SSE.L - SSE plc
| Previous close | 1,159.00 |
| Open | 1,158.00 |
| Bid | 1,156.00 x 0 |
| Ask | 1,156.50 x 0 |
| Day's range | 1,152.00 - 1,163.50 |
| 52-week range | 997.80 - 1,371.00 |
| Volume | 661,270 |
| Avg. volume | 3,664,537 |
| Market cap | 11.896B |
| Beta (3Y monthly) | 0.82 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | 8.38 |
| EPS (TTM) | 137.90 |
| Earnings date | N/A |
| Forward dividend & yield | 0.97 (8.38%) |
| Ex-dividend date | 2019-07-25 |
| 1y target est | 1,324.00 |
- Reuters - UK Focus•3 hours ago
Ex-divs to take 2.81 points off FTSE 100 on July 25
- Fool.co.uk•4 days ago
Forget the State Pension: here are 2 FTSE 100 dividend stocks I’d buy today
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- Bloomberg•4 days ago
SSE Keeps Outlook Unchanged With Dividend Plan on Track
(Bloomberg) -- SSE Plc kept its earnings outlook, despite lower-than-forecast renewable energy. The Scottish utility reiterated its intention to recommend a dividend in line with its five-year payout plan.Key InsightsThe company is still keeping its options open for its retail arm, with a sale, merger or spinoff all on the table since the deal with Innogy SE’s Npower faltered last year. SSE has appointed Katie Bickerstaffe as executive chair to oversee the future of the energy retail arm outside the group and she took up her role in late June. The firm still faces uncertainty over when it will receive payments from the U.K. capacity market, which has been suspended since November. The “Big Six” utility has lost millions of customers since 2010 as new market entrants have taken market share with cheaper, more flexible tariffs. Market ReactionShares rose as much as 1.1% in London on Thursday. The stock has recovered from a nine-year low and advanced 7.6% this year. Get MoreTotal renewable energy output rose 15% to 1.79 TWh in the three months through June 30, compared with a year earlier. That’s about 20% lower than expected in a typical year. U.K. customer accounts continued to fall in the second quarter, sliding 1.2% to 5.71 million. (Updates with share price gain in fourth bullet.)To contact the reporter on this story: Jeremy Hodges in London at jhodges17@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Reed Landberg at landberg@bloomberg.net, Lars Paulsson, Andrew ReiersonFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
- Reuters•4 days ago
SSE customer numbers dip, sticks to full year forecast
- Reuters - UK Focus•4 days ago
SSE customer numbers dip, sticks to FY forecast
Power company SSE Plc on Thursday reported a 1.2% dip in customer accounts and stuck to its full-year targets despite seeing a dip in the volume of renewable energy delivered in its first quarter compared to previous expectations. SSE, one of Britain's big six energy suppliers, said total energy customer accounts fell to 5.71 million as of June 30 from 5.78 million at the end of March.
- Bloomberg•14 days ago
Two Big U.K. Utilities Pledge to Adopt All-Electric Fleets
(Bloomberg) -- Two of Britain’s six biggest utilities pledged to switch their entire vehicle fleet to run on electricity by 2030, adding momentum to the shift away from traditional engine technology.Centrica Plc operates the third-biggest company owned fleet in the U.K., with 12,500 cars and vans. SSE Plc has 3,500 vehicles and also said it will install charging points for its employees to use, according to a statement released by the two through the The Climate Group, a a non-profit group working with businesses to accelerate climate action.The targets follow a cross-party effort backed by the government setting a goal to reduce net fossil-fuel emissions to zero by 2050. Energy companies led by utilities have been at the forefront of efforts to shift toward renewables, and utilities are anticipating profitable opportunities in developing electric cars and the networks that support them.“Decarbonization is at the heart of what we do, and low carbon emissions from transport is critical if the U.K. is to meet its net zero targets,” said Brian McLaren, SSE’s director of group change.SSE said it has invested $15.4 million on energy efficiency measures in its buildings and depots which have seen energy use at SSE’s data center sites drop by 22% since 2016.Facilities services provider Mitie Group Plc also pledged to transition its 5,300 vehicles to electric including a commitment to switch two thirds of the fleet by the end of next year and install 800 new charging points. The firm said that its vehicles are responsible for 93% of its carbon footprint.“We want to ensure our sizable fleet is as green and sustainable as possible,” said Simon King, Mitie’s fleet and procurement director. “It is challenging, but we all need to take responsibility for actions and commit to change.”(An earlier version of this story corrected the size of Centrica’s fleet.)(Updates with Mitie comment in final paragraph.)To contact the reporter on this story: Jeremy Hodges in London at jhodges17@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Reed Landberg at landberg@bloomberg.net, Andrew Reierson, Lars PaulssonFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
- Fool.co.uk•24 days ago
2 FTSE 100 dividend stocks I’d buy and hold to generate hefty passive income
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- Fool.co.uk•28 days ago
Red alert! 3 stocks I’m avoiding in July (like this FTSE 100 7%+ yielder)
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- Reuters - UK Focus•last month
Iberdrola to launch Irish retail arm, invest $112 mln in renewables by 2025
Spanish utility Iberdrola will this week launch an Irish retail business and plans to invest over 100 million euros ($112 million) in renewable energy and storage projects in Ireland and Northern Ireland by 2025, it said on Tuesday. "We have had renewable generation in Ireland for over 20 years so moving into retail is a logical step," Colin McNeill, CEO retail Iberdrola Ireland and Iberdrola's UK arm ScottishPower said in an interview.
