Severn Trent (LON:SVT) Stock Passes Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Here's Why

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) shares passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 2,577.14 ($34.60) and traded as high as GBX 2,663 ($35.75). Severn Trent shares last traded at GBX 2,626 ($35.26), with a volume of 380,990 shares changing hands.

Severn Trent Price Performance

The stock has a market cap of £7.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 2,696.74 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 2,578.25. 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 released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 112.10 ($1.51) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Severn Trent had a return on equity of 10.40% and a net margin of 6.00%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Severn Trent

In other news, insider Richard Taylor acquired 1,800 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 9th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 2,636 ($35.39) per share, with a total value of £47,448 ($63,705.69). Also, insider Thomas (Tom) Delay acquired 300 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 9th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 2,653 ($35.62) per share, for a total transaction of £7,959 ($10,686.09). Over the last three months, insiders have acquired 3,600 shares of company stock worth $9,500,700. Insiders own 0.25% of the company's stock.

Severn Trent Company Profile

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.