Helen Miles Sells 1,430 Shares of Severn Trent (LON:SVT) Stock

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) insider Helen Miles sold 1,430 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,892, for a total transaction of £41,355.60.

Severn Trent Stock Performance

LON:SVT traded up GBX 22 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching GBX 2,896. The company had a trading volume of 82,779,336 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,132,300. The firm has a market cap of £8.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.53, a PEG ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.54. 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 firm’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 3,081.74 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 2,994.44. Severn Trent PLC has a 52 week low of GBX 2,381 and a 52 week high of GBX 3,335.

Severn Trent (LON:SVT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The company reported GBX 179.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Severn Trent had a return on equity of 20.35% and a net margin of 13.10%.The firm had revenue of GBX 283.10 billion for the quarter. On average, analysts forecast that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have issued reports on SVT. Citigroup cut their price target on Severn Trent from £332.90 to £287.90 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Severn Trent from GBX 2,975 to GBX 3,225 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 3,220 target price on shares of Severn Trent in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 3,300 price target on shares of Severn Trent in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Severn Trent from GBX 3,400 to GBX 3,450 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Monday, June 1st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 6,867.14.

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.