Central Puerto SA (CEPU) Financials

EPS

Hollow marker is the consensus estimate; filled is the reported figure, colored by beat or miss.

Revenue

Outlined bar is the consensus estimate; solid is reported.

Results

Periods without a consensus estimate or a reported figure show a dash.

Period	EPS estimate	EPS actual	EPS surprise %	Revenue estimate	Revenue actual	Revenue surprise %
Q2 26	$0.28	$0.13	-53.6%	—	$696.6B	—
Q3 25	$0.16	$0.07	-56.3%	—	$319.6B	—
Q4 24	$0.03	-$0.21	-800.0%	—	—	—
Q3 24	$0.04	$0.26	+550.0%	—	—	—
Q2 24	$0.03	$0.04	+33.3%	—	—	—
Q1 24	$0.01	$1.97	+19600.0%	—	$99.2M	—
Q4 23	$0.01	$1.97	+19600.0%	—	—	—
Q3 23	$0.03	$0.1	+233.3%	—	—	—
Q1 23	—	$0.01	—	—	$105.6B	—
Q4 22	—	$0.1	—	—	-$61.1B	—
Q3 22	—	$0.22	—	—	$48.3B	—
Q2 22	—	$0.13	—	—	$41.3B	—
Q1 22	—	$0.3	—	—	$35.1B	—
Q4 21	—	$0.05	—	—	$18.1B	—
Q3 21	—	$0.18	—	—	$13.3B	—
Q2 21	—	-$0.31	—	—	$20.1B	—

EPS

Reported per-share earnings by fiscal year; the line turns dotted where reported figures end and the analyst consensus begins, with the shaded band marking the low–high range.

Revenue

Reported revenue by fiscal year; the line turns dotted where reported figures end and the analyst consensus begins, with the shaded band marking the low–high range.

Results

Periods without a consensus estimate or a reported figure show a dash.

Period	EPS estimate	EPS actual	EPS surprise %	Revenue estimate	Revenue actual	Revenue surprise %
FY25	—	$2.5K	—	—	$1.1T	—
FY24	—	$330.1	—	—	$738.2B	—
FY23	—	$984.1	—	—	$313.6B	—
FY22	—	$126.5	—	—	$315.7B

Total revenue

Reported revenue per period; the line is the change from the same period a year earlier, on its own left axis.

Period	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Revenue	$7B	$14.8B	$29.9B	$73.9B	$112B	$346.2B	$315.7B	$313.6B	$738.2B	$1.1T
YoY change	+165.4%	+110.5%	+101.5%	+147.3%	+51.6%	+209%	-8.81%	-0.69%	+135.4%	+48.7%

Revenue and profits

Revenue, gross profit, operating income, and net income per period.

Condensed income statement

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Period	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Revenue	7B	14.8B	29.9B	73.9B	112B	346.2B	315.7B	313.6B	738.2B	1.1T
Cost of revenue	5B	8B	13.6B	39B	49.4B	179.3B	166.1B	210.2B	446.5B	704.5B
Gross profit	2.1B	6.8B	16.3B	34.9B	62.6B	166.9B	149.7B	103.4B	291.6B	392.9B
Gross margin	29.3%	46.1%	54.5%	47.3%	55.9%	48.2%	47.4%	33%	39.5%	35.8%
Research & development	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Selling, general & administrative	672.7M	1.3B	1.9B	3.4B	5.8B	20B	18.1B	24.8B	63.7B	80.6B
Operating expenses	633.9M	1.3B	1.9B	3.4B	5.7B	18.5B	16.8B	27.7B	75.2B	159.4B
Operating income	1.2B	5.2B	13.4B	29.1B	53.9B	139.4B	127.8B	66.2B	203.2B	212.2B
Operating margin	17.2%	35.1%	44.8%	39.3%	48.1%	40.3%	40.5%	21.1%	27.5%	19.3%
Non-operating income, net	1.1B	4B	35.6B	-4.7B	-12.2B	-82.2B	-47.7B	87B	-45.2B	266.6B
Pretax income	1.6B	8.5B	49.2B	29.6B	35.5B	46.2B	80.3B	163.9B	142.7B	453B
Income tax	1B	1.7B	13.8B	11.8B	15B	50.2B	20.9B	17.9B	81.5B	100.2B
Net income	1.4B	8.1B	36B	17.8B	20.5B	-3.9B	59.4B	146B	61.3B	352.8B
Net margin	19.6%	54.6%	120.5%	24.1%	18.3%	-1.14%	18.8%	46.5%	8.3%	32.2%
EBITDA	3.3B	10.5B	22.2B	50.2B	77.3B	218.6B	208.6B	178.7B	356.5B	466.4B
EPS	9.16	53.8	116.4	58.5	45.8	-29.9	126.5	984.1	330.1	2.5K
Diluted EPS	9.16	53.8	116.4	58.5	45.8	-29.9	126.5	984.1	330.1	2.5K

