Brokerages Set Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) PT at GBX 2,928.80

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the six brokerages that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and one has issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,928.80.

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on SVT shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their target price on Severn Trent from GBX 3,000 to GBX 2,950 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 19th. Citigroup decreased their target price on Severn Trent from GBX 2,875 to GBX 2,849 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 3rd.

Insider Activity

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

Severn Trent Price Performance

Shares of LON:SVT opened at GBX 3,198 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 2.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 450.94. The stock has a market cap of £9.63 billion, a PE ratio of 30.52, a PEG ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. The company’s fifty day moving average is GBX 2,867.18 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 2,740.25. Severn Trent has a 52 week low of GBX 2,348 and a 52 week high of GBX 3,268.

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

About Severn Trent

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.