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Severn Trent (LON:SVT) Shares Cross Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - What's Next?

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Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 2,567.52 ($34.73) and traded as high as GBX 2,726 ($36.88). Severn Trent shares last traded at GBX 2,722 ($36.82), with a volume of 772,918 shares traded.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts recently commented on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an "overweight" rating on shares of Severn Trent in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price objective on shares of Severn Trent from GBX 2,700 ($36.53) to GBX 2,600 ($35.17) and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 6th.

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Severn Trent Price Performance

The firm's fifty day moving average price is GBX 2,676.12 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 2,568.93. The firm has a market capitalization of £7.95 billion, a PE ratio of 44.47, a P/E/G ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. 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 posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 112.10 ($1.52) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Severn Trent had a net margin of 6.00% and a return on equity of 10.40%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 earnings per share for the current year.

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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