- Reuters•last month
Britain's SSE plans to shut its last coal-fired plant by March 2020
British energy supplier SSE Plc plans to shut its Fiddler's Ferry coal-fired plant in northwest England by March 2020, saying the loss-making plant could not compete with more efficient gas and renewable energy options. Britain plans to close all coal-fired power plants by 2025 as a part of efforts to meet its climate goals and coal plants have become increasingly uneconomic due to levies on carbon dioxide emissions. ..At nearly 50 years old, the station is unable to compete with more efficient and modern gas and renewable generation," Stephen Wheeler, Managing Director of Thermal Energy at SSE said.
- Fool.co.uk•2 months ago
3 FTSE 100 dividend stocks I’d sell immediately
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- Reuters•2 months ago
Britons set for £6 billion energy windfall from network curbs
Britons could see a 6 billion pound cut in energy bills over five years from 2021, saving the average household 40 pounds per year, under plans to curb what gas and electricity network firms can pay shareholders. Regulator Ofgem, which introduced a price cap on standard energy bills in January after lawmakers said customers were being overcharged, is now targeting the operators whose network fees make up around a quarter of British household energy bills. Ofgem said it plans to cut the amount network firms pay their shareholders, known as the "cost of equity range" by almost 50% for the next regulatory period starting in 2021.
- Fool.co.uk•2 months ago
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- Reuters•2 months ago
Investors slap discount on UK utilities amid election worries
British utility stocks are trading at a growing discount to euro zone peers as investors fear the country's deepening political crisis could trigger a general election that ushers in renationalisation of the industry, worth $76 billion (£59.9 billion). The opposition Labour Party has said it wants to nationalise energy and water infrastructure if it can oust Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives from power, reversing decades of pro-privatisation policies. Simon Webber, lead portfolio manager on the global and international equities team at Schroders said those fears were "another overhang" for utilities, already subject to a discount like other UK assets because of Brexit uncertainty.
- Reuters•2 months ago
SSE earnings drop, outlook unclear on Labour nationalisation threat
While a British election is not due until 2022, and opinion polls show the main opposition party falling short of a governing majority, Labour laid out plans this month to offer shareholders less than current market value under a future nationalisation. SSE's chief executive said there was huge uncertainly over Labour's plans and a question mark over whether they would even achieve a majority in parliament to enact the strategy if they were to get into power. Energy regulator Ofgem was told by parliament last year to cap energy prices after lawmakers said customers were being overcharged for electricity and gas.
- Reuters•2 months ago
Britain's SSE to buy back shares worth $127 million
(Reuters) - British energy supplier SSE on Wednesday announced a share buyback of up to 100 million pounds of its ordinary shares under a capital return plan it announced in February. The company, which ...
- Reuters - UK Focus•2 months ago
SSE misses on profit, flags 2019 risks as costs rise
British energy supplier SSE Plc on Wednesday missed analysts' expectations for annual profit and warned of another hit to results in 2019 as it battled stiff competition and rising costs. The company, ...
- Reuters•2 months ago
Prospect of easing trade tensions, weaker pound lift FTSE 100
The FTSE 100 advanced 0.8% and outperformed its European peers. The FTSE 250 was roughly flat. Markets were initially upbeat after U.S. President Donald Trump said talks between Beijing and Washington had not collapsed, terming the Sino-U.S. conflict as "a little squabble".
- Reuters•2 months ago
UK energy network firms rattled by Labour state ownership plan
Britain's opposition Labour Party intends to take energy networks back into state ownership if elected, prompting infrastructure owners to warn of damage to investment, high taxpayer costs and a slower transition to green energy. Labour's shadow business and energy secretary, Rebecca Long-Bailey, late on Tuesday published party plans via twitter to renationalise the country's 60-billion-pound energy networks and establish a National Energy Agency. Britain's energy infrastructure, such as gas pipes and electricity cables, is owned by several firms including SSE, National Grid and Iberdrola's Scottish Power.
- Reuters•2 months ago
Energy firm SSE to cut jobs as competition, energy price cap bite
Britain and Ireland's largest trade union Unite said SSE would cut 444 jobs, or around 5 percent of employees, in its retail business, blaming a lack of interest from customers for the smart meter devices that could help cut energy emissions. Britain has a goal to roll out around 50 million smart meters to almost 30 million homes by the end of 2020. "Like a number of suppliers, we are facing challenges due to competition increasing, the introduction of the energy price cap and higher operating costs," Chief Operating Officer and Co-Head of Retail, at SSE Energy Services Tony Keeling, said.
