Severn Trent (LON:SVT) Share Price Passes Above 200 Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

Shares of Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,577.14 ($35.01) and traded as high as GBX 2,663 ($36.18). Severn Trent shares last traded at GBX 2,626 ($35.67), with a volume of 380,990 shares trading hands.

Severn Trent Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 2.14, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 450.94. The company has a market capitalization of £7.87 billion, a PE ratio of 44.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. The stock's 50-day moving average is GBX 2,699.24 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 2,577.14.

Severn Trent (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 112.10 ($1.52) EPS for the quarter. Severn Trent had a net margin of 6.00% and a return on equity of 10.40%. On average, equities analysts predict that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Severn Trent

In other Severn Trent news, insider Richard Taylor bought 1,800 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 9th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 2,636 ($35.81) per share, for a total transaction of £47,448 ($64,458.63). Also, insider Thomas (Tom) Delay acquired 300 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 9th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 2,653 ($36.04) per share, with a total value of £7,959 ($10,812.39). Insiders have acquired a total of 3,600 shares of company stock worth $9,500,700 in the last quarter. 0.25% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.

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