Severn Trent PLC to Issue Dividend of GBX 48.68 (LON:SVT)

Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) announced a dividend on Wednesday, November 20th,Upcoming Dividends.Co.Uk reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 28th will be paid a dividend of GBX 48.68 ($0.61) per share on Friday, January 10th. This represents a yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 28th. The official announcement can be accessed at this link.

Severn Trent Stock Performance

LON:SVT opened at GBX 2,729 ($34.31) on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.14, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 450.94. The company has a 50-day moving average of GBX 2,645.80 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 2,558.27. Severn Trent has a twelve month low of GBX 2,310 ($29.04) and a twelve month high of GBX 2,807 ($35.29). The firm has a market cap of £8.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5,372.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.69 and a beta of 0.38.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Helen Miles sold 18,472 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 2,714 ($34.12), for a total transaction of £501,330.08 ($630,207.52). 0.25% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Severn Trent

Severn Trent PLC operates as a water and sewerage company in England and Wales. It operates through two segments: Regulated Water and Waste Water, and Business Services. The Regulated Water and Waste Water segment offers water and waste water services to approximately 4.8 million households and businesses.