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Centrica's Fair Value price target has shifted from £2.19 to £2.22, a move of about 1.6% that puts it closer to the cluster of analyst targets now sitting in the £2.00 to £2.32 range. This aligns with recent research where some analysts link higher targets to how effectively Centrica converts its asset base into cash flow and earnings over time, while others flag that recent share strength and earnings risks justify more cautious ratings. Read on to see what is driving this split and how you can keep track of the evolving story around the stock.
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What Wall Street Has Been Saying
🐂 Bullish Takeaways
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Citi moved Centrica to Buy from Neutral with a price target of 218 GBp, up from 200 GBp, highlighting potential benefits from UK government support for low carbon generation alongside higher gas prices.
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Goldman Sachs raised its price target to 232 GBp from 205 GBp and kept a Buy rating, signalling confidence in the valuation versus the firm's assumptions on cash flow and earnings power.
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RBC Capital lifted its target to 225 GBp from 215 GBp and kept an Outperform rating, pointing to what it sees as an attractive setup for the stock at current levels.
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Berenberg raised its target to 230 GBp from 190 GBp while maintaining a Buy rating, reinforcing the cluster of higher targets around the low to mid 200 GBp range.
🐻 Bearish Takeaways
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Morgan Stanley cut Centrica to Equal Weight from Overweight, even as it moved its target to 215 GBp from 210 GBp, citing the strong share run, completion of the buyback and what it sees as limited near term catalysts.
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Jefferies downgraded the stock to Hold from Buy with a target of 210 GBp, up from 200 GBp, flagging potential earnings revisions and a quieter catalyst path as headwinds for the shares.
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Kepler Cheuvreux shifted from Reduce to Hold with a higher 200 GBp target after previously moving the stock to Reduce from Hold at 165 GBp, reflecting how mixed views on recent share performance and energy market disruption are feeding into more cautious positioning.
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How This Changes the Fair Value For Centrica
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Fair Value has moved from £2.19 to £2.22, a rise of around 1.6%.
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Revenue Growth has adjusted from 2.63% to 2.92%.
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Net Profit Margin has shifted from 3.72% to 3.43%.
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Future P/E has changed from 12.49x to 13.69x.
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The Discount Rate has moved from 7.20% to 7.38%.
Never Miss an Update: Follow The Narrative
Narratives link a company's real world story to a financial forecast and fair value, so you can see how business changes connect to the numbers. They update automatically when new data, news, or estimates come in.
Head over to the Simply Wall St Community and follow the Narrative on Centrica to stay up to date on:
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How low carbon and regulated projects such as Sizewell C and Morecambe Net Zero could shape long duration, inflation linked revenue streams.
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The role of digital transformation, distributed energy, and Meter Asset Provider contracts in supporting cost efficiency and new service revenues.
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Key risks around regulation for Rough gas storage, weather driven swings in energy demand, and pressure on British Gas margins from bad debt and competition.
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