Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) Receives Average Rating of “Hold” from Brokerages

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) has been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the six ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,928.80.

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on SVT shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price target on Severn Trent from GBX 3,000 to GBX 2,950 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 19th. Citigroup cut their target price on Severn Trent from GBX 2,875 to GBX 2,849 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 3rd.

Insider Activity at Severn Trent

In related news, insider Helen Miles sold 22,000 shares of Severn Trent stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,758, for a total transaction of £606,760. Company insiders own 0.32% of the company’s stock.

Severn Trent Stock Performance

Shares of SVT opened at GBX 3,024 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 2,827.34 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,721.37. The company has a market cap of £9.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 450.94, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 2.14. Severn Trent has a 1 year low of GBX 2,348 and a 1 year high of GBX 3,052.

Severn Trent (LON:SVT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The company reported GBX 101 earnings per share for the quarter. Severn Trent had a net margin of 6.00% and a return on equity of 10.40%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Severn Trent will post 107.3706004 earnings per share for the current year.

Severn Trent Company Profile

As one of Britain’s largest water companies, we supply fresh, clean drinking water to over nine million people across our region – around two billion litres every day. Once used, we collect, clean, and treat the water before safely returning it to the environment. We are one of only three listed water stocks in the UK, offering a valuable combination of reliable earnings, long-term asset growth, and inflation-linked dividends. The UK’s regulatory model provides a high degree of certainty over five-year periods.