Centrica (CPYYY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Centrica plc is a United Kingdom-based energy services company focused on supplying energy and providing related services to households and businesses. Its principal consumer brand, British Gas, offers electricity and natural gas, home energy management, boiler and heating services, and maintenance solutions. Centrica also provides connected-home products and services through offerings associated with the British Gas and Hive brands.

Through its business operations, Centrica participates in energy supply, energy trading, power generation, and customer-focused energy solutions. The company serves residential and commercial customers primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its Irish operations include Bord Gáis Energy, which supplies energy and provides related services to customers in Ireland.

Centrica was created in 1997 following the demerger of the former British Gas plc, while the international exploration and production business became BG Group. The company has since concentrated on energy supply, services, and solutions, with a focus on helping customers manage heating, electricity use, and the transition to lower-carbon energy.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.79 to $8.63
• 50-Day Range: $8.12 to $9.73
• 52-Week Range: $7.79 to $12.15
• Volume: 153,181 shs
• Average Volume: 86,329 shs
• Market Capitalization: $9.71 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 2.50%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Centrica Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Centrica scored higher than 45% 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 2.10. 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

0.00% 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 0.24, 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 468.47%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Centrica pays a meaningful dividend of 2.59%, 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 32.31% next year. This indicates that Centrica will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.50

News Sentiment

Centrica has a news sentiment score of -0.50. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Centrica this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for CPYYY on MarketBeat in the last 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: 9/17/2026
• 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: 0.38
• Cash Flow: $1.12 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.47
• Book Value: $4.00 per share
• Price / Book: 2.09

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,154,860,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $9.67 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.62