Insider Buying: Centrica (LON:CNA) Insider Acquires £150.48 in Stock

Centrica plc (LON:CNA) insider Russell O’Brien acquired 99 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 10th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 152 per share, with a total value of £150.48.

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

• On Monday, August 10th, Russell O’Brien bought 98 shares of Centrica stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 154 per share, for a total transaction of £150.92.

Centrica Stock Down 0.1%

CNA opened at GBX 150.75 on Monday. The company has a market cap of £6.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.98, a PEG ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 0.32. The business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 159.32 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 183.86. Centrica plc has a one year low of GBX 146.79 and a one year high of GBX 220.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.68, a quick ratio of 0.40 and a current ratio of 1.43.

Centrica (LON:CNA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The integrated energy company reported GBX 6.80 earnings per share for the quarter. Centrica had a return on equity of 21.92% and a net margin of 3.64%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Berenberg Bank reduced their price target on shares of Centrica from GBX 230 to GBX 200 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, July 27th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 216.33.

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.