Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT - Get Free Report) shot up 5.7% on Thursday . The stock traded as high as GBX 2,713 ($34.53) and last traded at GBX 2,690.28 ($34.24). 918,585 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 67% from the average session volume of 2,804,337 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 2,545 ($32.40).
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
SVT has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued an "overweight" rating on shares of Severn Trent in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price target on shares of Severn Trent from GBX 2,700 ($34.37) to GBX 2,600 ($33.10) and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, March 6th.
Check Out Our Latest Stock Report on Severn Trent
Severn Trent Stock Performance
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 firm has a market cap of £7.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 42.35, a P/E/G ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 2,474.62 and a 200-day simple moving average of GBX 2,554.16.
About Severn Trent
(
Get Free Report)
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.
See Also
Before you consider Severn Trent, you'll want to hear this.
MarketBeat keeps track of Wall Street's top-rated and best performing research analysts and the stocks they recommend to their clients on a daily basis. MarketBeat has identified the five stocks that top analysts are quietly whispering to their clients to buy now before the broader market catches on... and Severn Trent wasn't on the list.
While Severn Trent currently has a Moderate Buy rating among analysts, top-rated analysts believe these five stocks are better buys.
View The Five Stocks Here
If a company's CEO, COO, and CFO were all selling shares of their stock, would you want to know? MarketBeat just compiled its list of the twelve stocks that corporate insiders are abandoning. Complete the form below to see which companies made the list.
Get This Free Report
Like this article? Share it with a colleague.
Link copied to clipboard.
