Brokerages Set Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) Price Target at GBX 3,161.29

Shares of Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) have been assigned an average recommendation of “Hold” from the seven ratings firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, five have assigned a hold recommendation and one has assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 3,161.29.

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. UBS Group reissued a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 2,700 target price on shares of Severn Trent in a research note on Monday, May 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Severn Trent from GBX 2,975 to GBX 3,225 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, April 13th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on Severn Trent from GBX 3,400 to GBX 3,450 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 3,220 target price on shares of Severn Trent in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 3,300 target price on shares of Severn Trent in a research note on Thursday, May 21st.

Severn Trent Stock Down 0.1%

LON SVT opened at GBX 2,918 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 3,100.37 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,989.02. The stock has a market capitalization of £8.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.70, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.54. Severn Trent has a 52 week low of GBX 2,381 and a 52 week high of GBX 3,335. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 596.63, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 1.39.

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

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.