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Severn Trent (LON:SVT) Shares Cross Above 200 Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

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Shares of Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) crossed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 2,549.75 ($33.95) and traded as high as GBX 2,740 ($36.48). Severn Trent shares last traded at GBX 2,734.80 ($36.42), with a volume of 532,300 shares changing hands.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

SVT has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an "overweight" rating on shares of Severn Trent in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their target price on shares of Severn Trent from GBX 2,700 ($35.95) to GBX 2,600 ($34.62) and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 6th.

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Severn Trent Trading Down 0.6 %

The stock has a fifty day moving average of GBX 2,527.99 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 2,552.39. The company has a market capitalization of £8.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 45.12, a PEG 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.

About Severn Trent

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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.

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