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Severn Trent (SVT) Competitors

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GBX 2,465 -46.00 (-1.83%)
As of 01/3/2025 12:04 PM Eastern

SVT vs. ACA, IGP, NWF, EML, PRZ, SHAW, SKY, CRH, UU, and PNN

Should you be buying Severn Trent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Severn Trent include Acacia Mining (ACA), Intercede Group (IGP), NWF Group (NWF), Emmerson (EML), 18705 (PRZ.L) (PRZ), Shawbrook Group (SHAW), SKY (SKY), CRH (CRH), United Utilities Group (UU), and Pennon Group (PNN).

Severn Trent vs.

Severn Trent (LON:SVT) and Acacia Mining (LON:ACA) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Severn Trent has a net margin of 6.00% compared to Acacia Mining's net margin of 0.00%. Severn Trent's return on equity of 10.00% beat Acacia Mining's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Severn Trent6.00% 10.00% 2.35%
Acacia Mining N/A N/A N/A

In the previous week, Severn Trent had 2 more articles in the media than Acacia Mining. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Severn Trent and 0 mentions for Acacia Mining. Severn Trent's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Acacia Mining's score of 0.00 indicating that Severn Trent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Severn Trent Positive
Acacia Mining Neutral

Severn Trent has higher revenue and earnings than Acacia Mining. Acacia Mining is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Severn Trent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Severn Trent£2.34B3.16£140.20M£0.514,833.33
Acacia Mining£645.41M0.00N/A£0.50N/A

Acacia Mining received 629 more outperform votes than Severn Trent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.21% of users gave Acacia Mining an outperform vote while only 52.36% of users gave Severn Trent an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Severn TrentOutperform Votes
366
52.36%
Underperform Votes
333
47.64%
Acacia MiningOutperform Votes
995
75.21%
Underperform Votes
328
24.79%

75.4% of Severn Trent shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Severn Trent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Severn Trent currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,880, suggesting a potential upside of 16.84%. Given Severn Trent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Severn Trent is more favorable than Acacia Mining.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Severn Trent
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Acacia Mining
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Severn Trent beats Acacia Mining on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SVT vs. The Competition

MetricSevern TrentUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.40B£3.28B£14.16B£1.98B
Dividend Yield4.61%5.60%4.10%5.20%
P/E Ratio4,833.33870.2696.841,941.26
Price / Sales3.16215.7824.40434,500.32
Price / Cash18.1615.7318.3729.32
Price / Book4.023.162.263.06
Net Income£140.20M£64.16M£636.47M£157.63M
7 Day Performance-2.10%0.65%0.49%0.99%
1 Month Performance-9.17%-0.33%-2.10%27.17%
1 Year Performance-4.49%2.37%2.45%161.70%

Severn Trent Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SVT
Severn Trent
2.2834 of 5 stars
GBX 2,465
-1.8%
GBX 2,880
+16.8%
-3.5%£7.40B£2.34B4,833.33270
ACA
Acacia Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/A£959.60M£645.41M468.005,230High Trading Volume
IGP
Intercede Group
N/AGBX 179.34
+7.4%
N/A+69.8%£105.27M£19.96M1,793.4099
NWF
NWF Group
N/AGBX 154.89
+1.2%
N/A-30.6%£76.59M£950.60M860.491,339High Trading Volume
EML
Emmerson
N/AGBX 0.60
flat
N/A-53.8%£6.84MN/A-16.331,190News Coverage
Gap Up
PRZ
18705 (PRZ.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.002,570Gap Down
SHAW
Shawbrook Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
SKY
SKY
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.008,400
CRH
CRH
N/AGBX 7,394
-1.2%
N/A+42.5%£50.26B£35B1,998.3877,400News Coverage
UU
United Utilities Group
3.4448 of 5 stars
GBX 1,051
+0.7%
GBX 1,230
+17.0%
+0.9%£7.17B£1.95B5,531.586,000Positive News
PNN
Pennon Group
3.0089 of 5 stars
GBX 582.50
-2.3%
GBX 856.67
+47.1%
-22.3%£1.67B£906.80M-14,562.503,000Dividend Cut

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