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Jun. 15	Contact Energy Posts Higher Retail Electricity, Gas Sales in May	MT
May. 25	New Zealand Regulator Imposes New Rules on Top Energy Companies to Boost Competition in Electricity Sector	MT

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Published financial data: CONTACT ENERGY LIMITED

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Fiscal Period: June	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Revenues - (Utility Template)	2.57B	2.39B	2.12B	2.86B	3.44B
Total Revenues	2.57B	2.39B	2.12B	2.86B	3.44B
Selling General & Admin Expenses, Total	-	-	-	-	-
Depreciation & Amortization - (IS) - (Collected)	249M	262M	224M	255M	273M
Other Operating Expenses	2.02B	1.86B	1.61B	2.18B	2.43B
Total Operating Expenses	2.27B	2.12B	1.83B	2.44B	2.7B
Operating Income (REIT / Utility Template)	304M	268M	285M	425M	738M
Interest Expense, Total	-46M	-31M	-45M	-37M	-98M
Interest and Investment Income	1M	-	4M	11M	11M
Net Interest Expenses	-45M	-31M	-41M	-26M	-87M
Other Non Operating Income (Expenses)	2M	9M	-63M	-6M	-187M
EBT, Excl. Unusual Items	261M	246M	181M	393M	464M
Restructuring Charges	-	-	-	-	-
Asset Writedown	-	-	-	-50M	-1M
Other Unusual Items	-	6.8M	-4M	-5M	-
EBT, Incl. Unusual Items	261M	253M	177M	338M	463M
Income Tax Expense	74M	71M	50M	103M	132M
Earnings From Continuing Operations	187M	182M	127M	235M	331M
Earnings Of Discontinued Operations	-	-	-	-	-
Net Income to Company	187M	182M	127M	235M	331M
Net Income - (IS)	187M	182M	127M	235M	331M
Net Income to Common Incl Extra Items	187M	182M	127M	235M	331M
Net Income to Common Excl. Extra Items	187M	182M	127M	235M	331M
Per Share Items
Net EPS - Basic	0.25	0.23	0.16	0.3	0.42
Basic EPS - Continuing Operations	0.25	0.23	0.16	0.3	0.42
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	739M	779M	783M	787M	797M
Net EPS - Diluted	0.25	0.23	0.16	0.3	0.42
Diluted EPS - Continuing Operations	0.25	0.23	0.16	0.3	0.42
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding	739M	780M	784M	789M	799M
Normalized Basic EPS	0.22	0.2	0.14	0.31	0.36
Normalized Diluted EPS	0.22	0.2	0.14	0.31	0.36
Dividend Per Share	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.37	0.39
Payout Ratio	146.52	132.97	191.34	105.53	59.82
American Depositary Receipts Ratio (ADR)	2	2	2	2	2
Supplemental Items
Utility Revenues	2.53B	2.32B	2.04B	2.76B	3.31B
Non Utility Revenues	42M	66M	83M	104M	128M
EBITDA	520M	487M	478M	679M	976M
EBITA	316M	277M	293M	429M	742M
EBIT	304M	268M	285M	425M	738M
EBITDAR	-	-	-	-	-
Effective Tax Rate - (Ratio)	28.35	28.06	28.25	30.47	28.51
Total Current Taxes	91M	87M	103M	99M	87M
Total Deferred Taxes	-17M	-16M	-53M	4M	45M
Normalized Net Income	163M	154M	113M	246M	290M
Interest Capitalized	8M	19M	44M	74M	23M
Interest on Long-Term Debt	1M	1M	1M	3M	3M
Supplemental Operating Expense Items
Net Rental Expense, Total	-	-	-	-	-
Imputed Operating Lease Interest Expense	-	-	-	-	-
Imputed Operating Lease Depreciation	-	-	-	-	-
Stock-Based Comp., Other (Total)	2M	4M	5M	4M	5M
Total Stock-Based Compensation	2M	4M	5M	4M	5M

Fiscal Period: June	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Assets
Cash And Equivalents	150M	168M	140M	229M	514M
