SSEL Stock Overview Engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity. More details
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Price History & Performance
Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for SSE Historical stock prices Current Share Price UK£16.03 52 Week High UK£20.19 52 Week Low UK£15.43 Beta 0.56 1 Month Change -8.37% 3 Month Change -18.03% 1 Year Change -13.54% 3 Year Change -2.08% 5 Year Change 9.35% Change since IPO 21.35%
Recent News & Updates
Alistair Phillips-Davies Intends to Retire as Chief Executive of SSE plc Nov 14 SSE plc to Report Fiscal Year 2025 Results on May 21, 2025
SSE plc Appoints Hixonia Nyasulu as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director on 1 January 2025 Nov 02
SSE plc Announces Resignation of Helen Mahy as Senior Independent Director, Effective of 18 July 2025 Nov 01 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. Oct 02
SSE plc to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Nov 13, 2024 Aug 09 See more updates
Alistair Phillips-Davies Intends to Retire as Chief Executive of SSE plc Nov 14 SSE plc to Report Fiscal Year 2025 Results on May 21, 2025
SSE plc Appoints Hixonia Nyasulu as an Independent Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director on 1 January 2025 Nov 02
SSE plc Announces Resignation of Helen Mahy as Senior Independent Director, Effective of 18 July 2025 Nov 01 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. Oct 02
SSE plc to Report First Half, 2025 Results on Nov 13, 2024 Aug 09
SSE plc Announces Final Dividend for the Year Ended 31 March 2024, Payable on 19 September 2024 May 25
Final dividend of UK£0.40 announced May 24
Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: UK£1.57 (vs UK£0.15 loss in FY 2023) May 24
SSE Thermal Appoints Finlay McCutcheon as the New Managing Director Mar 23
High number of new directors Jan 01
New minor risk - Earnings quality Nov 17 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) Nov 16
SSE plc Announces Directorate Change Oct 05
Upcoming dividend of UK£0.68 per share at 5.4% yield Jul 20
New minor risk - Insider selling Jun 12
SSE plc Announces Final Dividend for the Year Ending 31 March 2023, Payable 21 September 2023 May 26
Full year 2023 earnings released: UK£0.15 loss per share (vs UK£2.42 profit in FY 2022) May 25 SSE plc to Report First Half, 2024 Results on Nov 15, 2023
SSE plc Declares Interim Dividend for the Year ended 31 March 2023 Feb 14 SSE plc Provides Dividend Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2024/25 and 2025/26
Upcoming dividend of UK£0.29 per share Jan 05
SSE Appoints Catherine Raw to Executive Committee Dec 15
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board has reached agreement to acquire a 25% stake in Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc from SSE plc (LSE:SSE) for £1.5 billion. Nov 26
First half 2023 earnings released: UK£0.40 loss per share (vs UK£1.04 profit in 1H 2022) Nov 17 SSE plc, Annual General Meeting, Jul 20, 2023
SSE plc (LSE:SSE) announces an Equity Buyback for 106,767,170 shares, representing 10% of its issued share capital, under the authorization approved on July 21, 2022. Oct 05
Upcoming dividend of UK£0.60 per share Jul 21
SSE plc (LSE:SSE) and Equinor ASA (OB:EQNR) entered into an agreement to acquire Triton Power Holdings Ltd from Energy Capital Partners for a total consideration of £340 million. Jun 29 SSE plc to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Nov 16, 2022
Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: UK£2.42 (vs UK£2.16 in FY 2021) May 28
Sse plc Announces Final Dividend for the Year Ending March 31, 2022, Payable on September 22, 2022 May 28
Sse plc Appoints John Bason as Non-Executive Director, Effective from June 1, 2022 May 26
SSE Reportedly in Talks to Acquire Siemens Gamesa Wind Farm Unit Apr 20
Now 20% undervalued Feb 22
SSE plc Announces Interim Dividend for the Year Ended 31 March 2022 Feb 17
Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop Feb 05
Now 21% undervalued after recent price drop Feb 05
Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop Jan 19
Upcoming dividend of UK£0.26 per share Jan 06
Elliott Renews Push to Break Up SSE Plc Dec 07
First half 2022 earnings released: EPS UK£1.04 (vs UK£0.63 in 1H 2021) Nov 18
High number of new directors Nov 01
High number of new directors Oct 02
SSE Declares No Plans to Break Up Sep 21
SSE Reportedly Close to Being Split Up After Activist Campaign Sep 20