Revenue and profits

Revenue, gross profit, operating income, and net income per period.

Condensed income statement

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Period	Q3 23	Q4 23	Q1 24	Q2 24	Q3 24	Q4 24	Q1 25	Q2 25	Q3 25	Q4 25	Q1 26	Q2 26
Revenue	—	—	99.2M	—	—	—	—	—	319.6B	313.8B	343.6B	696.6B
Cost of revenue	118B	79.8M	56.1M	93.5M	141.6B	136.7B	119B	154.8B	188B	218.7B	202.1B	494.8B
Gross profit	—	—	43.1M	—	—	—	—	—	131.6B	95.1B	141.5B	201.8B
Gross margin	—	—	43.4%	—	—	—	—	—	41.2%	30.3%	41.2%	29%
Research & development	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Selling, general & administrative	—	—	8.2M	—	—	—	—	—	18.2B	27.3B	21.9B	36.5B
Operating expenses	—	—	7.6M	—	—	—	—	—	15.1B	118.1B	22.3B	35.4B
Operating income	—	—	33.6M	—	—	—	—	—	110B	-29.3B	109.6B	166.3B
Operating margin	—	—	33.9%	—	—	—	—	—	34.4%	-9.35%	31.9%	23.9%
Non-operating income, net	—	—	2.7M	—	—	—	—	—	16.4B	154.2B	63.2B	29.8B
Pretax income	—	—	35.1M	—	—	—	—	—	119.1B	117.9B	158.7B	178.9B
Income tax	—	—	13.9M	—	—	—	—	—	-20.9B	91.7B	-37.4B	42.6B
Net income	—	—	21.2M	—	—	—	—	—	140B	26.2B	196B	136.4B
Net margin	—	—	21.4%	—	—	—	—	—	43.8%	8.35%	57.1%	19.6%
EBITDA	—	—	53.4M	—	—	—	—	—	139.1B	87.9B	162.6B	226.9B
EPS	92.3	872.3	157.7	39.9	253.8	-218.7	—	570	930.3	—	1.3K	857.6
Diluted EPS	92.3	872.3	157.7	39.9	253.8	-218.7	—	570	930.3	—	1.3K	857.6

P/E

Annual history by fiscal year; click a table row below to chart a different metric.

Current values are trailing twelve months where available, otherwise the latest fiscal year; unreported figures show a dash.

Key stats

Metric	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	Current
Market cap	—	—	1.5T	769B	427.1B	495.2B	939.8B	—	—	2.6B	1.8B
Enterprise value	—	—	1.5T	808.7B	480.5B	538.1B	978.6B	—	—	157.7B	564.8M
Shares outstanding	158.3B	159.2B	158.2B	158.2B	158.2B	158.2B	158.2B	175.7B	150.3M	146.6M	146.6M

Valuation

Metric	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	Current
P/E	—	—	40.4	43.2	20.9	—	15.8	—	—	0.01	6.16
P/S	—	—	48.7	10.4	3.81	1.43	2.98	—	—	0	0
P/B	—	—	28.7	9.55	3.35	2.01	1.15	—	—	0	0.94
EV/EBITDA	—	—	66.1	16.1	6.22	2.46	4.69	—	—	0.34	1.24
EV/Sales	—	—	49.1	10.9	4.29	1.55	3.1	—	—	0.14	0.51
Earnings yield	—	—	2.47%	2.31%	4.79%	—	6.32%	—	—	13.7K%	16.2%
FCF yield	—	—	-0.47%	-1.48%	5.04%	25.3%	17.3%	—	—	4.5K%	-1.52%
PEG	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.12

