Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) Insider Thomas (Tom) Delay Purchases 300 Shares

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) insider Thomas (Tom) Delay purchased 300 shares of Severn Trent stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 9th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 2,653 ($35.95) per share, for a total transaction of £7,959 ($10,786.01).

Severn Trent Trading Up 1.7%

LON:SVT traded up GBX 45 ($0.61) during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting GBX 2,706 ($36.67). The stock had a trading volume of 365,360 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,120,875. Severn Trent PLC has a one year low of GBX 2,323 ($31.48) and a one year high of GBX 2,807 ($38.04). The company has a market capitalization of £8.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.17, a PEG ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 2,678.44 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 2,568.73. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 2.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 450.94.

Severn Trent (LON:SVT) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 112.10 ($1.52) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Severn Trent had a return on equity of 10.40% and a net margin of 6.00%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently issued reports on SVT shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of Severn Trent in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price objective on Severn Trent from GBX 2,700 ($36.59) to GBX 2,600 ($35.24) and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 6th.

About Severn Trent

As one of Britain’s largest water companies, we provide over eight million people across our region with fresh, clean drinking water – about two billion litres every day. And when they’ve finished with it, we take it away again then clean and treat it before returning it safely back 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 an inflation-linked dividend.