Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) Insider Helen Miles Sells 3,233 Shares

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) insider Helen Miles sold 3,233 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, June 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,695 ($36.57), for a total transaction of £87,129.35 ($118,237.68).

Severn Trent Stock Performance

Severn Trent stock traded down GBX 8.87 ($0.12) on Tuesday, reaching GBX 2,685.14 ($36.44). 678,718 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,003,186. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 2,692.15 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 2,567.87. The stock has a market cap of £8.02 billion, a PE ratio of 44.82, a PEG 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 PLC has a twelve month low of GBX 2,323 ($31.52) and a twelve month high of GBX 2,807 ($38.09).

Severn Trent (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly 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 return on equity of 10.40% and a net margin of 6.00%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently commented on SVT shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an "overweight" rating on shares of Severn Trent in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their target price on Severn Trent from GBX 2,700 ($36.64) to GBX 2,600 ($35.28) and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 6th.

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.

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