Trading Asset Securities, Total	-	-	-	-	-
Accounts Receivable, Total	251M	221M	243M	267M	266M
Other Receivables	-	-	-	-	-
Accounts Receivable (Summary Subtotal)	251M	221M	243M	267M	266M
Inventory - (Utility Template)	69M	58M	48M	37M	67M
Prepaid Expenses	4M	6M	6M	8M	8M
Other Current Assets, Total	80M	55M	156M	111M	151M
Total Current Assets	554M	508M	593M	652M	1.01B
Gross Property Plant And Equipment	6.18B	6.5B	7.13B	7.65B	8.12B
Accumulated Depreciation	-2.22B	-2.4B	-2.52B	-2.71B	-2.95B
Net Property Plant And Equipment	3.96B	4.1B	4.62B	4.93B	5.17B
Goodwill	220M	214M	214M	214M	214M
Other Intangibles, Total	213M	200M	202M	223M	188M
Long-Term Investments - (Utility Template)	10M	21M	31M	40M	84M
Other Long-Term Assets, Total	70M	128M	153M	146M	156M
Total Assets	5.03B	5.17B	5.81B	6.21B	6.81B
Liabilities
Accounts Payable, Total	305M	211M	225M	319M	312M
Accrued Expenses, Total	-	21M	28M	34M	38M
Short-Term Borrowings	-	177M	190M	250M	180M
Current Portion of Long-Term Debt	163M	110M	194M	109M	176M
Current Income Taxes Payable	39M	36M	33M	34M	10M
Other Current Liabilities - (Bank / Utility Template)	115M	142M	110M	173M	189M
Total Current Liabilities	622M	697M	780M	919M	905M
Long-Term Debt	672M	787M	1.12B	1.51B	2.04B
Long-Term Leases	21M	25M	49M	47M	50M
Deferred Tax Liability Non-Current	635M	616M	589M	524M	570M
Other Non Current Liabilities, Total	151M	201M	463M	592M	486M
Total Liabilities	2.1B	2.33B	3B	3.59B	4.05B
Common Stock, Total	1.92B	1.96B	1.99B	2.02B	2.14B
Retained Earnings	1.05B	958M	813M	773M	795M
Comprehensive Income and Other	-43M	-73M	3M	-175M	-170M
Total Common Equity	2.93B	2.84B	2.8B	2.62B	2.76B
Total Equity	2.93B	2.84B	2.8B	2.62B	2.76B
Total Liabilities And Equity	5.03B	5.17B	5.81B	6.21B	6.81B
Supplemental Items
ECS Total Shares Outstanding on Filing Date	776M	781M	785M	789M	803M
ECS Total Common Shares Outstanding	776M	781M	785M	789M	803M
Book Value / Share	3.77	3.64	3.57	3.32	3.44
Tangible Book Value	2.49B	2.43B	2.39B	2.18B	2.36B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	3.21	3.11	3.04	2.77	2.94
Total Debt	856M	1.1B	1.56B	1.91B	2.45B
Net Debt	706M	931M	1.42B	1.68B	1.94B
Debt Equivalent Oper. Leases	-	-	-	-	-
Equity Method Investments, Total	10M	21M	31M	40M	84M
Account Code - Inventory Valuation	6	6	6	6	6
Inventories - Raw Materials, Total	69M	58M	-	-	-
Inventories - Finished Goods, Total	-	-	-	-	-
Land - (BS)	132M	149M	100M	110M	134M
Machinery, Total	5.72B	5.73B	5.88B	6.04B	7.55B
Full Time Employees	834	944	1.24K	1.27K	1.25K
Part Time Employees	111	132	-	-	-
Accumulated Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Supple)	2M	2M	2M	2M	2M

Fiscal Period: June	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Net Income	187M	182M	127M	235M	331M
Depreciation, Depletion & Amortization	208M	215M	189M	255M	240M
Amortization of Goodwill and Intangible Assets - (CF)	12M	9M	8M	4M	4M
Total Depreciation, Depletion & Amortization	220M	224M	197M	259M	244M
Amortization of Deferred Charges, Total	41M	47M	33M	-	31M
Total Asset Writedown	-	-	-	50M	1M
Restructuring Activities	-	-	-	-	-
(Income) Loss On Equity Investments - (CF)	1M	3M	-	-	-
Stock-Based Compensation (CF)	2M	4M	5M	4M	5M
