Severn Trent Plc

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Other Utilities
  • ISIN: GB00B1FH8J72
GBP
28.16
0.07 (0.25%)
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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Comparison
Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Severn Trent Plc
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Why is Severn Trent Plc ?
1
High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
  • Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 8.43% of over the last 5 years
  • High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
  • The company has been able to generate a Return on Equity (avg) of 10.86% signifying low profitability per unit of shareholders funds
2
Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 8.43% of over the last 5 years
3
Flat results in Mar 25
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 44.08%
4
With ROE of 14.06%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 4.41 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 3.26%, its profits have risen by 53.6% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.6
5
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • The stock has generated a return of 3.26% in the last 1 year, much lower than market (FTSE 100) returns of 15.94%
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report
Verdict Report
How much should you sell?
  1. All quantity irrespective of whether you are making profits or losses

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Other Utilities)

When to re-enter? - We will constantly monitor the company and review our call based on new data

Is Severn Trent Plc for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Severn Trent Plc
3.26%
0.41
21.38%
FTSE 100
15.94%
1.23
12.99%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
7.76%
EBIT Growth (5y)
8.43%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
1.48
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
7.67
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
4.83
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.24
Tax Ratio
27.41%
Dividend Payout Ratio
158.91%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.00%
ROCE (avg)
6.07%
ROE (avg)
10.86%
stock-recommendationValuation
Valuation Scorecard stock-summary
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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
31
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
4.41
EV to EBIT
27.69
EV to EBITDA
15.65
EV to Capital Employed
1.58
EV to Sales
6.74
PEG Ratio
0.59
Dividend Yield
389.72%
ROCE (Latest)
5.72%
ROE (Latest)
14.06%
stock-recommendationTechnicals
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Bullish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bullish
Dow Theory
No Trend
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend
Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary
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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

5What is working for the Company
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 275.44

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -8.3% (YoY

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at GBP 2.98

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 43.13 %

-2What is not working for the Company
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 44.08%

Here's what is working for Severn Trent Plc
Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 275.44
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 43.13 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Dividend per share
Highest at GBP 2.98
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (GBP)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -8.3% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Depreciation
Highest at GBP 228.6 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (GBP MM)

Here's what is not working for Severn Trent Plc
Inventory Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 44.08% and Fallen
In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio