Insider Buying: Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) Insider Acquires 1,500 Shares of Stock

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) insider Nick Hampton bought 1,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, June 9th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 2,640 ($35.94) per share, for a total transaction of £39,600 ($53,914.23).

Severn Trent Stock Performance

Shares of SVT stock traded down GBX 22.57 ($0.31) during trading hours on Friday, hitting GBX 2,705.43 ($36.83). The company's stock had a trading volume of 320,059 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,046,464. The stock has a market cap of £8.08 billion, a PE ratio of 45.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. The company has a 50 day moving average of GBX 2,685.64 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 2,568.74. 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 12-month low of GBX 2,323 ($31.63) and a 12-month high of GBX 2,807 ($38.22).

Severn Trent (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 112.10 ($1.53) earnings per share for the quarter. Severn Trent had a return on equity of 10.40% and a net margin of 6.00%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have commented on SVT shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their target price on shares of Severn Trent from GBX 2,700 ($36.76) to GBX 2,600 ($35.40) and set a "hold" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an "overweight" rating on shares of Severn Trent in a 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.