Ratings Centrica plc

Equities

CNA

GB00B033F229

Market Closed - London S.E. Other stock markets 11:35:17 2024-04-26 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
133.7 ^GBX	+1.75%		+1.52%	-4.94%

Apr. 25	Miner Anglo American reviews takeover bid from rival BHP	AN
Apr. 25	British power operator Drax reports $3.75 billion in forward sales	RE

Summary

The company has strong fundamentals. More than 70% of companies have a lower mix of growth, profitability, debt and visibility.
The company has a good ESG score relative to its sector, according to Refinitiv.

Strengths

The equity is one of the most attractive in the market with regard to earnings multiple-based valuation.
The company shows low valuation levels, with an enterprise value at 0.18 times its sales.
The company has a low valuation given the cash flows generated by its activity.
For the past year, analysts covering the stock have been revising their EPS expectations upwards in a significant manner.
The average target price set by analysts covering the stock is above current prices and offers a tremendous appreciation potential.
The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.

Weaknesses

According to Standard & Poor's' forecast, revenue growth prospects are expected to be very low for the next fiscal years.
The company's currently anticipated earnings per share (EPS) growth for the next few years is a notable weakness.
As a percentage of sales and without taking into account depreciation and amortization, the company has relatively low margins.
For the last twelve months, the trend in sales revisions has been clearly going down, which emphasizes downgraded expectations from the analysts.
The sales outlook for the group was lowered in the last twelve months. This change in forecast points out a decline in activity as well as pessimistic analyses of the company.
For the last four months, EPS estimates made by Standard & Poor's analysts have been revised downwards.
The overall consensus opinion of analysts has deteriorated sharply over the past four months.
Over the past twelve months, analysts' consensus has been significantly revised downwards.

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