10% Owner Carl Icahn purchases 3,488,372 shares of Centuri (CTRI) for $75.0M, raising stake to 14.34M shares
Carl Icahn, a 10% owner, committed $74,999,998.00 to acquire 3,488,372 shares at $21.50, expanding his stake by 32.2% from 10,847,672 to 14.34M shares. This is a substantial open-market commitment by a major shareholder during a period when the stock is trading at $20.87—3.3% below the transaction price and 14.6% below its 52-week high of $24.43. The company's fundamentals present a complex picture: while revenue stands at $850.0M (latest quarter), the firm posted only $2.1M in net income and was unprofitable over its most recent full fiscal year, with annual revenue declining 9.0% year-over-year and a P/E ratio of 695.67. Across Icahn's cross-ticker open-market history, his 19 prior buys averaged +5.2% returns at both the 30-day and 90-day horizons with a 100.00% win rate, establishing a pattern of favorable entry timing; the financial strain evident in CTRI's margins and growth trajectory—paired with the substantial size and discretionary nature of this accumulation—presents material divergence from his typical transaction profile and merits investor attention to how this activist position evolves.