Profitability

Metric	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	Current
Gross margin	29.3%	46.1%	54.5%	47.3%	55.9%	48.2%	47.4%	33%	39.5%	35.8%	29%
Operating margin	17.2%	35.1%	44.8%	39.3%	48.1%	40.3%	40.5%	21.1%	27.5%	19.3%	24.8%
Net margin	19.6%	54.6%	120.5%	24.1%	18.3%	-1.14%	18.8%	46.5%	8.3%	32.2%	28.8%
ROE	26.7%	47.5%	71.1%	22.1%	16%	-1.59%	7.3%	17%	3.29%	13.5%	19%
ROA	10.8%	23.6%	40.9%	11%	8.56%	-1%	4.99%	10.4%	2.3%	9.61%	7.21%
ROIC	6.3%	18.8%	15.9%	14.5%	17.2%	0%	11.1%	5.42%	4.36%	5.96%	8.09%
Return on tangible assets	11.3%	26.7%	44.3%	12.5%	9.35%	-1.07%	5.21%	10.6%	2.36%	9.83%	12.5%

Financial health

Metric	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	Current
Current ratio	1	1.03	1.2	1.47	1.31	2.75	2.47	1.98	1.48	1.77	1.28
Quick ratio	0.97	1.01	1.18	1.43	1.28	2.66	2.25	1.87	1.33	1.67	1.19
Debt / equity	0.7	0.42	0.26	0.65	0.59	0.33	0.24	0.39	0.2	0.19	0.33
Debt / assets	0.28	0.21	0.15	0.32	0.31	0.21	0.17	0.24	0.14	0.13	0.21
Net debt / EBITDA	0.55	0.5	0.45	0.79	0.69	0.2	0.19	1.3	0.38	0.33	1.23
Interest coverage	2.51	6	16.9	5.49	4.01	2.62	5.09	7.43	3.48	9.9	9.46
Effective tax rate	63.8%	19.5%	28.1%	39.9%	42.4%	100%	26%	10.9%	57.1%	22.1%	13.2%

Per share

Metric	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	Current
Revenue per share	0.04	0.09	0.19	0.47	0.71	2.19	2	1.78	4.9K	7.5K	11.3K
EPS (basic)	9.16	53.8	116.4	58.5	45.8	-29.9	126.5	984.1	330.1	2.5K	2.5K
EPS (diluted)	9.16	53.8	116.4	58.5	45.8	-29.9	126.5	984.1	330.1	2.5K	1.96
Book value per share	0.03	0.11	0.32	0.51	0.81	1.56	5.14	4.87	12.4K	17.8K	12.9
FCF per share	-0.01	-0.02	-0.04	-0.07	0.14	0.79	1.03	0.66	770.2	789.6	408
Cash per share	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.08	0.14	0.25	1	0.59	1.6K	2.3K	1.8K
Capex per share	0.03	0.06	0.08	0.23	0.22	0.07	0.07	0.06	941	—	—

Capital allocation

Metric	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	Current
Capex / revenue	60.8%	59.5%	44.4%	48.7%	31.4%	3.03%	3.26%	3.14%	19.2%	—	—
Capex / operating cash flow	73.7%	102.6%	30.5%	69.1%	44.7%	6.68%	4.69%	2.74%	49.2%	—	—
Payout ratio	186.1%	35.9%	8.25%	13.1%	0.92%	-18.2%	18.8%	15%	27.2%	0.29%	0%
Dividend yield	—	—	0.2%	0.3%	0.04%	0.14%	1.19%	—	—	39.4%	11.6%

Yield

11.6%

trailing twelve months

Frequency

Annual

Last dividend

$0.35

ex-dividend Nov 29, 2024

Payout ratio

of earnings

Dividend growth

0 years

consecutive annual raises

Dividend per share

Split-adjusted payout per share by ex-dividend date.

Recent payouts

Ex-dividend	Amount
Nov 29, 2024	$0.35
Jan 12, 2024	$0.0661
Dec 29, 2023	$0.1277
Dec 21, 2023	$0.345
Nov 16, 2023	$0.339
Dec 30, 2022	$0.1649
Nov 29, 2019	$0.1186
May 7, 2018	$0.281

Period	Q3 23	Q4 23	Q1 24	Q2 24	Q3 24	Q4 24	Q1 25	Q2 25	Q3 25	Q4 25	Q1 26	Q2 26
Revenue	—	—	$99.2M	—	—	—	—	—	$319.6B	$313.8B	$343.6B	$696.6B
YoY change	—	—	-99.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Assets vs. liabilities & equity

What the company owns (left stack) against what it owes plus shareholders' equity (right stack). The two stacks should match — that's the balance.

