SSE Dividend yield

SSE is part of Electricity business, which is part of Utilities industry. SSE is a company from UK, and his stocks are publicly traded.

SSE stock dividend

SSE paid a total dividend of 1,057 million GBP last year, for a market value of 17,734 millions (Market Cap 17,725 millions). SSE dividend per share is 0.97 GBP, and his stock market price 16.27 GBP.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, SSE has a dividend yield of 5.95%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from UK. It is also bigger than average of Utilities industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare SSE stocks dividend with other Electricity companies or other of the high UK dividend stocks list.

SSE Dividend Payout

About the ability of SSE to maintain his current dividend of GBP 0.97 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.95%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). SSE payout on ernings is currently 0.00%, which is lower than the market average and companies in his industry and sector.

higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of GBP 0.97, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of SSE, compared againt world market average, UK companies, Utilities industry and Electricity sector companies.

SSE Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of SSE's dividend stock, both in percentage and in GBP, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	GBP	Paypout	Shares*
Present	5.95%	0.97	0.00%	1,090
2022	5.01%	0.86	34.13%	1,082
2021	4.91%	0.81	37.33%	1,066
2020	5.33%	0.80	421.05%	1,039
2019	6.78%	0.98	71.53%	1,035
2018	8.76%	0.95	118.75%	1,027
2017	6.92%	0.91	57.96%	1,020
2016	6.06%	0.89	193.48%	1,006
2015	6.16%	0.88	160.00%	987

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of SSE dividend stock, and compare it with the average of UK stocks and that of the Electricity stocks.

SSE Stock performance

Finally, last moth SSE showed a return of -3.50% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -1.60% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for UK and Electricity firms.