Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) Stock Now Rated "Reduce" by Sell-Side Analysts

Key Points

• Analysts rate Severn Trent “Reduce” on average: Of six covering brokerages, five recommend holding the stock and one recommends selling it. The average 12-month price target is GBX 7,447.50.
• Recent research has been cautious: Citigroup lowered its price target to £287.90 while maintaining a neutral rating, and Jefferies reiterated its hold rating with a GBX 3,220 target.
• Severn Trent shares opened at GBX 3,106, down 0.4%, with a £9.38 billion market capitalization. Recent insider activity included share sales by Helen Miles and James Jesic, while insiders collectively own 0.29% of the company.

Shares of Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) have earned an average recommendation of "Reduce" from the six brokerages that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a hold rating to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 7,447.50.

SVT has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Citigroup cut their target price on shares of Severn Trent from £332.90 to £287.90 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, June 11th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 3,220 target price on shares of Severn Trent in a research report on Monday, August 3rd.

Severn Trent Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of LON:SVT opened at GBX 3,106 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 596.63, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 1.39. Severn Trent has a 1 year low of GBX 2,381 and a 1 year high of GBX 3,335. The stock has a market capitalization of £9.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.23, a PEG ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.55. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 3,055.37 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 3,044.36.

Insider Buying and Selling

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

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