Shares of Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 2,582.43 ($34.91) and traded as high as GBX 2,695 ($36.43). Severn Trent shares last traded at GBX 2,681 ($36.24), with a volume of 705,290 shares changing hands.
Severn Trent Stock Up 2.2%
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 450.94, a current ratio of 2.14 and a quick ratio of 0.73. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 2,690.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of GBX 2,585.14. The company has a market capitalization of £8.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.45, a PEG ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38.
Severn Trent (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 112.10 ($1.52) earnings per share for the quarter. Severn Trent had a return on equity of 10.40% and a net margin of 6.00%. As a group, equities analysts predict that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, insider Helen Miles sold 3,233 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,695 ($36.43), for a total transaction of £87,129.35 ($117,790.12). Also, insider Thomas (Tom) Delay bought 300 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 9th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 2,653 ($35.87) per share, with a total value of £7,959 ($10,759.77). Insiders have acquired a total of 3,600 shares of company stock valued at $9,500,700 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.25% of the company's stock.
Severn Trent Company Profile
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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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