Provision and Write-off of Bad Debts	2M	3M	3M	4M	4M
Change in Accounts Receivable	-68M	20M	-10M	-40M	-6M
Change In Inventories	-35M	8M	-30M	14M	-49M
Change in Accounts Payable	92M	-45M	-25M	50M	14M
Change In Income Taxes	11M	-3M	-3M	1M	-16M
Change In Deferred Taxes	-16M	-15M	-53M	4M	42M
Other Operating Activities	-5M	-28M	151M	-1M	-57M
Net Cash From Discontinued Operations	-	-	-	-	-
Cash from Operations	432M	400M	395M	580M	544M
Capital Expenditure	-137M	-366M	-585M	-580M	-472M
Sale of Property, Plant, and Equipment	-	1M	16M	1M	-
Cash Acquisitions	-32M	-5M	-11M	-	-
Investment in Marketable and Equity Securities, Total	-8M	-11M	-11M	-10M	-43M
Other Investing Activities, Total	-	-	-27M	-6M	-13M
Cash from Investing	-177M	-381M	-618M	-595M	-528M
Long-Term Debt Issued, Total	356M	536M	1.09B	592M	933M
Total Debt Issued	356M	536M	1.09B	592M	933M
Long-Term Debt Repaid, Total	-623M	-291M	-650M	-238M	-460M
Total Debt Repaid	-623M	-291M	-650M	-238M	-460M
Issuance of Common Stock	392M	-	-	-	-
Repurchase of Common Stock	-	-	-	-	-
Common Dividends Paid	-274M	-242M	-243M	-248M	-198M
Common & Preferred Stock Dividends Paid	-274M	-242M	-243M	-248M	-198M
Other Financing Activities, Total	-	-4M	-4M	-2M	-6M
Cash from Financing	-149M	-1M	195M	104M	269M
Net Change in Cash	106M	18M	-28M	89M	285M
Supplemental Items
Cash Interest Paid	43M	28M	25M	21M	77M
Cash Income Tax Paid (Refund)	79M	89M	105M	97M	106M
Net Debt Issued / Repaid	-267M	245M	442M	354M	473M
Levered Free Cash Flow	348M	72.25M	-327M	120M	128M
Unlevered Free Cash Flow	376M	90.62M	-299M	143M	189M
Change In Net Working Capital	-61M	-15M	127M	-194M	80M

Fiscal Period: June	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Profitability
Return on Assets	3.83	3.29	3.25	4.42	7.08
Return on Total Capital	5	4.34	4.29	5.97	9.47
Return On Equity %	6.74	6.31	4.5	8.67	12.31
Return on Common Equity	6.74	6.31	4.5	8.67	12.31
Margin Analysis
Gross Profit Margin %	21.49	22.21	24.03	23.75	29.4
SG&A Margin	-	-	-	-	-
EBITDA Margin %	20.21	20.41	22.57	23.72	28.38
EBITA Margin %	12.28	11.61	13.83	14.98	21.58
EBIT Margin %	11.82	11.24	13.46	14.84	21.46
Income From Continuing Operations Margin %	7.27	7.62	6	8.21	9.62
Net Income Margin %	7.27	7.62	6	8.21	9.62
Net Avail. For Common Margin %	7.27	7.62	6	8.21	9.62
Normalized Net Income Margin	6.34	6.45	5.34	8.58	8.43
Levered Free Cash Flow Margin	13.53	3.03	-15.44	4.17	3.72
Unlevered Free Cash Flow Margin	14.61	3.8	-14.11	4.98	5.5
Asset Turnover
Asset Turnover	0.52	0.47	0.39	0.48	0.53
Fixed Assets Turnover	0.64	0.59	0.49	0.6	0.68
Receivables Turnover (Average Receivables)	11.75	10.11	9.13	11.23	12.9
Inventory Turnover (Average Inventory)	32.32	29.24	30.36	51.36	46.69
Short Term Liquidity
Current Ratio	0.89	0.73	0.76	0.71	1.11
Quick Ratio	0.64	0.56	0.49	0.54	0.86
Operating Cash Flow to Current Liabilities	0.69	0.57	0.51	0.63	0.6
Days Sales Outstanding (Average Receivables)	31.07	36.09	39.98	32.6	28.28
Days Outstanding Inventory (Average Inventory)	11.29	12.48	12.02	7.13	7.82
Average Days Payable Outstanding	44.44	45.68	49.76	45.83	46.85
Cash Conversion Cycle (Average Days)	-2.08	2.89	2.24	-6.11	-10.75
Long Term Solvency
Total Debt/Equity	29.24	38.7	55.49	73.04	88.73
