Shares of Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,582.43 ($34.66) and traded as high as GBX 2,695 ($36.17). Severn Trent shares last traded at GBX 2,681 ($35.99), with a volume of 705,290 shares traded.
Severn Trent Stock Up 1.6%
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's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 2,689.39 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 2,582.95. The company has a market capitalization of £8.00 billion, a PE ratio of 44.75, a P/E/G ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38.
Severn Trent (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 112.10 ($1.50) EPS for the quarter. Severn Trent had a net margin of 6.00% and a return on equity of 10.40%. As a group, analysts anticipate that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insider Buying and Selling at Severn Trent
In related news, insider Nick Hampton purchased 1,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, June 9th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,640 ($35.44) per share, for a total transaction of £39,600 ($53,154.36). Also, insider Olivia (Liv) Garfield sold 6,802 shares of Severn Trent stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 2,695 ($36.17), for a total transaction of £183,313.90 ($246,058.93). Over the last quarter, insiders acquired 3,600 shares of company stock valued at $9,500,700. 0.25% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
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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