Centrica (LON:CNA) Stock: Insider Chris O’Shea Buys 102 Shares

Centrica plc (LON:CNA) insider Chris O’Shea purchased 102 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, October 12th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 147 per share, for a total transaction of £149.94.

Centrica Stock Performance

CNA traded down GBX 0.85 on Wednesday, hitting GBX 149.35. 8,443,841 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 32,927,566. Centrica plc has a 52 week low of GBX 144 and a 52 week high of GBX 220.30. The company has a current ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 0.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 80.68. The firm has a market capitalization of £6.76 billion, a PE ratio of 9.89, a P/E/G ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 0.32. The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 151.41 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 175.85.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Berenberg Bank reduced their target price on Centrica from GBX 230 to GBX 200 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research 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, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 216.33.

About Centrica

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.