Centrica (CPYYY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Centrica plc is a United Kingdom-based energy and home-services company best known for operating British Gas. The company supplies gas and electricity to residential and business customers and provides installation, maintenance, repair and support services for heating, plumbing, electrical systems and other home-energy equipment.

Through British Gas and related operations, Centrica also offers smart-home products and energy-management services, including technologies designed to help customers monitor and manage their energy use. Its business activities extend to commercial and industrial customers through energy supply, energy trading, optimization and decarbonization solutions.

Centrica serves customers primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its Irish operations include Bord Gáis Energy, which supplies energy and provides home-services offerings in Ireland. The company was formed in 1997 following the demerger of the former British Gas plc, and has since focused on energy supply, customer services and solutions supporting the transition to more efficient and lower-carbon energy use.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.86 to $7.97
• 50-Day Range: $7.81 to $8.68
• 52-Week Range: $7.72 to $12.15
• Volume: 104,969 shs
• Average Volume: 92,840 shs
• Market Capitalization: $9.12 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 2.41%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Centrica Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Centrica scored higher than 52% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Centrica has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.17, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Centrica has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.33%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Centrica are expected to grow by 8.33% in the coming year, from $0.60 to $0.65 per share.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Centrica has a P/B Ratio of 1.98. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.01% of the float of Centrica has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Centrica has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.38, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Centrica has recently increased by 253.48%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Centrica pays a meaningful dividend of 2.49%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Centrica does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Centrica will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.23% next year. This indicates that Centrica will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Centrica has a news sentiment score of 1.00. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.57 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for CPYYY on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Centrica to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Centrica insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Centrica has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Today: 10/09/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:CPYYY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.centrica.com
• Phone: 441753494000
• Fax: 44-17-5349-4001
• Employees: 22,066
• Year Founded: 1997

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.67
• Current Ratio: 1.43
• Quick Ratio: 1.37

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $25.70 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.36
• Cash Flow: $1.12 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.09
• Book Value: $4.00 per share
• Price / Book: 1.98

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,154,863,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $9.15 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.67