SouthState Corporation (SSB) Key Metrics
SSB valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $9.90B
- Enterprise value
- $10.23B
- P/E (TTM)
- 10.7 10-yr median 13.7
- Forward P/E
- 10.3
- PEG ratio
- 1.45
- Price / sales
- 3.7 10-yr median 3.4
- Price / book
- 1.1 10-yr median 1.1
- EV / EBITDA
- — 10-yr median 3.9
- Dividend yield
- 2.59% $2.64 a year
- Beta
- 0.78
SSB key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsSSB valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
SSB returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
SSB per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
SSB financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
SSB efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
SSB valuation history
SSB returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
SSB debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
SSB cash returned to shareholders
SSB price vs earnings per share
SSB key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $9.47B | $7.64B | $6.46B | $5.74B | $5.68B | $3.98B | $3.02B | $2.20B | $2.61B | $2.12B |
| Enterprise value | $3.89B | $7.63B | $1.88B | $620.3M | $880.8M | $783.1M | $1.86B | $727.4M | $900.0M | $1.30B |
| P/E ratio | 11.9 | 14.3 | 13.1 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 33.0 | 16.2 | 12.3 | 29.8 | 20.9 |
| Price / sales | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
| Price / book | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| Price / free cash flow | — | 16.0 | 12.7 | 3.4 | 11.2 | 7.7 | 18.3 | 8.2 | 14.3 | 18.9 |
| Price / operating cash flow | — | 14.9 | 11.8 | 3.3 | 10.6 | 7.4 | 16.7 | 7.8 | 13.2 | 15.3 |
| EV / sales | 1.0 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
| EV / EBITDA | 3.2 | 10.1 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 7.4 |
| EV / free cash flow | — | 16.0 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 11.2 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 11.6 |
| Earnings yield | 8.4% | 7.0% | 7.7% | 8.6% | 8.4% | 3.0% | 6.2% | 8.1% | 3.4% | 4.8% |
| Free cash flow yield | −5.7% | 6.2% | 7.9% | 29.8% | 9.0% | 13.1% | 5.5% | 12.2% | 7.0% | 5.3% |
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 4.9% | 2.4% | 2.7% | 4.6% | 5.0% | 3.3% | 7.2% | 5.5% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $94.11 | $99.48 | $84.45 | $76.36 | $80.11 | $72.30 | $86.75 | $59.95 | $87.15 | $87.40 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $37.34 | $31.17 | $28.67 | $22.27 | $19.99 | $21.97 | $20.92 | $19.28 | $18.76 | $18.79 |
| Earnings per share | $7.94 | $6.97 | $6.46 | $6.60 | $6.71 | $2.19 | $5.36 | $4.86 | $2.93 | $4.18 |
| Operating cash flow per share | −$4.69 | $6.67 | $7.15 | $23.02 | $7.58 | $9.75 | $5.20 | $7.71 | $6.61 | $5.70 |
| Free cash flow per share | −$5.39 | $6.20 | $6.64 | $22.79 | $7.18 | $9.44 | $4.75 | $7.32 | $6.11 | $4.63 |
| Cash per share | $68.55 | $11.71 | $72.53 | $80.59 | $83.17 | $79.14 | $65.15 | $51.48 | $67.65 | $51.10 |
| Book value per share | $90.03 | $76.74 | $72.35 | $67.50 | $67.75 | $84.41 | $68.20 | $64.34 | $77.16 | $46.85 |
| Tangible book value per share | $55.44 | $49.65 | $44.93 | $39.22 | $42.72 | $52.26 | $37.07 | $34.42 | $40.25 | $30.03 |
| Dividends per share | $2.30 | $2.12 | $2.04 | $1.95 | $1.91 | $1.78 | $1.66 | $1.37 | $1.29 | $1.21 |
| Capex per share | $0.70 | $0.47 | $0.51 | $0.24 | $0.40 | $0.31 | $0.45 | $0.40 | $0.51 | $1.07 |
| Debt per share | $13.07 | $11.67 | $12.69 | $12.48 | $15.49 | $21.06 | $31.74 | $11.31 | $10.57 | $17.56 |
| Shares outstanding | 100.6M | 76.8M | 76.5M | 75.2M | 70.9M | 55.1M | 34.8M | 36.8M | 29.9M | 24.2M |
