Financials Contact Energy Limited

Equities

CEN

NZCENE0001S6

Electric Utilities

End-of-day quote New Zealand S.E. 2025-06-24 5-day change 1st Jan Change
8.950 NZD -1.00% Intraday chart for Contact Energy Limited -2.40% -5.79%

Projected Income Statement: Contact Energy Limited

Forecast Balance Sheet: Contact Energy Limited

Fiscal Period: June 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Net Debt 1 1,154 706 882 1,383 1,652 1,901 2,411 2,636
Change - -38.82% 24.93% 56.8% 19.45% 15.07% 26.83% 9.33%
Announcement Date 8/9/20 8/15/21 8/14/22 8/13/23 8/18/24 - - -
1NZD in Million
Estimates

Cash Flow Forecast: Contact Energy Limited

Fiscal Period: June 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
CAPEX 1 51 61 75 585 580 540.7 467.5 537.5
Change - 19.61% 22.95% 680% -0.85% -6.78% -13.53% 14.97%
Free Cash Flow (FCF) 1 290 371 325 -190 471 445 463 494
Change - 27.93% -12.4% -158.46% 347.89% -5.52% 4.04% 6.7%
Announcement Date 8/9/20 8/15/21 8/14/22 8/13/23 8/18/24 - - -
1NZD in Million
Estimates

Forecast Financial Ratios: Contact Energy Limited

Fiscal Period: June 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

Profitability

        
EBITDA Margin (%) 21.76% 21.49% 22.5% 27.05% 23.16% 23.46% 27.84% 29.1%
EBIT Margin (%) 11.14% 11.82% 11.52% 16.48% 14.25% 14.84% 18.58% 19.74%
EBT Margin (%) 8.25% 10.14% 10.6% 8.36% 11.81% 11.08% 13.81% 14.41%
Net margin (%) 6.03% 7.27% 7.62% 6% 8.21% 7.66% 9.93% 10.83%
FCF margin (%) 13.99% 14.42% 13.62% -8.97% 16.45% 13.77% 14.98% 16.1%
FCF / Net Income (%) 232% 198.4% 178.57% -149.61% 200.43% 179.8% 150.88% 148.72%

Profitability

        
ROA 2.62% 3.52% 3.29% 3.85% 3.91% 5.95% 6.16% 6.35%
ROE 4.78% 6.3% 6.31% 7.48% 8.67% 10.93% 11.72% 11.29%

Financial Health

        
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 2.56x 1.28x 1.64x 2.41x 2.49x 2.51x 2.8x 2.95x
Debt / Free cash flow 3.98x 1.9x 2.71x -7.28x 3.51x 4.27x 5.21x 5.34x

Capital Intensity

        
CAPEX / Current Assets (%) 2.46% 2.37% 3.14% 27.62% 20.26% 16.73% 15.13% 17.52%
CAPEX / EBITDA (%) 11.31% 11.03% 13.97% 102.09% 87.48% 71.31% 54.33% 60.21%
CAPEX / FCF (%) 17.59% 16.44% 23.08% -307.89% 123.14% 121.5% 100.97% 108.81%

Items per share

        
Cash flow per share 1 0.4758 0.5845 - 0.5037 0.74 0.6422 0.6492 0.7401
Change - 22.84% - - 46.92% -13.22% 1.09% 14%
Dividend per Share 1 0.39 0.35 0.35 0.35 0.37 0.39 0.3975 0.4144
Change - -10.26% 0% 0% 5.71% 5.41% 1.92% 4.26%
Book Value Per Share 1 3.65 3.771 3.638 3.58 3.32 3.057 3.497 3.482
Change - 3.33% -3.53% -1.6% -7.26% -7.92% 14.4% -0.44%
EPS 1 0.1744 0.253 0.234 0.163 0.299 0.3223 0.3588 0.3788
Change - 45.05% -7.51% -30.34% 83.44% 7.8% 11.32% 5.58%
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 718,132 776,122 780,638 784,963 789,117 802,814 802,814 802,814
Announcement Date 8/9/20 8/15/21 8/14/22 8/13/23 8/18/24 - - -
1NZD
Estimates
2025 *2026 *
P/E ratio 27.8x 24.9x
PBR 2.93x 2.56x
EV / Sales 2.81x 3.1x
Yield 4.36% 4.44%
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EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG MSCI
AA
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
3
Last Close Price
8.950NZD
Average target price
9.920NZD
Spread / Average Target
+10.84%
Consensus

Annual profits - Rate of surprise

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