LON:CNA - Centrica Share Price, Forecast & News

Centrica trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "CNA."

Centrica announced a dividend on Thursday, February 13th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 7th will be given a dividend of GBX 3.50 per share on Monday, June 22nd. This represents a dividend yield of 4.13%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 7th. This is a positive change from Centrica's previous dividend of $1.50. The official announcement can be viewed at this link. View Centrica's Dividend History.

Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The integrated energy company reported $7.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $7.30. View Centrica's Earnings History.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Centrica's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 74 to GBX 115. On average, they expect Centrica's share price to reach GBX 90.95 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Centrica.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Centrica in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Centrica.

Media headlines about CNA stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Centrica earned a news sentiment score of -3.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the integrated energy company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Centrica.

Some companies that are related to Centrica include SSE (SSE), Ausnet Services (AST), Genesis Energy (GNE), Infigen Energy (IFN), Atlantic Power (ATP), AFC Energy (AFC), Maxim Power (MXG), Etrion (ETX), ARHT Media (ART), Rurelec (RUR), Onenergy (OEG), Alaska Hydro (ALKHF), Mass Megawatts Windpower (MMMW) and Syngas (SYS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Centrica investors own include CA (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Hawkins (HWKN), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Och-Ziff Capital Management Group (OZM) and Precision Drilling (PD).

Shares of CNA and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

One share of CNA stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 77.90.

Centrica has a market capitalization of £4.53 billion and generates £29.16 billion in revenue each year. Centrica employs 30,520 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Centrica.

The official website for Centrica is http://www.centrica.com/.

Centrica's mailing address is Millstream, Maidenhead Road, WINDSOR, SL4 5GD, United Kingdom. The integrated energy company can be reached via phone at +44-1753-494000.