Financials Central Puerto S.A.

Equities

CEPU

ARP2354W1188

Independent Power Producers

End-of-day quote Buenos Aires S.E. 06:00:00 2024-04-25 pm EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
1,096 ARS +2.50% Intraday chart for Central Puerto S.A. +13.24% +21.70%

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Capitalization 1 53,735 54,036 97,234 318,344 1,361,457 1,659,368 -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 83,255 90,650 120,109 330,781 1,361,457 1,639,052 1,540,994
P/E ratio 6.1 x 7.84 x -132 x 16.7 x 9.14 x 3.98 x -
Yield 1.99% - - - - - -
Capitalization / Revenue 1.49 x 1.42 x 1.7 x 3.14 x 4.34 x 3.58 x 3.14 x
EV / Revenue 2.32 x 2.38 x 2.1 x 3.26 x 4.34 x 3.53 x 2.91 x
EV / EBITDA 2.65 x 2.67 x 3.3 x 4.07 x 3.33 x 5.85 x 4.74 x
EV / FCF -5,947,999 x 12,378,484 x - 6,326,203 x - - -
FCF Yield -0% 0% - 0% - - -
Price to Book 0.92 x - - - - - -
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 1,505,170 1,505,170 1,505,170 1,505,170 1,511,722 1,514,022 -
Reference price 2 35.70 35.90 64.60 211.5 900.6 1,096 1,096
Announcement Date 3/11/20 3/15/21 3/9/22 3/8/23 3/8/24 - -
1ARS in Million2ARS
Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Net sales 1 35,961 38,108 57,079 101,393 313,568 463,919 528,672
EBITDA 1 31,440 33,900 36,423 81,342 408,438 280,107 324,902
EBIT 1 14,371 27,945 25,712 61,890 338,220 203,516 236,552
Operating Margin 39.96% 73.33% 45.05% 61.04% 107.86% 43.87% 44.74%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 14,406 - - - - - -
Net income 1 8,809 6,892 -742.1 19,040 148,044 416,618 -
Net margin 24.5% 18.09% -1.3% 18.78% 47.21% 89.8% -
EPS 2 5.850 4.580 -0.4900 12.65 98.52 275.2 -
Free Cash Flow -13,997 7,323 - 52,287 - - -
FCF margin -38.92% 19.22% - 51.57% - - -
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) - 21.6% - 64.28% - - -
FCF Conversion (Net income) - 106.26% - 274.61% - - -
Dividend per Share 2 0.7100 - - - - - -
Announcement Date 3/11/20 3/15/21 3/9/22 3/8/23 3/8/24 - -
1ARS in Million2ARS
Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December 2021 Q3 2021 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1
Net sales 1 - 14,083 27,944 - - 156,499 137,710
EBITDA - 9,088 - - - - -
EBIT 1 - - - - - 210,722 85,553
Operating Margin - - - - - 134.65% 62.13%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) - - - - - - -
Net income 1 2,661 - 149 - - 136,963 69,083
Net margin - - 0.53% - - 87.52% 50.17%
EPS 2 1.770 - - 3.130 2.990 - 45.63
Dividend per Share - - - - - - -
Announcement Date 11/9/21 3/9/22 5/12/23 8/12/23 11/13/23 3/8/24 -
1ARS in Million2ARS
Estimates

Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Net Debt 1 29,521 36,614 22,875 12,438 - - -
Net Cash position 1 - - - - - 20,317 118,374
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 0.9389 x 1.08 x 0.628 x 0.1529 x - - -
Free Cash Flow -13,997 7,323 - 52,287 - - -
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) 19.4% 8.41% -0.58% 7.5% - 10.7% 10.7%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) 10% - - - - - -
Assets 1 88,028 - - - - - -
Book Value Per Share 38.80 - - - - - -
Cash Flow per Share 2 - 12.80 17.20 37.00 - 103.0 -
Capex 25,971 11,970 - 3,351 - - -
Capex / Sales 72.22% 31.41% - 3.3% - - -
Announcement Date 3/11/20 3/15/21 3/9/22 3/8/23 3/8/24 - -
1ARS in Million2ARS
Estimates

EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
B-
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
1
Last Close Price
1,096 ARS
Average target price
2,470 ARS
Spread / Average Target
+125.36%
Consensus
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