Centrica (LON:CNA) Share Price Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average - What's Next?

Centrica plc (LON:CNA - Get Free Report) passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 148 ($2.01) and traded as high as GBX 158.40 ($2.15). Centrica shares last traded at GBX 156.40 ($2.13), with a volume of 16,431,037 shares trading hands.

Centrica Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 66.48, a quick ratio of 0.40 and a current ratio of 1.77. The company has a market capitalization of £7.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.40, a P/E/G ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 1.08. The business's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 159.02 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 148.06.

Insider Buying and Selling at Centrica

In other Centrica news, insider Sue Whalley bought 10,000 shares of Centrica stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 17th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 149 ($2.03) per share, for a total transaction of £14,900 ($20,250.07). Also, insider Chris O’Shea sold 770,946 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 168 ($2.28), for a total transaction of £1,295,189.28 ($1,760,246.37). In the last ninety days, insiders have purchased 14,301 shares of company stock worth $2,178,300. Insiders own 0.20% of the company's stock.

Centrica Company Profile

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.