Condensed balance sheet

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Period	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Cash & short-term investments	1.8B	1.8B	3.4B	12.5B	21.7B	39.2B	158.8B	103.3B	244B	337.9B
Receivables	2.1B	5.6B	16.1B	19.8B	23.3B	35B	109.7B	151.3B	206.9B	295.5B
Inventory	138M	194.6M	339.8M	895.3M	1.2B	2.8B	28.9B	15.7B	57B	41.6B
Total current assets	4.3B	9.1B	20.8B	36.1B	56.1B	90.9B	327.1B	292.5B	554.3B	722.4B
Property, plant & equipment	-1.8B	-8.9B	-13.8B	-2.7B	-24.9B	-114.1B	-410.2B	-338.3B	-836.3B	-1.5T
Goodwill & intangibles	473.1M	4B	6.9B	19.2B	20.4B	23.5B	48.4B	31.9B	61.4B	80.9B
Total assets	12.7B	34.3B	88.1B	161.7B	239.1B	391.5B	1.2T	1.4T	2.7T	3.7T
Accounts payable	652.3M	1.5B	2.6B	7.6B	3.6B	5.2B	23B	49.5B	94.5B	124.2B
Short-term debt	2.3B	3.3B	3.8B	10.9B	29.9B	12.3B	56.6B	48.8B	150.8B	144.1B
Total current liabilities	4.3B	8.9B	17.3B	24.6B	42.9B	33.1B	132.4B	147.9B	374.7B	407.5B
Long-term debt	1.3B	3.7B	9.5B	41.4B	45.1B	69.8B	140.9B	286.4B	230B	348.9B
Total liabilities	7.6B	17.3B	37.4B	81.2B	111.5B	144.5B	375.5B	546.7B	798.9B	1.1T
Shareholders' equity	5.2B	17B	50.7B	80.5B	127.6B	247B	813.9B	856.6B	1.9T	2.6T
Total debt	3.6B	7.1B	13.3B	52.3B	75.1B	82.1B	197.5B	335.2B	380.8B	493B
Net debt	3.6B	6.9B	13B	50.3B	74.7B	81.5B	168.7B	321.7B	376.9B	455.3B

Assets vs. liabilities & equity

What the company owns (left stack) against what it owes plus shareholders' equity (right stack). The two stacks should match — that's the balance.

Condensed balance sheet

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Period	Q3 23	Q4 23	Q1 24	Q2 24	Q3 24	Q4 24	Q1 25	Q2 25	Q3 25	Q4 25	Q1 26	Q2 26
Cash & short-term investments	—	—	70M	—	—	—	—	—	399.2B	337.9B	205.1B	264.4B
Receivables	83B	253.8M	177.5M	146M	193.1B	272.2B	246.1B	262B	302.2B	295.5B	370.2B	694.4B
Inventory	—	—	19.6M	—	—	—	—	—	65.4B	41.6B	48.1B	74B
Total current assets	—	—	286.7M	—	—	—	—	—	953.1B	722.4B	685.7B	1.1T
Property, plant & equipment	—	—	-397.8M	—	—	—	—	—	-1T	-1.5T	-1.4T	-388.2B
Goodwill & intangibles	—	—	36M	—	—	—	—	—	71.8B	80.9B	746.7B	956.8B
Total assets	—	—	1.5B	—	—	—	—	—	3.7T	3.7T	4T	4.9T
Accounts payable	—	—	41.9M	—	—	—	—	—	269.7B	124.2B	113.4B	296.9B
Short-term debt	—	—	58.1M	—	—	—	—	—	280.1B	144.1B	418.3B	322.5B
Total current liabilities	—	—	143M	—	—	—	—	—	679B	407.5B	682.1B	891.8B
Long-term debt	—	—	227.2M	—	—	—	—	—	337.7B	348.9B	326.8B	702.4B
Total liabilities	—	—	493.3M	—	—	—	—	—	1.2T	1.1T	1.3T	1.9T
Shareholders' equity	—	—	1B	—	—	—	—	—	2.4T	2.6T	2.7T	3.1T
Total debt	—	—	285.3M	—	—	—	—	—	617.8B	493B	745.1B	1T
Net debt	—	—	281.3M	—	—	—	—	—	550.9B	455.3B	718.8B	1T

Cash generation and uses

Cash from operations, what's left after capex, and what went back to shareholders. Bars below the line are cash going out.

