Distribuidora de Gas del Centro Past Earnings Performance

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Distribuidora de Gas del Centro has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 91.4%, while the Gas Utilities industry saw earnings growing at 14.2% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 30% per year. Distribuidora de Gas del Centro's return on equity is 11.6%, and it has net margins of 15.4%.

Key information

91.4%

Earnings growth rate

91.4%

EPS growth rate

Gas Utilities Industry Growth	8.1%
Revenue growth rate	30.0%
Return on equity	11.6%
Net Margin	15.4%
Last Earnings Update	30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Distribuidora de Gas del Centro makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

BASE:DGCE Revenue, expenses and earnings (ARS Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses
30 Sep 24	127,786	19,664	12,994
30 Jun 24	88,669	12,343	11,221
31 Mar 24	59,872	4,396	10,688
31 Dec 23	70,320	4,095	11,185
31 Dec 22	82,949	-2,889	10,902
31 Dec 21	30,406	-2,198	4,405
30 Jun 19	9,546	1,088	787
31 Mar 19	8,983	1,210	777
31 Dec 18	8,740	1,430	740
30 Sep 18	10,533	2,422	931
30 Jun 18	8,923	2,061	876
31 Mar 18	6,874	1,626	729
31 Dec 17	5,980	1,330	606
30 Sep 17	3,870	427	304
30 Jun 17	3,320	220	261
31 Mar 17	2,691	157	230
31 Dec 16	2,213	142	212
30 Sep 16	1,506	95	175
30 Jun 16	1,233	112	164
31 Mar 16	774	33	145
31 Dec 15	757	18	143
30 Sep 15	712	14	77
30 Jun 15	646	28	117
31 Mar 15	626	61	125
31 Dec 14	597	78	120
30 Sep 14	566	64	185
30 Jun 14	457	53	146
31 Mar 14	382	51	131
31 Dec 13	381	50	103

Quality Earnings: DGCE has a large one-off gain of ARS5.5B impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: DGCE's current net profit margins (15.4%) are higher than last year (3.2%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: Insufficient data to determine if DGCE's year-on-year earnings growth rate was positive over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: Insufficient data to compare DGCE's past year earnings growth to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: DGCE earnings growth over the past year (742.4%) exceeded the Gas Utilities industry 35.7%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: DGCE's Return on Equity (11.6%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/23 05:59
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
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Analyst Sources

Distribuidora de Gas del Centro S.A. is covered by 0 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

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