Severn Trent (LON:SVT) Stock Price Crosses Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

Shares of Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,554.61 ($32.52) and traded as high as GBX 2,558 ($32.56). Severn Trent shares last traded at GBX 2,550 ($32.46), with a volume of 451,311 shares changing hands.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the company. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price objective on Severn Trent from GBX 2,700 ($34.37) to GBX 2,600 ($33.10) and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed an "overweight" rating on shares of Severn Trent in a research note on Thursday, March 6th.

Severn Trent Trading Up 1.9 %

The firm has a market capitalization of £7.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 2.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 450.94. The business's fifty day moving average is GBX 2,474.62 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 2,554.16.

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.