Severn Trent (LON:SVT) Hits New 52-Week Low - Should You Sell?

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as GBX 12.89 ($0.16) and last traded at GBX 2,494 ($30.70), with a volume of 2847012 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at GBX 2,472 ($30.43).

Severn Trent Stock Down 0.3 %

The company's fifty day moving average price is GBX 2,573.47 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 2,572.58. The stock has a market cap of £7.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 4,831.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. 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 announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 20th. The company reported GBX 58 ($0.71) earnings per share for the quarter. Severn Trent had a net margin of 6.00% and a return on equity of 10.00%. Equities analysts forecast that Severn Trent PLC will post 107.3706004 EPS for the current year.

Severn Trent Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 28th were issued a dividend of GBX 48.68 ($0.60) per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 28th. This represents a yield of 1.81%. Severn Trent's payout ratio is 22,941.18%.

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.