Key Points
- Insider sale: Severn Trent director Helen Miles sold 22,000 shares on December 18 at an average price of GBX 2,758, totaling about £606,760.
- Stock and analyst snapshot: SVT opened at GBX 2,743 and trades in a 52‑week range of GBX 2,323–2,858 with a market cap of £8.26bn and a PE of 26.17; analysts mostly have a "Hold" rating and an average target near GBX 2,858.
Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) insider Helen Miles sold 22,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,758, for a total value of £606,760.
Severn Trent Stock Performance
Shares of SVT stock opened at GBX 2,743 on Tuesday. Severn Trent PLC has a 52-week low of GBX 2,323 and a 52-week 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 cap 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. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 2,769.55 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 2,679.61.
Severn Trent (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The company reported GBX 101 EPS for the quarter. Severn Trent had a return on equity of 10.40% and a net margin of 6.00%. On average, equities analysts expect that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 EPS for the current year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
SVT has been the subject of several recent research reports. Citigroup cut their target price on shares of Severn Trent from GBX 2,875 to GBX 2,849 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a "sector perform" rating and set a GBX 2,850 price target on shares of Severn Trent in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 2,610 price objective on shares of Severn Trent in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of GBX 2,858.80.
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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.
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