How does CEPUD's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

CEPUD is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.4x) compared to the peer average (34.9x).

How does CEPUD's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Renewable Energy Industry?

CEPUD is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.4x) compared to the Global Renewable Energy industry average (15.5x).

What is CEPUD's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

Insufficient data to calculate CEPUD's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

What is the Fair Price of CEPUD when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

CEPUD ($1.57) is trading above our estimate of [[fair value]] ($0.07)

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Insufficient data to show price forecast.

CEPUD Stock Overview

Engages in the electric power generation in Argentina. More details

CEPUD fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	2/6
Future Growth	5/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	5/6
Dividends	0/6

Rewards

Price-To-Earnings ratio (14.4x) is below the AR market (23.5x)

Earnings are forecast to grow 96% per year

Earnings grew by 218.5% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Large one-off items impacting financial results

My Notes

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Central Puerto S.A. Competitors

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima

BASE:EDN

AR$2.2t

MetroGAS

BASE:METR

AR$1.6t

Camuzzi Gas Pampeana

BASE:CGPA2

AR$1.3t

Compañía de Transporte de Energía Eléctrica en Alta Tensión Transener

BASE:TRAN

AR$1.2t

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Central Puerto
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	AR$1.57
52 Week High	AR$26.00
52 Week Low	AR$0.85
Beta	0.59
1 Month Change	5.03%
3 Month Change	42.27%
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	404.84%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	CEPUD	AR Renewable Energy	AR Market
7D	6.8%	0.4%	-0.9%
1Y	n/a	-6.4%	134.3%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how CEPUD performed against the AR Renewable Energy industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how CEPUD performed against the AR Market.

Price Volatility

Is CEPUD's price volatile compared to industry and market?
CEPUD volatility
CEPUD Average Weekly Movement	6.6%
Renewable Energy Industry Average Movement	3.3%
Market Average Movement	6.2%
10% most volatile stocks in AR Market	9.2%
10% least volatile stocks in AR Market	5.0%

Stable Share Price: CEPUD has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the AR market.

Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine CEPUD's volatility change over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1992	n/a	Fernando Roberto Bonnet	www.centralpuerto.com

Central Puerto S.A. engages in the electric power generation in Argentina. It operates in four segments: Electric Power Generation from Conventional Sources, Electric Power Generation from Renewable Sources, Natural Gas Transport and Distribution, and Forest Activity. The company generates energy through combined cycle, gas and steam turbines, co-generation, hydroelectric, wind turbines, and solar panels.

Central Puerto S.A. Fundamentals Summary

How do Central Puerto's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
CEPUD fundamental statistics
Market cap	US$2.58b
Earnings (TTM)	US$184.34m
Revenue (TTM)	US$353.05m

14.4x

P/E Ratio

7.5x

P/S Ratio

Is CEPUD overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
CEPUD income statement (TTM)
Revenue	AR$364.24b
Cost of Revenue	AR$195.42b
Gross Profit	AR$168.82b
Other Expenses	-AR$21.37b
Earnings	AR$190.19b

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	126.57
Gross Margin	46.35%
Net Profit Margin	52.22%
Debt/Equity Ratio	21.2%

How did CEPUD perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

0.02%

Current Dividend Yield

2%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/02 23:28
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Central Puerto S.A. is covered by 6 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Gustavo Faria	BofA Global Research
null CMA Research Department	Capital Markets Argentina
Fernando Abdalla	J.P. Morgan