Centrica (CPYYY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Centrica plc is a British multinational energy and services company headquartered in Windsor, England. The company operates across energy supply, services and solutions, delivering gas and electricity to residential, commercial and industrial customers. In addition to commodity supply, Centrica offers a range of services such as boiler installation and maintenance, smart home technology, and energy efficiency solutions through its field-based engineering teams.

Established in 1997 following the demerger of British Gas, Centrica has evolved through strategic acquisitions and divestments to focus on core markets and capabilities. Key business units include British Gas in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Direct Energy in North America, and Centrica Business Solutions, which provides energy management and distributed energy services to corporate clients. The company also invests in low-carbon technologies and renewable energy projects as part of its transition strategy.

Centrica serves millions of residential and business customers in the UK, Ireland, the United States and Canada. Its customer-facing brands offer a combination of supply, installation and maintenance work, supported by an extensive network of engineers and customer service teams. The company is led by Chief Executive Officer Chris O’Shea, with Ben van Beurden serving as Chairman of the Board, guiding its long-term growth and transformation initiatives.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $8.20 to $8.37
• 50-Day Range: $8.28 to $10.94
• 52-Week Range: $8.20 to $12.15
• Volume: 157,783 shs
• Average Volume: 92,063 shs
• Market Capitalization: $9.64 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 2.51%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Centrica Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Centrica scored higher than 65% 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 3.25, and is based on 3 strong buy ratings, 4 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 1.90. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 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 0.06, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Centrica has recently decreased by 61.22%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Centrica is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.41%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

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: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.29

News Sentiment

Centrica has a news sentiment score of 0.29. 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 0.59 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Centrica this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

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: 7/31/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: UTIL - GAS DISTR
• 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: 1.41

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $25.70 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.38
• Cash Flow: $1.11 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.51
• Book Value: $4.40 per share
• Price / Book: 1.90

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,154,859,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $9.64 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.61