Centrica plc (LON:CNA) Insider Buys £150.08 in Stock

Centrica plc (LON:CNA) insider Russell O’Brien bought 112 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 10th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 134 ($1.64) per share, with a total value of £150.08 ($183.70).

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

• On Thursday, November 14th, Russell O’Brien bought 57 shares of Centrica stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 122 ($1.49) per share, with a total value of GBX 6,954 ($85.12).

Centrica Trading Up 0.5 %

LON:CNA opened at GBX 133.45 ($1.63) on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 61.65, a current ratio of 1.77 and a quick ratio of 0.40. The firm has a market capitalization of £6.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 606.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 1.08. Centrica plc has a one year low of GBX 112.99 ($1.38) and a one year high of GBX 155.30 ($1.90). The business has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 127.05 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 127.44.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on CNA. Citigroup reiterated a “top pick” rating on shares of Centrica in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 150 ($1.84) price objective on shares of Centrica in a research note on Friday, December 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Centrica has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 167 ($2.04).

Centrica Company Profile

Centrica plc operates as an integrated energy company in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, North America, and internationally. The company operates through British Gas Services & Solutions, British Gas Energy, Centrica Business Solutions, Bord Gáis Energy, Centrica Energy, and Upstream segments.