Centrica Share Discussion Threads

[jpjohn1] 22/2/2018 13:19

This is what we've been waiting for chaps, 6.2% rise and keeping the same div, smiles all round

[supermarky] 22/2/2018 13:12

Centrica is the super player on the ftse today. How many times has that happened recently. Standing out and the investment news is all in the open now. There is no more guessing.

[supermarky] 22/2/2018 13:06

The divi is amazing. I have said before conn needed to make big job cuts. It is obviously unfortunate but business is business.

[orchestralis] 22/2/2018 13:02

The divi is not boring

[supermarky] 22/2/2018 13:00

This is the catelist. I now expect BORING centrica to stop trading at such silly prices.

[orchestralis] 22/2/2018 13:00

It needs to break through the long term downtrend.

[american idiot] 22/2/2018 12:58

140p on the bid !

Hurray :-)

[1fox1] 22/2/2018 12:34

Anyone losing their jobs can thank John McDonnell, Comrade Corbyn and of course Theresa the appeaser the weak kneed Tory/liberal minded leader. In fact say a big thank you to all the liberal politicians who seem to think profit is a dirty word

[tim 3] 22/2/2018 11:58

Glasciers growing again?Not sure about that have been to areas in the alps and Himalaya where not only have they shrunk some have totally disappeared.

[capeview] 22/2/2018 11:54

Aleman, there is a lot of misinformation when it comes to global warming, much like anything else.

Must have been global warming when the whole of the Thames in London froze over about 200 years ago, and the big winter we have in the 60's.

Personally, I'm more likely to believe the Earth is on it's usual cycle travelling around the Sun as part of the Solar System movement and we're in some phase that impacts global weather.
Also, when you consider some of the massive Damn's that have appeared in China and there is another appearing on the Nile so we have massive displacements of large bodies of water which isn't the normal evolution of the planet which could potentially impact the Wobble of the Planet much like putting a weight on a spinning top can affects it's wobble.

This is all my opinion and thoughts on it. Not saying pollution is a good thing, but more for our health than possible global warming the same as plastic pollution.

[justiceforthemany] 22/2/2018 11:31

So the dividend is safe.
A dividend yield of 9% and a P/E of just 10 is obscene and shows the share price is the anomaly here and is just far too low!

[andyj] 22/2/2018 11:30

It feels like a relief rally to me rather than a definitive reversal. I reduced my holding at 1.38. I am not expecting the price to plummet, but I have lost some faith in management and no longer entrust them with the weighting in my portfolio that they had. Good luck everyone.

[justiceforthemany] 22/2/2018 11:29

US futures now positive. Hope to see another rise this afternoon.
Broker upgrades?

[susiebe] 22/2/2018 11:25

Adding a few more now we know where we're at.Very relieved at todays RNS,think most were expecting worse.Glad Conn didnt sugarcoat and could tell hes not happy how the share price has been hit.For once I feel like hes on our side! Can see a good recovery from here on.

[mercer95] 22/2/2018 11:16

Conn is the Don! Give him a pay rise

[aleman] 22/2/2018 11:15

Thanks, capeview. "So called global warming". Did you know it has snowed in the Sahara for the second consecutive winter and snowed in Saudi again. I used to live in Texas and it's been cold there, with a record equalling 3 snowfalls this winter and time for a 4th yet. Solar scientists are sceptical of AGW and said the recently finished weak cycle should see cooling from 2016/2017 for several years. The Northwest Passage did not open last summer (the Crystal Serenity cruise liner that went through at the low with an icebreaker escort had to call in a second ice breaker) and the Northern Route across Russia was open for only a short 10 weeks (so that won't be commercialising any time soon), Hudson Bay froze up early, Baltic Sea ice is above average, Great Lakes ice is above average, there's been lots of snow in Morocco this winter, UK sea temperatures have been average to slightly low for a year or two (after cooling from the 2003-2006 highs and the main reason for our cooler sunnier weather for a couple of years), glaciers in Greenland are growing again, and you've probably seen everyone complaining about cold weaknening skis and otherwise making the Winter Olympics difficult. The sea has frozen off the south coast of Korea and the northern Black Sea/Crimea and it recently froze at Cape Code. There was a frost in Brazil a few weeks ago. (Summer!) Of course, the US government temperature models show warming after they adjust the early 19th Century temperatures down by up to 1C, to much criticism and while not tying in well with some private sector models. People should research how government-funded agencies torture the data they put into the models to persuade us all it's warming.

[eeza] 22/2/2018 11:10

No-one calling for Conn's head, now.

[whatsup32] 22/2/2018 11:06

Just. Thanks doing it now . Thanks for the heads up

[portside1] 22/2/2018 10:56

cape mine was put in my home and so were the others on my street , but it is in the path , new stop tap and all , as for energy do not want them and will not have one I am very happy with what I have when or if I am forced I will keep changing suppler till ofgem have to step in when no wants to switch my energy to them . which will be ofgem problems they keep saying switch I am very happy with bg and they have said its my choice as long as I am happy to send readings well have for 15 years

[justiceforthemany] 22/2/2018 10:51

Targeting 5% growth in cashflow

Maintenance of the dividend until at least 2020 with potential for rise if cashflow rises.

[justiceforthemany] 22/2/2018 10:50

You should be listening to the webcast - started 0930 and ongoing.

[aleman] 22/2/2018 10:46

Didn't know this know this. We have had some highish bills and we have several dimmer switches.

[whatsup32] 22/2/2018 10:46

All utilities on my list are up. Great to be a leader .
My defensive utilities are coming into their own finally.
Doing what they were meant to be doing