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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.
75.4% of Severn Trent shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Severn Trent shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Acacia Mining received 628 more outperform votes than Severn Trent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.21% of users gave Acacia Mining an outperform vote while only 52.35% of users gave Severn Trent an outperform vote.
Severn Trent presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,740, suggesting a potential upside of 13.50%. Given Severn Trent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Severn Trent is more favorable than Acacia Mining.
In the previous week, Severn Trent had 8 more articles in the media than Acacia Mining. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Severn Trent and 1 mentions for Acacia Mining. Acacia Mining's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Severn Trent's score of -0.20 indicating that Acacia Mining is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 10.40% beat Acacia Mining's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Severn Trent beats Acacia Mining on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SVT) was last updated on 3/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
