Contact Energy Limited

NZSE:CEN Stock Report

Market Cap: NZ$7.6b

Contact Energy Valuation

Is CEN undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

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

Below Fair Value: CEN (NZ$9.5) is trading below our estimate of fair value (NZ$24.79)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CEN is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CEN?

Key metric: As CEN is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CEN. This is calculated by dividing CEN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CEN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio32.3x
EarningsNZ$235.00m
Market CapNZ$7.58b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CEN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average33.8x
MCY Mercury NZ
28.9x3.9%NZ$8.4b
GNE Genesis Energy
18.8x8.6%NZ$2.5b
VCT Vector
51.1x17.5%NZ$4.0b
MEL Meridian Energy
36.5x7.0%NZ$15.6b
CEN Contact Energy
32.3x4.6%NZ$7.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CEN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.3x) compared to the peer average (33.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CEN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Electric Utilities Industry?

10 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CEN 32.3xIndustry Avg. 13.6xNo. of Companies29PE0816243240+
10 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CEN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.3x) compared to the Global Electric Utilities industry average (13.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CEN'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.

CEN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio32.3x
Fair PE Ratio32.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CEN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

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

The above table shows the analyst CEN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentNZ$9.50
NZ$9.79
+3.0%
8.4%NZ$10.89NZ$8.70n/a4
Dec ’25NZ$9.00
NZ$9.76
+8.4%
8.0%NZ$10.79NZ$8.70n/a4
Nov ’25NZ$8.44
NZ$9.76
+15.6%
8.0%NZ$10.79NZ$8.70n/a4
Oct ’25NZ$8.23
NZ$9.79
+19.0%
7.7%NZ$10.65NZ$8.70n/a4
Sep ’25NZ$8.33
NZ$10.16
+22.0%
9.1%NZ$11.20NZ$8.70n/a5
Aug ’25NZ$8.50
NZ$10.12
+19.1%
9.2%NZ$11.06NZ$8.70n/a5
Jul ’25NZ$9.12
NZ$10.44
+14.5%
8.9%NZ$11.25NZ$8.70n/a5
Jun ’25NZ$9.22
NZ$9.94
+7.8%
9.9%NZ$10.97NZ$8.20n/a5
May ’25NZ$8.65
NZ$9.88
+14.3%
9.8%NZ$10.97NZ$8.20n/a5
Apr ’25NZ$8.65
NZ$9.47
+9.5%
12.6%NZ$10.97NZ$8.10n/a5
Mar ’25NZ$8.11
NZ$9.39
+15.8%
11.9%NZ$10.97NZ$8.10n/a5
Feb ’25NZ$8.21
NZ$9.13
+11.2%
13.1%NZ$11.00NZ$7.70n/a5
Jan ’25NZ$8.01
NZ$8.93
+11.5%
13.7%NZ$11.00NZ$7.35n/a5
Dec ’24NZ$7.80
NZ$8.93
+14.5%
13.7%NZ$11.00NZ$7.35NZ$9.005
Nov ’24NZ$7.87
NZ$9.15
+16.3%
13.2%NZ$11.00NZ$7.50NZ$8.445
Oct ’24NZ$8.04
NZ$9.41
+17.0%
11.2%NZ$11.00NZ$8.20NZ$8.235
Sep ’24NZ$8.39
NZ$9.36
+11.6%
11.2%NZ$11.07NZ$8.20NZ$8.335
Aug ’24NZ$8.30
NZ$9.07
+9.2%
11.2%NZ$10.74NZ$7.80NZ$8.505
Jul ’24NZ$8.10
NZ$9.06
+11.9%
10.9%NZ$10.64NZ$7.80NZ$9.125
Jun ’24NZ$7.94
NZ$9.04
+13.8%
10.5%NZ$10.53NZ$7.80NZ$9.225
May ’24NZ$7.84
NZ$8.92
+13.7%
10.7%NZ$10.35NZ$7.80NZ$8.655
Apr ’24NZ$7.74
NZ$8.94
+15.6%
10.8%NZ$10.35NZ$7.80NZ$8.655
Mar ’24NZ$7.60
NZ$9.01
+18.5%
11.2%NZ$10.35NZ$7.80NZ$8.115
Feb ’24NZ$7.80
NZ$8.68
+11.3%
14.3%NZ$10.35NZ$7.30NZ$8.215
Jan ’24NZ$7.71
NZ$8.74
+13.4%
14.8%NZ$10.33NZ$7.35NZ$8.015
Dec ’23NZ$7.56
NZ$8.74
+15.7%
14.8%NZ$10.33NZ$7.35NZ$7.805

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/31 04:31
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/31 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/06/30

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.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Contact Energy Limited is covered by 10 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Marie MiyashiroCitigroup Inc
Grant SwanepoelDeutsche Bank
Andrew Harvey-GreenForsyth Barr Group Ltd.