Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) Receives GBX 2,928.80 Average Price Target from Analysts

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) has been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the six ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and one has assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,928.80.

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price objective on shares of Severn Trent from GBX 3,000 to GBX 2,950 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, January 19th. Citigroup dropped their price target on shares of Severn Trent from GBX 2,875 to GBX 2,849 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, November 3rd.

Insider Activity at Severn Trent

In related news, insider Helen Miles sold 22,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,758, for a total value of £606,760. 0.32% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Severn Trent Price Performance

SVT stock opened at GBX 3,202 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of £9.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. 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 has a 52-week low of GBX 2,348 and a 52-week high of GBX 3,221. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 2,848.54 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 2,730.88.

Severn Trent (LON:SVT) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The company reported GBX 101 EPS for the quarter. Severn Trent had a return on equity of 10.40% and a net margin of 6.00%. Equities research analysts expect that Severn Trent will post 107.3706004 EPS 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.