Severn Trent (LON:SVT) Insider Sells £339,223.20 in Stock

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) insider Helen Miles sold 11,240 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,018, for a total value of £339,223.20.

Helen Miles also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, June 15th, Helen Miles sold 1,430 shares of Severn Trent stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,892, for a total value of £41,355.60.

Severn Trent Price Performance

Severn Trent stock opened at GBX 3,028 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is GBX 2,972.64 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 3,038. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 596.63, a current ratio of 1.39 and a quick ratio of 0.73. The firm has a market cap of £9.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.60, a P/E/G ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.55. Severn Trent PLC has a one year low of GBX 2,381 and a one year high of GBX 3,335.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on SVT. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of Severn Trent from £332.90 to £287.90 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. UBS Group reiterated a “sell” rating and set a GBX 2,700 price target on shares of Severn Trent in a report on Monday, May 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective 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 upped 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 report on Monday, June 1st. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a GBX 3,300 target price on shares of Severn Trent in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 6,867.14.

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.