| Change in shares outstanding | +31.1% | +0.4% | +1.7% | +6.1% | +28.7% | +58.2% | −5.4% | +22.9% | +23.5% | −0.0% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 10.7% | 9.4% | 9.3% | 10.0% | 10.1% | 3.4% | 7.9% | 7.7% | 5.1% | 9.2% |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 17.2% | 15.6% | 108.5% | — | 65.4% | 7.8% | 17.8% | 24.0% | 19.0% | 54.2% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Return on tangible assets | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | −14.4% | 19.9% | 23.2% | 102.3% | 35.9% | 43.0% | 22.7% | 38.0% | 32.6% | 24.7% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | −0.59 | 0.96 | 1.11 | 3.49 | 1.13 | 4.45 | 0.97 | 1.59 | 2.26 | 1.36 |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $1.31B | $896.1M | $970.8M | $938.4M | $1.10B | $1.16B | $1.10B | $416.1M | $316.4M | $425.2M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $6.90B | $898.7M | $5.55B | $6.06B | $5.90B | $4.36B | $2.27B | $1.89B | $2.02B | $1.24B |
| Net debt | −$5.58B | −$2.5M | −$4.58B | −$5.12B | −$4.80B | −$3.20B | −$1.16B | −$1.48B | −$1.71B | −$812.4M |
| Debt / equity | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.47 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.37 |
| Debt / assets | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −4.63 | −0.00 | −6.64 | −7.34 | −7.19 | −21.27 | −4.41 | −5.68 | −8.65 | −4.63 |
| Current ratio | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 78.61 | 114.33 | 0.95 |
| Quick ratio | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 78.54 | 114.21 | 0.94 |
| Interest coverage | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 10.3 | 11.7 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 9.9 | 18.5 |
| Working capital | −$24.85B | −$37.68B | −$32.09B | −$30.85B | −$29.94B | −$27.12B | −$10.91B | $11.64B | $11.33B | −$415.8M |
| Invested capital | $3.48B | $5.89B | $957.0M | −$45.6M | $4.8M | $1.45B | $1.21B | $889.0M | $601.2M | $322.1M |
| Tangible asset value | $5.58B | $3.81B | $3.44B | $2.95B | $3.03B | $2.88B | $1.29B | $1.27B | $1.20B | $727.4M |
| Net current asset value | −$51.24B | −$39.59B | −$33.82B | −$32.78B | −$31.14B | −$28.78B | −$11.28B | −$518.0M | −$724.9M | −$471.1M |
| Graham number | $126.81 | $109.67 | $102.57 | $100.11 | $101.13 | $64.50 | $90.68 | $83.91 | $71.28 | $66.39 |
| Graham net-net per share | −$509.26 | −$515.78 | −$442.23 | −$138.58 | −$439.25 | −$186.70 | −$324.12 | −$68.38 | −$338.44 | −$80.95 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $231.3M | $162.9M | $156.2M | $146.7M | $135.3M | $98.3M | $57.7M | $50.6M | $38.6M | $29.3M |
| Share buybacks (net) | $235.8M | $16.8M | $16.1M | $119.3M | $147.4M | $32.4M | $159.4M | $70.6M | $5.5M | $6.0M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 29.0% | 30.5% | 31.6% | 29.6% | 28.5% | 81.5% | 30.9% | 28.3% | 44.1% | 28.9% |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | — | 37.7% | 33.9% | 15.5% | 55.6% | 25.1% | 131.4% | 45.0% | 24.2% | 31.4% |
| Capex / revenue | 1.9% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.7% | 5.7% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | — | 7.0% | 7.1% | 1.0% | 5.3% | 3.2% | 8.7% | 5.1% | 7.7% | 18.7% |
| Capex / depreciation | 0.45 | 0.63 | 0.66 | 0.27 | 0.45 | 0.37 | 0.48 | 0.41 | 0.53 | 1.20 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.4% |
| SG&A / revenue | 15.9% | 28.4% | 31.1% | 36.4% | 42.2% | 36.7% | 42.2% | 42.3% | 43.6% | 45.7% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | — | — | — | 6,499.8 | — | 7,440.7 | — | 2,709.8 | 1,976.7 | 2,438.5 |
