SSE plc

LSE:SSE Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£17.6b

SSE Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 3/6

SSE has a total shareholder equity of £12.1B and total debt of £9.2B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 76%. Its total assets and total liabilities are £28.6B and £16.5B respectively. SSE's EBIT is £3.0B making its interest coverage ratio 24.3. It has cash and short-term investments of £890.8M.

Key information

76.0%

Debt to equity ratio

UK£9.18b

Debt

Interest coverage ratio24.3x
CashUK£890.80m
EquityUK£12.07b
Total liabilitiesUK£16.51b
Total assetsUK£28.58b

Recent financial health updates

Is SSE (LON:SSE) A Risky Investment?

Sep 10
Is SSE (LON:SSE) A Risky Investment?

Is SSE (LON:SSE) Using Too Much Debt?

Dec 26
Is SSE (LON:SSE) Using Too Much Debt?

Recent updates

Growth Investors: Industry Analysts Just Upgraded Their SSE plc (LON:SSE) Revenue Forecasts By 28%

Nov 14
Growth Investors: Industry Analysts Just Upgraded Their SSE plc (LON:SSE) Revenue Forecasts By 28%

SSE plc's (LON:SSE) Business Is Yet to Catch Up With Its Share Price

Oct 31
SSE plc's (LON:SSE) Business Is Yet to Catch Up With Its Share Price

Returns At SSE (LON:SSE) Are On The Way Up

Oct 13
Returns At SSE (LON:SSE) Are On The Way Up

Estimating The Fair Value Of SSE plc (LON:SSE)

Sep 25
Estimating The Fair Value Of SSE plc (LON:SSE)

Is SSE (LON:SSE) A Risky Investment?

Sep 10
Is SSE (LON:SSE) A Risky Investment?

What SSE plc's (LON:SSE) P/S Is Not Telling You

Jul 26
What SSE plc's (LON:SSE) P/S Is Not Telling You

Shareholders May Not Be So Generous With SSE plc's (LON:SSE) CEO Compensation And Here's Why

Jul 11
Shareholders May Not Be So Generous With SSE plc's (LON:SSE) CEO Compensation And Here's Why

A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of SSE plc (LON:SSE)

Jun 26
A Look At The Intrinsic Value Of SSE plc (LON:SSE)

SSE (LON:SSE) Might Have The Makings Of A Multi-Bagger

Jun 10
SSE (LON:SSE) Might Have The Makings Of A Multi-Bagger

SSE plc Just Missed Earnings And Its Revenue Numbers Were Weaker Than Expected

May 25
SSE plc Just Missed Earnings And Its Revenue Numbers Were Weaker Than Expected

Analysts' Revenue Estimates For SSE plc (LON:SSE) Are Surging Higher

May 23
Analysts' Revenue Estimates For SSE plc (LON:SSE) Are Surging Higher

SSE plc's (LON:SSE) P/E Still Appears To Be Reasonable

Apr 25
SSE plc's (LON:SSE) P/E Still Appears To Be Reasonable

We Like These Underlying Return On Capital Trends At SSE (LON:SSE)

Mar 11
We Like These Underlying Return On Capital Trends At SSE (LON:SSE)

Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of SSE plc (LON:SSE)

Feb 11
Estimating The Intrinsic Value Of SSE plc (LON:SSE)

SSE plc (LON:SSE) Not Lagging Market On Growth Or Pricing

Jan 15
SSE plc (LON:SSE) Not Lagging Market On Growth Or Pricing

SSE's (LON:SSE) Dividend Will Be Reduced To £0.20

Jan 02
SSE's (LON:SSE) Dividend Will Be Reduced To £0.20

Is SSE (LON:SSE) Using Too Much Debt?

Dec 26
Is SSE (LON:SSE) Using Too Much Debt?

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: SSE's short term assets (£4.7B) do not cover its short term liabilities (£5.1B).

Long Term Liabilities: SSE's short term assets (£4.7B) do not cover its long term liabilities (£11.4B).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: SSE's net debt to equity ratio (68.7%) is considered high.

Reducing Debt: SSE's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 198.9% to 76% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: SSE's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (31.7%).

Interest Coverage: SSE's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (24.3x coverage).

Balance Sheet

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 08:17
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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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.

AnalystInstitution
Juan RodriguezAlphaValue
Dominic NashBarclays
Andrew FisherBerenberg