Centrica (LON:CNA) Stock Price Passes Above 200 Day Moving Average - Here's Why

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 ($2.12), with a volume of 16,431,037 shares trading hands.

Centrica Trading Up 0.1%

The company has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 158.96 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 148.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 66.48, a current ratio of 1.77 and a quick ratio of 0.40. The company has a market capitalization of £7.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 1.08.

Insider Buying and Selling at Centrica

In other Centrica news, insider Chris O’Shea sold 770,946 shares of the firm'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 ($1,759,528.98). Also, insider Philippe Boisseau bought 1,230 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, April 28th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 158 ($2.15) per share, for a total transaction of £1,943.40 ($2,640.13). Insiders have purchased a total of 14,494 shares of company stock worth $2,208,408 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.20% of the company's stock.

About Centrica

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.