Russell O’Brien Acquires 75 Shares of Centrica (LON:CNA) Stock

Centrica plc (LON:CNA) insider Russell O’Brien acquired 75 shares of Centrica stock in a transaction on Monday, May 11th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 201 per share, for a total transaction of £150.75.

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

• On Friday, April 10th, Russell O’Brien acquired 71 shares of Centrica stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 211 per share, for a total transaction of £149.81.
• On Monday, March 23rd, Russell O’Brien sold 336,485 shares of Centrica stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 200, for a total value of £672,970.

Centrica Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of LON:CNA traded up GBX 1.39 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting GBX 203.39. 13,920,029 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 37,959,344. Centrica plc has a 1 year low of GBX 144.30 and a 1 year high of GBX 220.30. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 206.14 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 187.68. The firm has a market capitalization of £9.21 billion, a P/E ratio of -135.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 0.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 98.77, a current ratio of 1.45 and a quick ratio of 0.40.

Centrica (LON:CNA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 20th. The integrated energy company reported GBX 11.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Centrica had a return on equity of 1.68% and a net margin of 0.37%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on CNA. Citigroup boosted their price target on Centrica from GBX 200 to GBX 218 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “hold” rating and set a GBX 210 target price on shares of Centrica in a report on Friday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a GBX 225 target price on shares of Centrica in a report on Monday. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 205.33.

Centrica Company Profile

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.