Thomas (Tom) Delay Acquires 300 Shares of Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) Stock

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) insider Thomas (Tom) Delay purchased 300 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 9th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 2,653 ($35.82) per share, with a total value of £7,959 ($10,745.24).

Severn Trent Stock Up 0.6%

Shares of SVT stock traded up GBX 15 ($0.20) on Wednesday, hitting GBX 2,721 ($36.74). The stock had a trading volume of 325,517 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,095,462. The stock's 50 day moving average is GBX 2,678.76 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 2,568.85. The firm has a market capitalization of £8.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.42, a P/E/G ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. Severn Trent PLC has a 52-week low of GBX 2,323 ($31.36) and a 52-week high of GBX 2,807 ($37.90). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 450.94, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 2.14.

Severn Trent (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 112.10 ($1.51) EPS for the quarter. Severn Trent had a net margin of 6.00% and a return on equity of 10.40%. As a group, research analysts expect that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

SVT has been the subject of several analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an "overweight" rating on shares of Severn Trent in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price target on Severn Trent from GBX 2,700 ($36.45) to GBX 2,600 ($35.10) and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, March 6th.

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.