final Dividend for the Year Ending 31 March 2023, Payable 21 September 2023

Full year 2023 earnings released: UK£0.15 loss per share (vs UK£2.42 profit in FY 2022)

SSE plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Nov 15, 2023

SSE plc Declares Interim Dividend for the Year ended 31 March 2023

SSE plc Provides Dividend Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2024/25 and 2025/26

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.29 per share

First half 2023 earnings released: UK£0.40 loss per share (vs UK£1.04 profit in 1H 2022)

SSE plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 20, 2023

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.60 per share

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: UK£2.42 (vs UK£2.16 in FY 2021)

Now 20% undervalued

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.26 per share

First half 2022 earnings released: EPS UK£1.04 (vs UK£0.63 in 1H 2021)

High number of new directors

High number of new directors

Upcoming dividend of UK£0.57 per share

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£2.11 (vs UK£0.36 in FY 2020)

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£2.16 (vs UK£0.41 in FY 2020)

Chairman of the Board Richard Gillingwater has left the company

New 90-day low: UK£13.22

New 90-day high: UK£15.96

Shareholder Returns

Price Volatility

About the Company

SSE plc Fundamentals Summary

Earnings & Revenue