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Severn Trent PLC

$STRNY·$12B·Regulated Water·Utilities
$41.48+2.7%YTD+8.2%1Y+16.5%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $STRNY, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-07-16

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

UK regulated water utility investing £1.9B into infrastructure with the outlook upgraded and topline growing 20%-plus.

Severn Trent is a UK regulated water utility — clean-water supply, wastewater treatment, and a growing renewable-energy solutions business — operating under the Ofwat rate-regulated framework in England and Wales.

  • Q4 revenue grew 20.6% year-on-year (following Q2's 23.1%) — the topline reflects the rate-base capex ramp under the current AMP-8 regulatory period.
  • The last two EPS surprises came in at 35% and 20% misses (versus the modelled numbers), but the 20 May earnings-call and infrastructure-investment update saw management upgrade the fiscal-27 outlook after the £1.9B capex deployment.
  • Consensus (single analyst) models fiscal-27 revenue of £2.88B at £1.80 EPS, rising to £3.17B and £2.08 in fiscal-28 — a rate-base-driven mid-single-digit compound with regulated returns.
  • Shares are up 13% over twelve months and 6% year-to-date, sitting at the 59th percentile of the 52-week range and 2% above the 200-day — a mid-cycle utility tape rather than a stretched one.

The setup into the next scheduled release is a name where the operating story is rate-base compounding and the price move is anchored to gilt yields and the AMP-8 regulatory settlement mechanics; a further capex-plan update or Ofwat review-cycle datapoint would be the moment where either the upgrade holds or the cost-inflation overhang resurfaces.

What to watch: The next Severn Trent trading update or interim result from the LSE line, AMP-8 capex-plan execution progress, and any Ofwat regulatory-settlement developments. Watch also for gilt-yield moves that drive discounted-cash-flow rate-base valuations.

On the calendar: No dated event on file

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

UK regulated water and sewage utility serving ~4.8 million households in England and Wales.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Regulated Water sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $STRNY.

Regulated Water · Utilities

No material change from last week — Severn Trent's England and Wales regulated operations earn Ofwat-set inflation-linked returns on capital investment while AWR's California utility and..

What this means for $STRNY

Partial — UK regulated water and sewage utility serving ~4.8 million households in England and Wales; this segment overlaps with the Ofwat-regulated return and UK water infrastructure investment cycle but is not the dominant revenue driver.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
24.1How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
3.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
30.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-10.9%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
3.2Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
20.3%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
30.4%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
6.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 27, 2026$0.65$1.00-35.3%
Q3 2025Nov 18, 2025$1.01$1.26-19.8%
Q1 2025May 20, 2025$0.38$0.57-34.0%
Q3 2024Nov 20, 2024$0.62$0.72-14.6%

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY26$1.4B+20.6%28.3%28.3%$0.49$-699.4M
Q2 FY26$1.4B+23.1%32.5%32.5%$0.76$-282.0M
Q4 FY25$1.2B+9.5%25.7%23.8%$0.29$-532.1M
Q2 FY25$1.2B+14.7%25.8%24.0%$0.47$-108.6M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 12 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$2.9B$2.8B – $2.9B$1.80$1.75 – $1.8412
FY27$3.2B$3.1B – $3.2B$2.08$2.01 – $2.1211
FY28$3.5B$3.4B – $3.6B$2.54$2.46 – $2.5911
FY29$3.7B$3.6B – $3.8B$2.73$2.65 – $2.796
FY30$3.9B$3.8B – $4.0B$2.71$2.62 – $2.777

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.4×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.57%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-0.7%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+1.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 264.4M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.0% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Severn Trent keeps 2027 targets unchangedproactiveinvestors.co.uk·9d agoSevern Trent PLC (STRNY) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Prepared Remarks Transcriptseekingalpha.com·54d agoSevern Trent PLC (STRNY) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Prepared Remarks Transcriptseekingalpha.com·58d agoSevern Trent upgrades earnings outlook after investing £1.9bn in infrastructureproactiveinvestors.co.uk·59d ago

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