Centrica plc (LON:CNA) Insider Purchases £61,500 in Stock

Centrica plc (LON:CNA) insider Kevin O’Byrne acquired 50,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, October 28th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 123 ($1.60) per share, with a total value of £61,500 ($79,756.19).

Centrica Trading Down 1.6 %

LON:CNA opened at GBX 119.45 ($1.55) on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 61.65, a quick ratio of 0.40 and a current ratio of 1.77. The firm has a market cap of £6.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 544.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 1.08. Centrica plc has a 52 week low of GBX 113.90 ($1.48) and a 52 week high of GBX 165.15 ($2.14). The firm has a 50-day moving average price of GBX 122.25 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 130.28.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Centrica in a research note on Friday, July 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of GBX 171.25 ($2.22).

About Centrica

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.