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Severn Trent (SVT) Competitors

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GBX 2,753 +26.00 (+0.95%)
(As of 06:36 AM ET)

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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

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%

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

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£2.34B3.50£140.20M£0.515,347.06
Acacia Mining£645.41M1.49N/A£0.50468.00

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Severn Trent had 3 more articles in the media than Acacia Mining. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Severn Trent and 0 mentions for Acacia Mining. Acacia Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Severn Trent's score of -0.11 indicating that Acacia Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Severn Trent Neutral
Acacia Mining Neutral

Severn Trent presently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,665, indicating a potential downside of 2.27%. Given Severn Trent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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 16 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£8.19B£3.52B£12.27B£1.47B
Dividend Yield4.61%4.55%4.05%12.00%
P/E Ratio5,347.061,121.18101.161,602.46
Price / Sales3.50228.9531.68223,365.39
Price / Cash18.1615.7318.2431.32
Price / Book4.453.312.332.74
Net Income£140.20M£64.16M£613.55M£159.36M
7 Day Performance5.53%2.81%0.29%4.07%
1 Month Performance0.48%-1.25%-0.06%2.55%
1 Year Performance2.48%2.19%9.07%98.83%

Severn Trent Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SVT
Severn Trent
1.3281 of 5 stars
GBX 2,753
+1.0%
GBX 2,665
-3.2%
+2.5%£8.26B£2.34B5,398.04270Dividend Cut
News Coverage
ACA
Acacia Mining
N/AGBX 234
flat
N/AN/A£959.60M£645.41M468.005,230High Trading Volume
IGP
Intercede Group
N/AGBX 180.50
+1.1%
N/A+207.4%£105.95M£19.96M1,785.0099Gap Up
NWF
NWF Group
N/AGBX 146
-1.0%
N/A-33.7%£72.20M£950.60M819.441,339
EML
Emmerson
N/AGBX 0.65
-7.1%
N/A-54.8%£7.41MN/A-16.331,190Gap 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/A
SKY
SKY
N/AGBX 1,727.50
+0.1%
N/A+0.0%£0.00N/A0.008,400
CRH
CRH
N/AGBX 7,860
-0.2%
N/A+66.1%£53.43B£35B2,128.6577,400News Coverage
UU
United Utilities Group
3.6204 of 5 stars
GBX 1,103
+0.6%
GBX 1,230
+11.5%
+1.2%£7.52B£1.95B5,771.056,000Dividend Cut
High Trading Volume
PNN
Pennon Group
2.7095 of 5 stars
GBX 585
+1.9%
GBX 856.67
+46.4%
-23.0%£1.67B£906.80M-14,350.003,000Dividend Cut
News Coverage

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This page (LON:SVT) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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