Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) Insider Nick Hampton Purchases 1,500 Shares

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) insider Nick Hampton acquired 1,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 9th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 2,640 ($35.78) per share, for a total transaction of £39,600 ($53,665.81).

Severn Trent Stock Up 1.7%

Severn Trent stock traded up GBX 45 ($0.61) during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting GBX 2,706 ($36.67). 365,360 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,120,875. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 2,678.44 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 2,568.73. The company has a current ratio of 2.14, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 450.94. The company has a market cap of £8.08 billion, a PE ratio of 45.17, a PEG ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. Severn Trent PLC has a one year low of GBX 2,323 ($31.48) and a one year high of GBX 2,807 ($38.04).

Severn Trent (LON:SVT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 112.10 ($1.52) 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, research analysts forecast that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on SVT shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated an “overweight” rating on shares of Severn Trent in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price objective on Severn Trent from GBX 2,700 ($36.59) to GBX 2,600 ($35.24) and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note 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.