Centrica (LON:CNA) Stock: Insider Chris O’Shea Purchases 97 Shares

Centrica plc (LON:CNA) insider Chris O’Shea acquired 97 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 10th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 154 per share, with a total value of £149.38.

Centrica Trading Up 0.9%

Shares of CNA traded up GBX 1.45 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting GBX 154.90. The stock had a trading volume of 8,413,088 shares, compared to its average volume of 31,327,543. Centrica plc has a 12-month low of GBX 144 and a 12-month high of GBX 220.30. The firm has a market cap of £7.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.26, a P/E/G ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 0.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.68, a quick ratio of 0.40 and a current ratio of 1.43. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 149.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 177.46.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the company. Berenberg Bank cut their price objective on Centrica from GBX 230 to GBX 200 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, July 27th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 200 price target on shares of Centrica in a report on Tuesday, November 3rd. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 215.60.

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.