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Centrica plc - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review

Summary

Centrica plc - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review is an in-depth business, strategic and financial analysis of Centrica plc. The report provides a comprehensive insight into the company, including business structure and operations, executive biographies and key competitors. The hallmark of the report is the detailed strategic analysis of the company. This highlights

its strengths and weaknesses and the opportunities and threats it faces going forward.

Centrica plc (Centrica), an integrated energy company is a supplier of energy and related solutions. The company focuses on securing and delivering energy and offering home and business energy solutions. The company’s activities include exploration and production of natural gas. It is also engaged in the generation of electricity and storing and selling of energy internationally. The company operates through seven reportable business segments: British Gas Residential, British Gas Business, British Gas Services, Centrica Energy, Centrica Storage, Direct Energy and European Energy. It principally operates in UK, North America and the rest of the world.

Recent Developments

Nov 05, 2009: Nexans Receives EUR50 Million Submarine High Voltage Power Cable Contract For Centrica’s Lincs Offshore Wind Farm Project In UK
Oct 28, 2009: Centrica Receives Final Investment Approval For Its 270 MW Lincs Offshore Wind Project, UK
Oct 15, 2009: Vattenfall Says No Decision On UK New Nuclear Plants Investment

Scope

- Provides key company information for business intelligence needs
- The company’s strengths and weaknesses and areas of development or decline are analyzed. Financial, strategic and operational factors are considered.
- The opportunities open to the company are considered and its growth potential assessed. Competitive or technological threats are highlighted.
- The report contains critical company information – business structure and operations, the company history, major products and services, key competitors, key employees and executive biographies, different locations and important subsidiaries.
- The report provides detailed financial ratios for the past five years as well as interim ratios for the last four quarters.
- Financial ratios include profitability, margins and returns, liquidity and leverage, financial position and efficiency ratios.

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