Severn Trent (LON:SVT) Insider Sells £339,223.20 in Stock

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) insider Helen Miles sold 11,240 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, July 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,018, for a total value of £339,223.20.

Helen Miles also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, June 15th, Helen Miles sold 1,430 shares of Severn Trent stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,892, for a total value of £41,355.60.

Severn Trent Trading Up 1.7%

SVT traded up GBX 52 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting GBX 3,060. 533,919 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 12,335,176. The firm has a market capitalization of £9.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.86, a P/E/G ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.55. Severn Trent PLC has a 1-year low of GBX 2,381 and a 1-year high of GBX 3,335. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 2,974.08 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 3,034.92. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 596.63.

Severn Trent (LON:SVT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The company reported GBX 179.80 earnings per share for the quarter. Severn Trent had a return on equity of 20.35% and a net margin of 13.10%.The company had revenue of GBX 283.10 billion during the quarter. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

SVT has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Citigroup dropped their price target on shares of Severn Trent from £332.90 to £287.90 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and set a GBX 3,300 target price on shares of Severn Trent in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. UBS Group restated a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 2,700 target price on shares of Severn Trent in a report on Monday, May 18th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 3,220 price target on shares of Severn Trent in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on Severn Trent from GBX 3,400 to GBX 3,450 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Monday, June 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Severn Trent has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 6,867.14.

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.