Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) Insider Olivia (Liv) Garfield Sells 6,802 Shares

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) insider Olivia (Liv) Garfield sold 6,802 shares of Severn Trent stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,695 ($36.24), for a total value of £183,313.90 ($246,522.19).

Severn Trent Trading Down 0.7%

SVT stock traded down GBX 19 ($0.26) during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching GBX 2,688 ($36.15). 1,137,510 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,941,773. Severn Trent PLC has a 52-week low of GBX 2,323 ($31.24) and a 52-week high of GBX 2,807 ($37.75). The stock's fifty day moving average is GBX 2,705.34 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 2,568.10. The company has a market cap of £8.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 44.87, a P/E/G ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. The company has a current ratio of 2.14, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 450.94.

Severn Trent (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 112.10 ($1.51) EPS for the quarter. Severn Trent had a net margin of 6.00% and a return on equity of 10.40%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SVT has been the subject of a number of research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated an "overweight" rating on shares of Severn Trent in a report on Thursday, March 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their target price on Severn Trent from GBX 2,700 ($36.31) to GBX 2,600 ($34.97) and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, March 6th.

About Severn Trent

As one of Britain's largest water companies, we provide over eight million people across our region with fresh, clean drinking water – about two billion litres every day. And when they've finished with it, we take it away again then clean and treat it before returning it safely back 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 an inflation-linked dividend.