Key Points
- Insider buying: Centrica insider Sue Whalley bought 490 shares on May 26 at GBX 199 each, spending about £975. She also bought shares in April and February, indicating repeated insider accumulation.
- Stock performance: Centrica shares were flat at about GBX 200.20, near the middle of their 52-week range of GBX 152.45 to GBX 220.30. The company has a market value of roughly £9.07 billion.
- Analyst sentiment: Wall Street sentiment remains generally positive, with five Buy ratings and one Hold. The consensus target price is GBX 221.33, with several firms recently lifting or reaffirming bullish targets.
Centrica plc (LON:CNA - Get Free Report) insider Sue Whalley purchased 490 shares of Centrica stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 26th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 199 per share, for a total transaction of £975.10.
Sue Whalley also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Monday, April 27th, Sue Whalley purchased 468 shares of Centrica stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 208 per share, for a total transaction of £973.44.
- On Wednesday, February 25th, Sue Whalley purchased 513 shares of Centrica stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 190 per share, for a total transaction of £974.70.
Centrica Trading Up 0.0%
Shares of Centrica stock opened at GBX 200.20 on Wednesday. Centrica plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 152.45 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 220.30. The firm has a market cap of £9.07 billion, a PE ratio of -133.47, a P/E/G ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 0.36. The business's fifty day moving average is GBX 206.27 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 189.28. The company has a quick ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 1.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 98.77.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of brokerages recently weighed in on CNA. Citigroup lifted their target price on Centrica from GBX 200 to GBX 218 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a GBX 225 target price on shares of Centrica in a report on Monday, May 11th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 210 target price on shares of Centrica in a report on Friday, May 8th. Berenberg Bank lifted their target price on Centrica from GBX 190 to GBX 230 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on Centrica from GBX 245 to GBX 235 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 15th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 221.33.
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Centrica is energising a greener, fairer future for our colleagues, customers and communities. Our integrated business operates across the energy value chain, with over ten million Retail customers, leading brands such as British Gas and Bord Gáis Energy, and the UK's largest energy services workforce. Our Infrastructure businesses bring gas and electricity to the market every day and provide more than half of the UK's gas storage capacity, while our Optimisation business delivers world-class procurement and route-to-market capabilities to the Group and third parties, supporting energy security and our customers' decarbonisation journeys.
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