Severn Trent (LON:SVT) Insider Sells £606,760 in Stock

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) insider Helen Miles sold 22,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,758, for a total value of £606,760.

Severn Trent Stock Performance

Shares of SVT traded down GBX 14 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting GBX 2,743. 641,141 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,526,495. 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 firm has a market cap of £8.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 2,767.89 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 2,679.03. Severn Trent PLC has a 52 week low of GBX 2,323 and a 52 week high of GBX 2,858.

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 return on equity of 10.40% and a net margin of 6.00%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on SVT shares. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 2,610 price objective on shares of Severn Trent in a research report on Wednesday, October 1st. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and issued a GBX 2,850 price target on shares of Severn Trent in a report on Monday, October 13th. Finally, Citigroup reduced their price objective on shares of Severn Trent from GBX 2,875 to GBX 2,849 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 2,858.80.

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.