Central Puerto S.A. CEPU

Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric · valued as of 2026-11-03 · statements 2025-12-31

Average Intrinsic Value
$1.49B
Market Cap
$1.77B
Margin of Safety
-18.6%
Intrinsic / Market Ratio
0.84

How Each Value Is Built

The screener's three formulas on the reported figures. Each card reads the same way: the value as a sum of numbered terms, each term's calculation opened under it, from the reported figures to the value. The list ranks companies by their plain average over the market cap.

EPV + Growth

1.23B USD

what the normal year's earnings are worth for ever, plus growth that pays

Profit

2.07B USD

15 years of cash the shareholders can take out, and the equity left at year 15

FCFF

1.17B USD

15 years of cash for shareholders and lenders, less what is owed

Intrinsic Value

1.49B USD

the plain average of the three, uncapped, as the screener averages them

Intrinsic Value

1.49B USD

from the sum above

Market Cap

1.77B USD

today's price times the shares

Intrinsic Value ÷ Market Cap

0.84×

the ratio the screener ranks by; Margin of Safety -18.6% (1 − Market Cap ÷ Intrinsic Value)

Each card below builds one of the three values from the reported years.

Earnings power value plus growth: 1.23B USD
What the normal year's operating profit after tax is worth if it lasts for ever, plus what the new investment adds beyond its cost, less the net debt that comes before the shareholders (or plus the net cash).
①EPV (earnings power value)1.75B USD
−②Net Debt Today513.90M USD
+③Growth Value0 USD
=Value1.23B USD

EPV of the Operations (NOPAT over WACC)

1.75B USD

Net debt today

-513.90M USD

Growth Value

0 USD

Value

1.23B USD

①EPV (earnings power value)

1.75B USD

②Net Debt Today

513.90M USD

③Growth Value

0 USD

Market value

Market Cap1.77B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-43.3%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

Profit value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash it can pay them (FCFE): 2.07B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to equity (FCFE), each brought to today at the cost of equity, plus the equity at year 15 brought to today.

The projection was not made (a profit at or below zero in the latest three years), so the value is the book value today, 2.07B USD, as the screener leaves it.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFE

Not in the value

②Equity at Year 15, Today

Not in the value

Market value

Market Cap1.77B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety+14.6%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

FCFF value: today's value of the shareholders' equity, from the cash the firm can pay its shareholders and lenders (FCFF): 1.17B USD
Fifteen years of free cash flow to the firm (FCFF), each brought to today at the WACC, plus the invested capital at year 15 brought to today, less the net debt today (or plus the net cash).
①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF870.53M USD
+②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today811.36M USD
−③Net Debt Today513.90M USD
=Value1.17B USD
FCFF: the NOPAT left for the shareholders and the lenders once the business reinvests what next year's growth needsReinvestment: the part of the year's NOPAT put back into the business to grow the next year; below zero, capital the business releasesPresent value of the FCFFColoured bars show the FCFF, grey bars the reinvestment. With a positive reinvestment the two stacked are the year's NOPAT; with a negative one the grey is below zero, capital the business releases, and the NOPAT is the FCFF plus that negative amount. Shaded, years 6 to 10: the growth rising to its long-run rate and the ROIC on new investment rising to the WACC. Axes linear.

①Present Value of the 15 Years of FCFF

870.53M USD

②Invested Capital at Year 15, Today

811.36M USD

③Net Debt Today

513.90M USD

Market value

Market Cap1.77B USD

Today's price times the shares.

Value vs market

Margin of Safety-51.2%

1 minus the market cap as a share of the value.

The Rates and the Capital the Values Read

The WACC and the cost of equity each value is discounted at, the book value and the net debt each starts from, and the seven quality metrics, from the same run.

WACC: 8.65%
weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.
Cost of Equity =Risk-Free Rate 4.50%+Beta (default) 1.00×Market Risk Premium 6.00%= 10.50%

The yearly return the shareholders require for the risk they carry; it is the rate that brings their future cash to today.

Tax Rate for WACC =Tax Provision 69.09M USDPretax Income 312.43M USD= 22.11%

The tax the interest saves.

Interest Expense =EBIT 347.54M USD−Pretax Income 312.43M USD= 35.12M USD

The interest the company paid: EBIT is the profit before tax plus the interest.

Cost of Debt =Interest Expense 35.12M USDTotal Debt 692.60M USD×(1 − Tax Rate for WACC 22.11%)= 3.95%

What the lenders are paid a year after the tax the interest saves.

