Centrica PLC (CNA) Insider Purchases £2,341.10 in Stock

Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) insider Stephen Pusey purchased 1,142 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 17th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 205 ($2.66) per share, for a total transaction of £2,341.10 ($3,039.21).

Shares of Centrica PLC (LON CNA) opened at 201.60 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 202.68 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 210.19. Centrica PLC has a 52 week low of GBX 119.71 and a 52 week high of GBX 239.40. The company’s market cap is GBX 11.06 billion.

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, November 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 12th will be given a GBX 3.60 ($0.05) dividend. This represents a yield of 1.83%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 12th.

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Several brokerages have commented on CNA. UBS AG cut shares of Centrica PLC to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from GBX 255 ($3.31) to GBX 215 ($2.79) in a research report on Monday, April 24th. HSBC Holdings plc dropped their price target on shares of Centrica PLC from GBX 200 ($2.60) to GBX 187 ($2.43) and set a “reduce” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, June 14th. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) reiterated a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 174 ($2.26) price target on shares of Centrica PLC in a research report on Thursday, June 22nd. Deutsche Bank AG reiterated a “sell” rating and issued a GBX 160 ($2.08) price target on shares of Centrica PLC in a research report on Friday. Finally, J P Morgan Chase & Co reiterated an “underweight” rating and issued a GBX 180 ($2.34) price target on shares of Centrica PLC in a research report on Wednesday, June 21st. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. Centrica PLC has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of GBX 209.35 ($2.72).

Centrica PLC Company Profile

Centrica plc is an energy and services company. The Company’s segments include Energy Supply & Services-UK & Ireland, Energy Supply & Services-North America, Connected Home, Distributed Energy & Power, Energy Marketing & Trading, Exploration & Production, Central Power Generation and Centrica Storage.