Severn Trent’s (SVT) “Buy” Rating Reaffirmed at Jefferies Financial Group

Jefferies Financial Group restated their buy rating on shares of Severn Trent (LON:SVT) in a report released on Thursday morning, Marketbeat.com reports. Jefferies Financial Group currently has a GBX 2,880 ($36.45) target price on the stock.

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered shares of Severn Trent to an underweight rating and lifted their target price for the company from GBX 2,400 ($30.38) to GBX 2,450 ($31.01) in a research note on Thursday, December 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of Hold and a consensus price target of GBX 2,940 ($37.21).

Severn Trent Trading Up 2.0 %

Severn Trent stock opened at GBX 2,398 ($30.35) on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 2,514.76 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 2,551.29. Severn Trent has a 52 week low of GBX 2,243 ($28.39) and a 52 week high of GBX 2,979 ($37.70). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 909.57, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 0.88. The firm has a market capitalization of £7.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5,595.24, a P/E/G ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.40.

Severn Trent Company Profile

Severn Trent PLC operates as a water and sewerage company in England and Wales. It operates through two segments: Regulated Water and Waste Water, and Business Services. The Regulated Water and Waste Water segment offers water and waste water services to approximately 4.8 million households and businesses.