Debt Weight =Total Debt 692.60M USDMarket Cap + Total Debt 1.77B USD + 692.60M USD= 28.17%

The part of the capital the lenders put in, at market value.

WACC =Equity Weight 71.83%×Cost of Equity 10.50%+Debt Weight 28.17%×Cost of Debt 3.95%= 8.65%

Weighted average cost of capital: the yearly return the shareholders and the lenders together require, weighted by what each puts in; the rate that brings the firm's future cash to today.

Book value and net debt today
Both from the balance sheet of the newest quarter, 2026-06-30.

Total Assets 3.33B USD − Total Liabilities 1.26B USD = Book Value Today 2.07B USD

Total Debt 692.60M USD − Cash and Short-Term Investments 178.70M USD = Net Debt Today 513.90M USD

The book value is what Profit starts from and what stands when a projection is not made; the book value plus the net debt is what FCFF starts from; the net debt comes off Greenwald's and FCFF's values before the shareholders.

Quality metrics
Read beside the value, never a condition for it: every company is valued, and a filter in the list is the reader's choice.
MetricFrom
Share dilutionShares Today ÷ Shares Two Years Back − 1-0.2%at most 5%passes1,499,862,381 / 1,502,744,633
Accrual quality(Operating Cash Flow − Net Income) ÷ Total Assets1.3%at least -10.0%passes(283.58M USD − 238.86M USD) ÷ 3.33B USD
Price to bookMarket Cap ÷ Book Value Today0.85×at most 3×passes1.77B USD ÷ 2.07B USD
Operating marginOperating Income ÷ Revenue19.3%above 10.0%passes146.35M USD ÷ 756.82M USD
Revenue growthRevenue ÷ Revenue a Year Before − 1-19.7%above 10.0%does not pass756.82M USD / 942.82M USD
Net cash(Cash − Total Debt) ÷ Market Cap-39.0%above -30%does not pass(4.49M USD − 692.60M USD) ÷ 1.77B USD
Operating efficiencyOperating Income ÷ Gross Profit54.0%above 25.0%passes146.35M USD ÷ 270.99M USD

Market Data

The provider's ratios and the analysts' consensus beside the argument; none of them enters a value.

Market data
The data provider's own ratios and the analysts' consensus, read beside the valuation, never in it.

Share price

12 USD

Enterprise value

861.22B USD

market cap plus net debt

EV / EBITDA

1.24×

Price / book

0.91×

the provider's book

Price / earnings

5.16×

Return on equity

19.0%

the provider's, not the engine's

Profit margin

28.8%

Revenue growth

224.7%

Analyst target, mean

24 USD

Analysts

5

opinions in the consensus

Financial Statements

The income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow the screener holds, year by year, in USD.

Financial statements, year by year
The annual lines the screener holds today, in USD at each period's rate; the figures this valuation read are in its calculation above.
USD2022202320242025
Income statement

Revenue

3.89B1.11B942.82M756.82M

Gross profit

1.85B366.97M372.50M270.99M

Operating income

1.57B282.05M258.46M146.35M

EBITDA

operating income before depreciation and amortisation

1.98B921.40M399.94M459.94M

Pretax income

990.23M581.68M182.28M312.43M

Net income

730.84M525.41M63.35M238.86M

Normalized income

net income without one-off items, as the data provider prints it; Profit's line when printed

304.30M-90.14M98.65M131.16M

R&D

————
Balance sheet, year end

Total assets

6.73B3.79B3.40B2.53B

Total liabilities

2.13B1.47B1.02B726.65M

Shareholders' equity

the equity the parent's shareholders own, as printed, without minority interest; the book value the values read is total assets less total liabilities, in Book Value and Net Debt above

4.60B2.25B2.30B1.76B

Total debt

1.12B904.28M486.36M340.01M

Cash and equivalents

162.93M36.34M4.91M25.99M

Net PP&E

fixed assets after depreciation

3.49B2.05B2.07B1.62B

Working capital

current assets less current liabilities

1.10B390.25M229.37M217.16M
Cash flow

Operating cash flow

2.14B445.81M329.81M283.58M

Capital expenditure

paid out, so below zero

-128.61M-34.90M-182.01M-203.73M

Depreciation and amortisation

746.61M249.20M145.33M112.40M

Free cash flow

operating cash flow plus capital expenditure

2.01B410.90M147.80M79.86M