| Days of inventory on hand | — | — | — | 5.9 | -25.2 | 10.9 | 34.3 | 63.5 | 194.6 | 605.3 |
| Days payables outstanding | — | — | — | 90,996.3 | -105,585.3 | 24,484.1 | 43,772.6 | 62,416.7 | 119,127.5 | 174,046.0 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | — | — | — | -84,490.6 | — | -17,032.4 | — | -59,643.5 | -116,956.2 | -171,002.2 |
| Receivables turnover | — | — | — | 0.06 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.13 | 0.18 | 0.15 |
| Payables turnover | — | — | — | 0.00 | −0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Inventory turnover | — | — | — | 61.83 | −14.46 | 33.43 | 10.65 | 5.75 | 1.88 | 0.60 |
| Asset turnover | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Average receivables | — | — | — | $29.82B | — | $24.66B | — | $5.26B | $3.04B | $3.04B |
| Average payables | — | — | — | $35.70B | $32.87B | $21.44B | $11.91B | $11.59B | $9.43B | $7.22B |
| Average inventory | — | — | — | $2.3M | $7.9M | $9.6M | $9.3M | $11.8M | $15.4M | $25.1M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 5.2% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 4.8% | 4.2% | 4.7% | 6.8% | 7.5% | 7.6% | 4.6% |
Computed from SSB's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 20, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
SSB valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), SouthState traded at 11.9 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 13.7. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 10.7 and the forward P/E is 10.3. SouthState earned a return on equity of 10.7% and a return on invested capital of 17.2% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $1.3 billion of debt and $6.9 billion in cash and short-term investments, a net cash position of $5.6 billion. It returned $467.1 million to shareholders: $231.3 million in dividends and $235.8 million in share buybacks. The share count rose 315.5% from 24.2M to 100.6M over 9 years.
See the SSB income statement, the SSB chart for price history, or the SSB stock overview for the latest quote and news.
SSB key metrics FAQ
What is SouthState's P/E ratio?
SouthState's trailing P/E ratio is 10.7 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 10.3. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 11.9, compared with a 10-year median of 13.7.
What is SouthState's EV/EBITDA?
SouthState's enterprise value was 3.2 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $3.9 billion, EBITDA $1.2 billion).
What is SouthState's return on equity?
SouthState's return on equity (ROE) was 10.7% in fiscal 2025: net income of $798.7 million on average shareholders' equity of $7.5 billion.
What is SouthState's ROIC?
SouthState's return on invested capital was 17.2% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does SouthState have?
SouthState had total debt of $1.3 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15 and more cash than debt.
What is SouthState's dividend yield?
SouthState's forward dividend yield is 2.59%. SouthState paid $231.3 million in dividends in fiscal 2025 ($2.30 per share), a payout ratio of 29.0%.
Does SouthState buy back its shares?
Yes. SouthState spent $235.8 million on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed +31.1% over the year, to 100.6M..
What is SouthState's free cash flow yield?
SouthState generated -$542.0 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of −5.7% on its market value at year-end ($9.5 billion).
What is SouthState's current ratio?
SouthState's current ratio was 0.22 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 0.22 times current liabilities.