Elliott Management Demands the Break-Up of SSE Plc Sep 15
SSE plc (LSE:SSE) acquired 50MW Battery Storage Asset of Harmony Energy Ltd from Harmony Energy Ltd. Aug 20
Upcoming dividend of UK£0.57 per share Jul 22
Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£2.11 (vs UK£0.36 in FY 2020) Jun 24
Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS UK£2.16 (vs UK£0.41 in FY 2020) May 28
SSE plc Recommends Final Dividend for the Year Ended March 31, 2021, Payable on 23 September 2021 May 27
Chairman of the Board Richard Gillingwater has left the company Apr 07
SSE plc Announces Retirement of Richard Gillingwater as the Chair and Director of the Board, Effective March 31, 2021 Mar 11
New 90-day low: UK£13.22 Feb 26
European Diversified Infrastructure Fund III managed by First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd completed the acquisition of 50% stake in 75 MW Multi-fuel facilities at Ferrybridge site and 45 MW facility at Skelton Grange in West Yorkshire from SSE plc (LSE:SSE). Jan 09
New 90-day high: UK£15.96 Jan 06
RockRose Energy PLC agreed to acquire an unknown stake in Portfolio of gas exploration and production (E&P) assets in three regions in the North Sea from SSE plc (LSE:SSE) for £120 million. Dec 23
SSE plc to Report Q3, 2021 Results on Feb 02, 2021 Nov 21
SSE plc Promotes Martin Pibworth to Its Newly Created Role of Group Energy and Commercial Director Effective 1 November 2020 Oct 16
European Diversified Infrastructure Fund III managed by First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd entered into an agreement to acquire 50% stake in 75 MW Multi-fuel facilities at Ferrybridge site and 45 MW facility at Skelton Grange in West Yorkshire from SSE plc (LSE:SSE) for approximately £1 billion. Oct 15
SSE plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal 2021 Oct 04
SSE plc Announces Directorate Change Sep 29
Equitix Limited signed an agreement to acquire Maple TopCo Limited from SSE plc (LSE:SSE), Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board and OMERS Infrastructure Management Inc. Sep 26
Greencoat UK Wind PLC (LSE:UKW) managed by Greencoat Capital LLP agreed to acquire 25.1% stake in Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Limited from SSE plc (LSE:SSE) for £350 million. Sep 02 Shareholder Returns SSEL GB Electric Utilities GB Market 7D -3.8% -1.7% -2.6% 1Y -13.5% -4.1% 2.4%
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Return vs Market: SSEL underperformed the UK Market which returned 2.4% over the past year.
Price Volatility Is SSEL's price volatile compared to industry and market? SSEL volatility SSEL Average Weekly Movement 2.7% Electric Utilities Industry Average Movement 3.5% Market Average Movement 4.8% 10% most volatile stocks in GB Market 10.6% 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 14,980 Paul Morton Phillips-Davies www.sse.com
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 3.9 million homes and businesses across southern central England and the north of Scotland; and operates electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland and other areas.
Show more SSE plc Fundamentals Summary How do SSE's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap? SSEL fundamental statistics Market cap UK£17.61b Earnings (TTM ) UK£1.90b Revenue (TTM ) UK£10.13b
Earnings & Revenue Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM) SSEL income statement (TTM ) Revenue UK£10.13b Cost of Revenue UK£5.53b Gross Profit UK£4.59b Other Expenses UK£2.70b Earnings UK£1.90b
Last Reported Earnings
Sep 30, 2024
Next Earnings Date
May 21, 2025
Earnings per share (EPS) 1.73 Gross Margin 45.37% Net Profit Margin 18.74% Debt/Equity Ratio 76.0%
How did SSEL perform over the long term?
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3.8% Current Dividend Yield When do you need to buy SSEL by to receive an upcoming dividend? SSE dividend dates Ex Dividend Date Jan 02 2025 Dividend Pay Date Feb 27 2025 Days until Ex dividend 10 days Days until Dividend pay date 66 days
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status Data Last Updated (UTC time) Company Analysis 2024/12/22 21:22 End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00 Earnings 2024/09/30 Annual Earnings 2024/03/31
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Analyst Sources SSE plc is covered by 32 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.
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