Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) Stock Has Consensus Target Price of GBX 7,447.50

Shares of Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) have been given a consensus rating of “Reduce” by the six brokerages that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation and five have given a hold recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is GBX 7,447.50.

Separately, Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 3,220 price target on shares of Severn Trent in a report on Monday, August 3rd.

Severn Trent Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of Severn Trent stock opened at GBX 3,101.83 on Monday. Severn Trent has a 1 year low of GBX 2,381 and a 1 year high of GBX 3,335. The firm has a market cap of £9.37 billion, a PE ratio of 25.20, a P/E/G ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.55. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 3,061.51 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 3,046.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 596.63, a current ratio of 1.39 and a quick ratio of 0.73.

Insider Transactions at Severn Trent

In other Severn Trent news, insider Helen Miles sold 11,240 shares of Severn Trent 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. Also, insider James Jesic sold 6,531 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,018, for a total transaction of £197,105.58. Company insiders own 0.29% of the company’s stock.

About Severn Trent

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.