Analysts Set Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) Price Target at GBX 2,858.80

Shares of Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the six ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,858.80.

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on SVT shares. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and set a GBX 2,850 price objective on shares of Severn Trent in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 2,610 target price on shares of Severn Trent in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. Finally, Citigroup reduced their price target on 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 Buying and Selling

In other Severn Trent news, insider Helen Miles sold 22,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,758, for a total transaction of £606,760. Insiders own 0.32% of the company’s stock.

Severn Trent Price Performance

Shares of LON:SVT opened at GBX 2,743 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 2,771.54 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 2,681.04. Severn Trent has a twelve month low of GBX 2,323 and a twelve month high of GBX 2,858. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 2.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 450.94. The stock has a market capitalization of £8.26 billion, a PE ratio of 26.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38.

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