Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) Receives GBX 2,858.80 Consensus Target Price from Brokerages

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

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. Citigroup dropped their price target on Severn Trent from GBX 2,875 to GBX 2,849 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “sector perform” rating and set a GBX 2,850 price objective on shares of Severn Trent in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 2,610 target price on shares of Severn Trent in a research note on Wednesday, October 1st.

Severn Trent Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of Severn Trent stock opened at GBX 2,776.70 on Tuesday. Severn Trent has a 1 year low of GBX 2,323 and a 1 year high of GBX 2,858. The firm has a market cap of £8.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.50, a PEG ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 2,772.69 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 2,681.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 450.94, a current ratio of 2.14 and a quick ratio of 0.73.

Severn Trent (LON:SVT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The company reported GBX 101 EPS for the quarter. Severn Trent had a net margin of 6.00% and a return on equity of 10.40%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Severn Trent will post 107.3706004 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Helen Miles sold 22,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,758, for a total transaction of £606,760. Company insiders own 0.32% of the company’s stock.

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.