Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) Stock Rated “Reduce” by Wall Street Analysts

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) has been given a consensus rating of “Reduce” by the six analysts that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a hold rating to the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 7,447.50.

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a GBX 3,220 price objective on shares of Severn Trent in a research report on Monday, August 3rd.

Severn Trent Stock Performance

SVT opened at GBX 3,324 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 3,116.06 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 3,068.79. Severn Trent has a 1 year low of GBX 2,381 and a 1 year high of GBX 3,380. The company has a market capitalization of £10.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.00, a P/E/G ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 596.63, a current ratio of 1.39 and a quick ratio of 0.73.

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.