Condensed cash flow statement

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Period	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Net income	2.8B	10.4B	49.9B	29.6B	35.5B	46.2B	80.3B	163.9B	142.7B	453B
Depreciation & amortization	1.4B	2.5B	3.1B	7B	17.5B	65B	60.6B	70.2B	113.8B	163B
Stock-based compensation	0	0	28M	99.8M	4.9M	0	0	—	—	—
Change in working capital	4.4B	-1.8B	14.6B	27.3B	19.6B	-25.7B	30.3B	-8.5B	62.2B	16.1B
Operating cash flow	5.8B	8.6B	43.4B	52B	78.8B	156.8B	219.4B	359.5B	287.7B	411.2B
Capital expenditure	-4.3B	-8.8B	-13.3B	-36B	-35.2B	-10.5B	-10.3B	-9.8B	-141.4B	—
Investing cash flow	-4.2B	-8.8B	-13.3B	-58.9B	-51.2B	-42.9B	-98.2B	-70.3B	-173.1B	-7.9B
Dividends paid	-2.6B	-2.9B	-3B	-2.3B	-188.1M	-714.5M	-11.2B	-21.9B	-16.7B	-1B
Share repurchases	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Financing cash flow	-496.8M	-416.5M	2.4B	39.3B	-552.3M	-90.8B	-31.8B	-56.1B	-69.9B	-124.8B
Net change in cash	1.1B	-642.8M	32.6B	32.5B	27B	23.2B	89.4B	233.1B	44.7B	278.5B
Free cash flow	-1.2B	-3.2B	-6.8B	-11.4B	21.5B	125.3B	162.8B	115.8B	115.7B	115.8B

Cash generation and uses

Cash from operations, what's left after capex, and what went back to shareholders. Bars below the line are cash going out.

Condensed cash flow statement

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Period	Q3 23	Q4 23	Q1 24	Q2 24	Q3 24	Q4 24	Q1 25	Q2 25	Q3 25	Q4 25	Q1 26	Q2 26
Net income	36.4B	139.3B	35.1M	30M	30.5M	-17.9B	113.6B	90.4B	131.2B	117.9B	158.7B	178.9B
Depreciation & amortization	41.3B	37.9B	17.6M	20.5M	7.8M	33.8B	27.4B	33.5B	29B	73.1B	50.4B	60.5B
Stock-based compensation	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Change in working capital	28.4B	-23.7B	-50.4M	74.2M	-3.4M	24B	-30.6B	4.2B	-352.9M	42.8B	-46.1B	-42B
Operating cash flow	175B	292.2B	23.8M	73.3M	65M	20.8B	85.5B	99.5B	71.7B	193B	39.1B	106.1B
Capital expenditure	-3.9B	-4.8B	-18.3M	-15.2M	-10.9M	-65.5B	-46.8B	—	—	—	—	—
Investing cash flow	-11.2B	-42.9B	-18.3M	-15.2M	-10.9M	-49.8B	-46.8B	-5.2B	-1B	76.2B	-338.6B	-119.1B
Dividends paid	-496.8M	-20.4B	-7.9M	-1.5M	2.4M	-2.9B	0	-883.6M	-52.7M	-73.6M	0	0
Share repurchases	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Financing cash flow	7.5B	-35B	16.7M	-36M	8.8M	-24.5B	12.6B	-21.4B	80B	-172.3B	261.1B	181.6B
Net change in cash	171.3B	214.3B	22.2M	22.1M	62.9M	-53.5B	51.3B	72.9B	150.7B	96.9B	-38.4B	168.6B
Free cash flow	82.9B	61B	-30.7M	42.6M	57.4M	13.7B	238M	32.5B	719.1M	82.4B	-32B	10.1B

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