Severn Trent PLC

LSE:SVT Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£7.7b

Severn Trent Valuation

Is SVT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SVT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: SVT (£25.5) is trading above our estimate of fair value (£9.14)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SVT is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SVT?

Key metric: As SVT is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SVT. This is calculated by dividing SVT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SVT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio33.3x
EarningsUK£230.00m
Market CapUK£7.66b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SVT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SVT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average20.7x
UU. United Utilities Group
64.1x25.8%UK£7.3b
CNA Centrica
5.8x-10.0%UK£6.4b
SSE SSE
9.3x5.3%UK£17.7b
DRX Drax Group
3.6x-31.8%UK£2.3b
SVT Severn Trent
33.3x24.4%UK£7.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SVT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.3x) compared to the peer average (20.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SVT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Water Utilities Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SVT 33.3xIndustry Avg. 16.8xNo. of Companies12PE01020304050+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SVT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.3x) compared to the Global Water Utilities industry average (17.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SVT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SVT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio33.3x
Fair PE Ratio18.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SVT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SVT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£25.50
UK£27.65
+8.4%
7.9%UK£32.00UK£23.90n/a12
Dec ’25UK£26.97
UK£27.23
+1.0%
9.3%UK£32.00UK£23.49n/a12
Nov ’25UK£25.88
UK£26.77
+3.5%
9.2%UK£31.00UK£22.83n/a12
Oct ’25UK£26.90
UK£26.54
-1.3%
9.3%UK£31.00UK£22.83n/a12
Sep ’25UK£25.71
UK£26.42
+2.7%
9.1%UK£31.00UK£22.83n/a12
Aug ’25UK£25.89
UK£27.18
+5.0%
10.9%UK£33.20UK£22.83n/a12
Jul ’25UK£23.94
UK£27.17
+13.5%
11.9%UK£33.20UK£22.30n/a12
Jun ’25UK£23.86
UK£27.07
+13.4%
11.9%UK£33.20UK£22.30n/a12
May ’25UK£24.98
UK£27.10
+8.5%
11.6%UK£33.20UK£22.83n/a12
Apr ’25UK£24.70
UK£27.22
+10.2%
11.6%UK£33.20UK£22.83n/a12
Mar ’25UK£25.09
UK£27.22
+8.5%
11.6%UK£33.20UK£22.83n/a12
Feb ’25UK£25.93
UK£27.04
+4.3%
11.7%UK£33.20UK£21.55n/a13
Jan ’25UK£25.79
UK£26.91
+4.4%
11.7%UK£33.60UK£21.55n/a13
Dec ’24UK£26.15
UK£27.03
+3.4%
12.0%UK£33.60UK£21.55UK£26.9712
Nov ’24UK£27.02
UK£26.95
-0.3%
12.1%UK£33.60UK£21.55UK£25.8812
Oct ’24UK£23.65
UK£26.26
+11.0%
15.1%UK£33.60UK£21.00UK£26.909
Sep ’24UK£23.80
UK£27.45
+15.3%
12.4%UK£34.00UK£21.00UK£25.7112
Aug ’24UK£25.32
UK£27.79
+9.8%
12.6%UK£34.00UK£21.00UK£25.8912
Jul ’24UK£25.66
UK£28.71
+11.9%
11.7%UK£34.00UK£21.00UK£23.9412
Jun ’24UK£27.07
UK£28.77
+6.3%
12.2%UK£34.00UK£21.00UK£23.8611
May ’24UK£29.32
UK£28.86
-1.6%
11.7%UK£34.00UK£21.00UK£24.9812
Apr ’24UK£28.79
UK£28.62
-0.6%
12.5%UK£34.00UK£20.00UK£24.7012
Mar ’24UK£26.64
UK£28.52
+7.1%
12.0%UK£32.90UK£20.00UK£25.0912
Feb ’24UK£27.88
UK£28.36
+1.7%
11.7%UK£32.80UK£20.00UK£25.9312
Jan ’24UK£26.51
UK£28.22
+6.5%
11.5%UK£32.80UK£20.00UK£25.7912
Dec ’23UK£27.17
UK£28.45
+4.7%
12.1%UK£32.80UK£20.00UK£26.1512

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/18 08:23
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Severn Trent PLC is covered by 30 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Harry WyburdBarclays
Dominic NashBarclays
Thomas MartinBNP Paribas Exane