profit from every £100 of sales.
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Centrica
£1.61+3.81% today
-10.4% in 1 year
1-year low £1.461-year high £2.19
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Centrica sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £23.7 billion in 2022 to £19.5 billion in 2025, with -£72.0 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Centrica handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks £836M£237M
Free cash flow 2025£141M
Bought back its own shares£836M
Paid as dividends£237M
Cash vs. debt£4.2B vs. £2.9B
Centrica vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centrica | No profit yet | ||
 Constellation Energy | 42.5× · Expensive | ||
 Vistra | 47.8× · Expensive | ||
 Adani Power | 30.9× · Expensive | ||
 CGN Power | 24.1× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Centrica's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23,741 | 26,458 | 19,913 | 19,492 | |
| 2,045 | 9,623 | 4,087 | 2,831 | |
| 173 | 7,551 | 1,948 | 771 | |
| 506 | 7,297 | 2,421 | 783 | |
| -782 | 3,929 | 1,332 | -72 | |
| -0.13 | 0.69 | 0.25 | -0.02 | |
| 8.6% | 36.4% | 20.5% | 14.5% | |
| 0.7% | 28.5% | 9.8% | 4.0% | |
| -3.3% | 14.8% | 6.7% | -0.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 29,038 | 21,366 | 18,733 | 15,415 |
| Cash | 4,287 | 6,339 | 6,223 | 4,196 |
| Total debt | 4,017 | 4,103 | 3,512 | 2,856 |
| Total liabilities | 27,758 | 17,133 | 13,921 | 11,919 |
| 1,017 | 3,877 | 4,422 | 3,085 | |
| 5,869 | 5,661 | 5,307 | 4,785 | |
| -2.4% | 63.7% | 18.4% | 4.5% | |
| -76.9% | 101.3% | 30.1% | -2.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,314 | 2,752 | 1,149 | 695 | |
| 371 | 335 | 416 | 554 | |
| 943 | 2,417 | 733 | 141 | |
| Dividends paid | 59 | 186 | 219 | 237 |
| 48 | 613 | 507 | 836 | |
| 10 | 31 | 47 | 56 |
Valuation
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- 2.8×
- 0.4×
- 51.6×
- 7.6×
- 1.9%
- -1.0%
- 3.3%
Profitability
- 14.5%
- 4.0%
- -0.4%
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- 4.5%
- 21.0%
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Growth
- −6.4%
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- −6.6%
Financial health
- -1.7×
- 0.93
- –
- 1.5×
- 1.45
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How it ranks in Utilities
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 35%of 397
Bottom 6%of 392
Bottom 13%of 397
Top 46%of 396
3.3%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$33a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
: 168.1%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
31No pass
Benjamin Graham
27No pass
Philip Fisher
40No pass
Peter Lynch
27No pass
Joel Greenblatt
23No pass
Charlie Munger
37No pass
Terry Smith
27No pass
Questions about Centrica
Is Centrica a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Centrica AI analysis
What does Centrica do?
Centrica plc operates as an integrated energy company in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, North America, and internationally. It is in Utilities - Independent Power Producers, based in Windsor, United Kingdom, with 20,573 employees.
Does Centrica pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.3% a year. In 2025 it paid out £237 million in dividends.
Is Centrica stock halal?
No. Centrica does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 39% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Centrica stock done over the past year?
Down 10.4% over the past twelve months, to £1.61. It traded between £1.46 and £2.19 and is 26.5% below its high.
Who are Centrica's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Constellation Energy, Vistra, Adani Power and CGN Power. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Centrica's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.