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

Shares of Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Reduce” from the six research firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have given a hold rating to the company. The average twelve-month target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is GBX 7,447.50.

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

Severn Trent Stock Performance

SVT opened at GBX 3,094 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of £9.35 billion, a PE ratio of 25.13, a P/E/G ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.55. The firm has a 50 day moving average of GBX 3,061.51 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 3,045.46. Severn Trent has a 12-month low of GBX 2,381 and a 12-month high of GBX 3,335. The company has a current ratio of 1.39, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 596.63.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Severn Trent news, insider James Jesic sold 6,531 shares of Severn Trent stock in a transaction on Monday, July 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 3,018, for a total transaction of £197,105.58. Also, insider Helen Miles sold 11,240 shares of Severn Trent stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,018, for a total value of £339,223.20. 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.