SSE plc (LON:SSE) Announces Dividend of GBX 21.20

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 yield of 1.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 2nd. The official announcement can be viewed at this link.

SSE Stock Performance

Shares of LON:SSE traded up GBX 13 ($0.17) during trading on Thursday, hitting GBX 1,704.50 ($21.93). The company’s stock had a trading volume of 9,787,430 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,510,516. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 78.20, a current ratio of 1.10 and a quick ratio of 0.50. The firm has a market cap of £18.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 1,087.18, a P/E/G ratio of 3.06 and a beta of 0.56. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 1,874.04 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,831.19. SSE has a 12 month low of GBX 1,543.50 ($19.86) and a 12 month high of GBX 2,019 ($25.98).

Insider Transactions at SSE

In other news, insider Martin Pibworth purchased 40 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 19th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 1,938 ($24.94) per share, with a total value of £775.20 ($997.56). Corporate insiders own 0.12% of the company’s stock.

About SSE

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.