Severn Trent (LON:SVT) Stock Passes Above 200-Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT)’s share price passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 2,980.31 and traded as high as GBX 3,058. Severn Trent shares last traded at GBX 3,004, with a volume of 49,904,691 shares trading hands.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on SVT shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 3,300 price target on shares of Severn Trent in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. UBS Group restated a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 2,700 price target on shares of Severn Trent in a research note on Monday, May 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on Severn Trent from GBX 2,975 to GBX 3,225 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 3,220 price target on shares of Severn Trent in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of GBX 3,075.57.

Severn Trent Stock Performance

The company has a current ratio of 1.39, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 596.63. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 3,107.31 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,980.31. The company has a market capitalization of £9.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.66, a PEG ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.56.

Severn Trent (LON:SVT) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The company reported GBX 179.80 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of GBX 283.10 billion during the quarter. Severn Trent had a net margin of 13.10% and a return on equity of 20.35%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.