Total Debt / Total Capital	22.63	27.9	35.69	42.21	47.01
LT Debt/Equity	23.68	28.59	41.8	59.34	75.83
Long-Term Debt / Total Capital	18.32	20.61	26.88	34.29	40.18
Total Liabilities / Total Assets	41.79	45.03	51.72	57.81	59.5
EBIT / Interest Expense	6.61	8.65	6.33	11.49	7.53
EBITDA / Interest Expense	11.39	15.88	10.71	18.49	10.02
(EBITDA - Capex) / Interest Expense	8.41	4.07	-2.29	2.81	5.2
Total Debt / EBITDA	1.63	2.23	3.23	2.8	2.49
Net Debt / EBITDA	1.35	1.89	2.94	2.46	1.97
Total Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	2.21	8.71	-15.11	18.39	4.8
Net Debt / (EBITDA - Capex)	1.82	7.38	-13.75	16.19	3.79
Growth Over Prior Year
Total Revenues, 1 Yr. Growth %	24.12	-7.23	-11.27	35.17	20.12
Gross Profit, 1 Yr. Growth %	22.62	-4.12	-11.17	33.86	49.78
EBITDA, 1 Yr. Growth %	22.93	-6.31	-9.81	33.14	50.85
EBITA, 1 Yr. Growth %	30.58	-12.28	-8.44	47.93	74.18
EBIT, 1 Yr. Growth %	31.6	-11.78	-8.36	49.65	75.71
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	49.6	-2.67	-30.22	85.04	40.85
Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	49.6	-2.67	-30.22	85.04	40.85
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 1 Yr. Growth %	45.4	-7.63	-30.6	84.04	39.11
Normalized Net Income, 1 Yr. Growth %	48.3	-5.67	-30.12	118.33	19.59
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 1 Yr. Growth %	-1.61	3.38	12.7	6.89	4.72
Inventory, 1 Yr. Growth %	23.21	-15.94	-17.24	-22.92	81.08
Accounts Receivable, 1 Yr. Growth %	34.22	-11.95	9.95	9.88	-0.37
Total Assets, 1 Yr. Growth %	2.7	2.7	12.43	6.89	9.76
Tangible Book Value, 1 Yr. Growth %	12.6	-2.65	-1.57	-8.63	8.07
Cash From Operations, 1 Yr. Growth %	26.69	-7.41	-3.42	46.84	-6.21
Capital Expenditures, 1 Yr. Growth %	37	167.15	59.84	-0.85	-18.62
Levered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	54.01	-79.25	-444.66	-137.04	9.99
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 1 Yr. Growth %	46.66	-75.9	-354.63	-147.62	35.66
Dividend Per Share, 1 Yr. Growth %	-10.26	0	0	5.71	5.41
Common Equity, 1 Yr. Growth %	11.67	-2.97	-1.27	-6.6	5.38
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Two Years
Total Revenues, 2 Yr. CAGR %	2.27	7.31	-9.27	9.52	27.42
Gross Profit, 2 Yr. CAGR %	4.64	8.43	-4.06	8.94	41.07
EBITDA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	4.63	7.32	-4.12	13.19	38.34
EBITA, 2 Yr. CAGR %	1.13	7.03	-3.71	15.79	59.96
EBIT, 2 Yr. CAGR %	0.66	7.75	-3.18	16.9	61.2
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	4.88	20.66	-17.59	13.63	61.44
Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-26.38	20.66	-17.59	13.63	61.44
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 2 Yr. CAGR %	3.27	15.89	-19.93	13.01	60
Normalized Net Income, 2 Yr. CAGR %	6.53	18.27	-16.72	23.18	60.55
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 2 Yr. CAGR %	-2.02	0.85	7.94	9.76	5.8
Inventory, 2 Yr. CAGR %	56.98	1.77	-16.59	-20.13	18.15
Accounts Receivable, 2 Yr. CAGR %	14.34	8.71	-1.61	9.92	4.63
Total Assets, 2 Yr. CAGR %	0.74	2.72	7.46	9.62	8.31
Common Equity, 2 Yr. CAGR %	2.57	4.09	-2.12	-3.97	-0.79
Tangible Book Value, 2 Yr. CAGR %	2.87	4.65	-2.11	-5.16	-0.63
Cash From Operations, 2 Yr. CAGR %	3.79	8.31	-4.38	19.08	17.35
