Severn Trent (LON:SVT) Receives “Sell” Rating from UBS Group

Severn Trent (LON:SVT)‘s stock had its “sell” rating reaffirmed by analysts at UBS Group in a research note issued on Monday,Digital Look reports. They presently have a GBX 2,700 price target on the stock. UBS Group’s price objective points to a potential downside of 7.60% from the company’s previous close.

Several other brokerages have also recently weighed in on SVT. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Severn Trent from GBX 2,975 to GBX 3,225 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price target 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. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of GBX 2,938.43.

Severn Trent Stock Up 1.4%

Shares of SVT opened at GBX 2,922 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 601.64, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 0.73. The stock has a market capitalization of £8.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.56. Severn Trent has a 1 year low of GBX 2,381 and a 1 year high of GBX 3,335. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is GBX 3,119.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 2,963.01.

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.