SSE (OTCPK:SSEZ.Y) - Stock Price, News & Analysis

SSEZ.Y Stock Overview

SSE plc engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity.

SSEZ.Y fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	1/6
Past Performance	1/6
Financial Health	2/6
Dividends	3/6

Rewards

Price-To-Earnings ratio (17.7x) is below the Electric Utilities industry average (19.5x)

Earnings are forecast to grow 3.1% per year

Risk Analysis

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings

Dividend of 5.25% is not well covered by earnings or cash flows

Large one-off items impacting financial results

Profit margins (9.6%) are lower than last year (34.2%)

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SSE plc Competitors

Entergy

NYSE:ETR

US$22.2b

Edison International

NYSE:EIX

US$25.9b

Eversource Energy

NYSE:ES

US$26.5b

FirstEnergy

NYSE:FE

US$22.8b

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for SSE
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	UK£20.61
52 Week High	UK£24.18
52 Week Low	UK£15.70
Beta	0.57
1 Month Change	-2.41%
3 Month Change	-0.48%
1 Year Change	-7.20%
3 Year Change	64.88%
5 Year Change	16.87%
Change since IPO	283.94%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	SSEZ.Y	US Electric Utilities	US Market
7D	-1.6%	3.8%	0.9%
1Y	-7.2%	-2.4%	-13.7%

Return vs Industry: SSEZ.Y underperformed the US Electric Utilities industry which returned -2.4% over the past year.

Return vs Market: SSEZ.Y exceeded the US Market which returned -13.7% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is SSEZ.Y's price volatile compared to industry and market?
SSEZ.Y volatility
SSEZ.Y Average Weekly Movement	2.7%
Electric Utilities Industry Average Movement	3.1%
Market Average Movement	6.4%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market	16.4%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market	2.9%

Stable Share Price: SSEZ.Y is less volatile than 75% of US stocks over the past 3 months, typically moving +/- 3% a week.

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

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1989	10,152	Alistair Phillips-Davies	https://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 3.8 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.

SSE plc Fundamentals Summary

How do SSE's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
SSEZ.Y fundamental statistics
Market Cap	US$22.18b
Earnings (TTM)	US$1.25b
Revenue (TTM)	US$13.01b

17.7x

P/E Ratio

1.7x

P/S Ratio

Is SSEZ.Y overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report
SSEZ.Y income statement (TTM)
Revenue	UK£10.69b
Cost of Revenue	UK£9.15b
Gross Profit	UK£1.54b
Other Expenses	UK£512.70m
Earnings	UK£1.03b

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2022

Next Earnings Date

May 24, 2023

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.96
Gross Margin	14.41%
Net Profit Margin	9.61%
Debt/Equity Ratio	91.2%

How did SSEZ.Y perform over the long term?

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Dividends

5.3%

Current Dividend Yield

93%

Payout Ratio

SSEZ.Y Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

SSE plc Competitors

NYSE:ETR

US$22.2b

NYSE:EIX

US$25.9b

NYSE:ES

US$26.5b

NYSE:FE

US$22.8b

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

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

SSE Appoints Catherine Raw to Executive Committee

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.

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.

Recent updates

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

SSE Appoints Catherine Raw to Executive Committee

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.

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.

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.

SSE plc to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Nov 16, 2022

Sse plc Announces Final Dividend for the Year Ending March 31, 2022, Payable on September 22, 2022

Sse plc Appoints John Bason as Non-Executive Director, Effective from June 1, 2022

SSE Reportedly in Talks to Acquire Siemens Gamesa Wind Farm Unit

SSE plc Announces Interim Dividend for the Year Ended 31 March 2022

Elliott Renews Push to Break Up SSE Plc

SSE Declares No Plans to Break Up

SSE Reportedly Close to Being Split Up After Activist Campaign

Elliott Management Demands the Break-Up of SSE Plc

SSE plc (LSE:SSE) acquired 50MW Battery Storage Asset of Harmony Energy Ltd from Harmony Energy Ltd.

SSE plc Recommends Final Dividend for the Year Ended March 31, 2021, Payable on 23 September 2021

SSE plc Announces Retirement of Richard Gillingwater as the Chair and Director of the Board, Effective March 31, 2021

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).

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.

SSE plc to Report Q3, 2021 Results on Feb 02, 2021

SSE plc Promotes Martin Pibworth to Its Newly Created Role of Group Energy and Commercial Director Effective 1 November 2020

SSE plc Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fiscal 2021

SSE plc Announces Directorate Change

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.

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.