Severn Trent (LON:SVT) Stock Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,561.36 ($33.75) and traded as high as GBX 2,787 ($36.72). Severn Trent shares last traded at GBX 2,759 ($36.35), with a volume of 1,200,752 shares traded.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently commented on SVT. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their target price on Severn Trent from GBX 2,700 ($35.57) to GBX 2,600 ($34.26) and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued an "overweight" rating on shares of Severn Trent in a research note on Thursday, March 6th.

Severn Trent Trading Down 2.1%

The stock's 50-day moving average price is GBX 2,588.20 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 2,559.90. 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 firm has a market capitalization of £7.70 billion, a PE ratio of 43.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38.

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.