Severn Trent (LON:SVT) Share Price Passes Above 200 Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Shares of Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of GBX 2,817.87 and traded as high as GBX 3,218. Severn Trent shares last traded at GBX 3,183, with a volume of 3,432,706 shares.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price objective on shares of Severn Trent from GBX 3,000 to GBX 2,950 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 19th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 2,928.80.

Severn Trent Trading Up 0.2%

The stock has a market cap of £9.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.56. The stock’s 50-day moving average is GBX 3,031.81 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 2,817.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 601.64, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 0.73.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Severn Trent news, insider Helen Miles sold 22,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,758, for a total value of £606,760. Corporate insiders own 0.32% of the company’s stock.

Severn Trent Company Profile

As one of Britain’s largest water companies, we supply fresh, clean drinking water to over nine million people across our region – around two billion litres every day. Once used, we collect, clean, and treat the water before safely returning it 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 inflation-linked dividends. The UK’s regulatory model provides a high degree of certainty over five-year periods.