Capital Expenditures, 2 Yr. CAGR %	47.47	91.31	106.64	25.88	-10.18
Levered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-23.78	-43.47	-3.1	12.23	-37.01
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-23.5	-40.55	-10.84	10.23	-20.51
Dividend Per Share, 2 Yr. CAGR %	-5.27	-5.27	0	2.82	5.56
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Three Years
Total Revenues, 3 Yr. CAGR %	6.14	-1	0.72	3.62	12.94
Gross Profit, 3 Yr. CAGR %	7.19	1.64	4.12	7.13	20.84
EBITDA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	4.4	0.85	4.16	9.3	22.57
EBITA, 3 Yr. CAGR %	9.3	-3.56	6.58	10.73	32.36
EBIT, 3 Yr. CAGR %	9.12	-3.67	7.25	11.82	33.38
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	18.63	2.3	0.53	7.91	22.06
Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	12.31	-19.2	0.53	7.91	22.06
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 3 Yr. CAGR %	17.47	-0.5	-2.32	5.67	21.12
Normalized Net Income, 3 Yr. CAGR %	20.28	2.29	0.94	14.62	21.45
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 3 Yr. CAGR %	-2.34	-0.25	4.66	7.59	8.05
Inventory, 3 Yr. CAGR %	25.39	27.47	-5.01	-18.76	4.93
Accounts Receivable, 3 Yr. CAGR %	13.43	4.8	9.12	2.08	6.37
Total Assets, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-1.81	1.41	5.86	7.27	9.67
Common Equity, 3 Yr. CAGR %	2.39	0.69	2.28	-3.64	-0.95
Tangible Book Value, 3 Yr. CAGR %	2.95	0.97	2.54	-4.33	-0.94
Cash From Operations, 3 Yr. CAGR %	-1.86	-0.08	5.02	10.32	9.97
Capital Expenditures, 3 Yr. CAGR %	18.66	79.77	80.18	61.77	8.85
Levered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	79.96	-50.6	13.08	-29.99	10.5
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 3 Yr. CAGR %	237.85	-47.95	5.25	-27.61	17.26
Dividend Per Share, 3 Yr. CAGR %	3.03	-3.54	-3.54	1.87	3.67
Compound Annual Growth Rate Over Five Years
Total Revenues, 5 Yr. CAGR %	3.53	4.03	-0.32	3.08	10.65
Gross Profit, 5 Yr. CAGR %	0.93	2.66	2.54	6.13	17.52
EBITDA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	0.95	0.68	0.9	7.41	18.2
EBITA, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-0.44	0.68	3.9	6.78	25.12
EBIT, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-1.14	0.47	4.02	7.21	26.15
Earnings From Cont. Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	23.16	7.13	2.55	6.69	21.5
Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	23.16	3.81	-0.77	-7.39	21.5
Diluted EPS Before Extra, 5 Yr. CAGR %	22.7	5.45	0.77	4.7	19
Normalized Net Income, 5 Yr. CAGR %	3.38	7.82	3.83	11.31	21.4
Net Property, Plant and Equip., 5 Yr. CAGR %	-3.36	-2.35	1.65	3.64	5.11
Inventory, 5 Yr. CAGR %	3.53	4.75	6.52	5.73	3.65
Accounts Receivable, 5 Yr. CAGR %	6.06	3.4	7.16	6.82	7.3
Total Assets, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-2.31	-1.08	1.81	4.62	6.83
Common Equity, 5 Yr. CAGR %	0.73	0.44	0.56	-1.2	1.04
Tangible Book Value, 5 Yr. CAGR %	1.43	1.29	0.88	-1.53	1.26
Cash From Operations, 5 Yr. CAGR %	-4.92	-4.67	-2.87	7.66	9.79
Capital Expenditures, 5 Yr. CAGR %	2.35	25.41	48.14	55.89	36.39
Levered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	5.84	-22.26	40.49	-27.57	-10.76
Unlevered Free Cash Flow, 5 Yr. CAGR %	2.82	-21.99	98.29	-25.99	-5.89
Dividend Per Share, 5 Yr. CAGR %	6.13	6.13	1.81	-1.05	0