Centrica (LON:CNA) Insider Acquires £150.48 in Stock

Key Points

• Insider buying: Centrica director Russell O'Brien purchased 99 shares at GBX 152 each, totaling £150.48, following a similar £150.92 purchase in August.
• Stock performance: Centrica shares fell 0.1% to GBX 150.75, near their 52-week low of GBX 146.79 and below both their 50-day and 200-day moving averages.
• Analyst outlook: Analysts maintain a “Moderate Buy” consensus, with five Buy ratings and one Hold rating and an average price target of GBX 216.33, despite recent target-price reductions.

Centrica plc (LON:CNA - Get Free Report) insider Russell O'Brien purchased 99 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 10th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 152 per share, for a total transaction of £150.48.

Russell O'Brien also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 10th, Russell O'Brien bought 98 shares of Centrica stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 154 per share, for a total transaction of £150.92.

Centrica Stock Down 0.1%

LON CNA traded down GBX 0.20 on Friday, reaching GBX 150.75. The company had a trading volume of 1,058,018,500 shares, compared to its average volume of 40,663,953. The company has a quick ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 1.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.68. The stock has a market capitalization of £6.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.98, a P/E/G ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 0.32. The company's fifty day moving average is GBX 159.77 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 184.15. Centrica plc has a 52-week low of GBX 146.79 and a 52-week high of GBX 220.30.

Centrica (LON:CNA - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The integrated energy company reported GBX 6.80 EPS for the quarter. Centrica had a net margin of 3.64% and a return on equity of 21.92%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on shares of Centrica from GBX 245 to GBX 235 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 15th. Berenberg Bank decreased their price target on shares of Centrica from GBX 230 to GBX 200 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of GBX 216.33.

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. 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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