Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) Given Consensus Rating of “Hold” by Analysts

Shares of Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) have been given a consensus recommendation of “Hold” by the six brokerages that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation. The average twelve-month price target among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 2,978.17.

SVT has been the topic of several recent research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their target price on shares of Severn Trent from GBX 3,000 to GBX 2,950 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of Severn Trent from GBX 2,975 to GBX 3,225 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, April 13th.

Severn Trent Stock Performance

Shares of Severn Trent stock opened at GBX 3,117 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 601.64. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is GBX 3,135.38 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 2,950.54. The firm has a market cap of £9.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.74, a P/E/G ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.56. Severn Trent has a 12 month low of GBX 2,381 and a 12 month high of GBX 3,335.

Severn Trent Company Profile

As one of Britain’s largest water companies, we supply fresh, clean drinking water to over nine million people across our region – around two billion litres every day. Once used, we collect, clean, and treat the water before safely returning it 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 inflation-linked dividends. The UK’s regulatory model provides a high degree of certainty over five-year periods.