Amber Rudd Buys 1,688 Shares of Centrica plc (LON:CNA) Stock

Centrica plc (LON:CNA) insider Amber Rudd bought 1,688 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 27th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 129 ($1.62) per share, for a total transaction of £2,177.52 ($2,732.15).

Amber Rudd also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, November 25th, Amber Rudd acquired 1,624 shares of Centrica stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 123 ($1.54) per share, with a total value of £1,997.52 ($2,506.30).
• On Friday, October 25th, Amber Rudd acquired 1,635 shares of Centrica stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 122 ($1.53) per share, for a total transaction of £1,994.70 ($2,502.76).

Centrica Trading Up 0.5 %

Shares of CNA opened at GBX 132.50 ($1.66) on Tuesday. Centrica plc has a 52-week low of GBX 112.99 ($1.42) and a 52-week high of GBX 157.90 ($1.98). 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 business’s fifty day moving average is GBX 124.34 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 127.49. The firm has a market cap of £6.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 602.27, a PEG ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 1.08.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently commented on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 150 ($1.88) price objective on shares of Centrica in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Citigroup reissued a “top pick” rating on shares of Centrica in a report on Thursday, December 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Centrica has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of GBX 167 ($2.10).

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.