SSE plc (LON:SSE) to Issue GBX 21.20 Dividend

SSE plc (LON:SSE) declared a dividend on Wednesday, November 13th,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 2nd will be paid a dividend of GBX 21.20 ($0.27) per share on Thursday, February 27th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 2nd. The official announcement can be seen at this link.

SSE Stock Performance

LON SSE opened at GBX 1,727 ($22.22) on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 78.20. The company has a market capitalization of £19.00 billion, a PE ratio of 1,096.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.06 and a beta of 0.56. The business’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 1,874.04 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 1,831.19. SSE has a twelve month low of GBX 1,543.50 ($19.86) and a twelve month high of GBX 2,019 ($25.98).

Insider Transactions at SSE

In other news, insider Martin Pibworth purchased 40 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 19th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 1,938 ($24.94) per share, for a total transaction of £775.20 ($997.56). Insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

SSE Company Profile

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.