Central Puerto chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 357.43
Dividend & Yield0.16$ (2.56%)
Beta 1.35
Market capitalization 892.41M
Operating cash flow 30.54B
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

Central Puerto S.A. generates and sells electric power to private and public customers in Argentina. It also produces steam. As of December 31, 2021, the company owned and operated five thermal generation plants, one hydroelectric generation plant, and seven wind farms with a total installed capacity of 4,809 MW. Central Puerto S.A. was founded in 1898 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Sector: Utilities - Industry: Utilities—Regulated Electric

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio2.66
Working Capital-0.03
Return On Equity-0.01
Debt To Equity0.29
Fixed Asset Ratio0.03
Fixed Interest Cover4.89

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Change To Liabilities 2.78B 2.34B -12.33B -6.89B
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -7.8B -37.99B -26.1B -6.92B
Net Borrowings 3.47B 27.31B -186.98M -14.85B
Total Cash From Financing Activities 1.06B 23.32B -5.56B -19.17B
Change To Operating Activities -47.3M -1.62B 515.04M -989.54M
Issuance Of Stock
Net Income 26.95B 11.99B 10.4B -742.08M
Change In Cash 152.43M 1.55B -2.65B -138.94M
Effect Of Exchange Rate 2.05B 864.44M 417.65M 80.38M
Total Cash From Operating Activities 5.7B 16.3B 29.12B 26.04B
Depreciation 2.3B 4.62B 8.99B 9.49B
Change To Account Receivables 7.98B 17.38B 21.89B 3.65B
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -233.33M -2.48B -5.37B -4.32B
Change To Netincome -34.26B -18.41B -344.61M 21.52B
Capital Expenditures -10.71B -35.36B -18.07B -5.37B

Income Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Research Development
Income Before Tax 36.17B 19.61B 18.23B 7.62B
Net Income 26.95B 11.99B 10.4B -742.08M
Selling General Administrative 1.43B 2.27B 2.99B 3.29B
Gross Profit 11.71B 22.97B 31.88B 27.48B
Ebit 9.78B 19.21B 27.6B 23.56B
Operating Income 9.78B 19.21B 27.6B 23.56B
Interest Expense -2.27B -4.37B -6.06B -4.82B
Income Tax Expense 10.16B 7.82B 7.73B 8.27B
Total Revenue 21.94B 48.96B 57.52B 57.08B
Cost Of Revenue 10.23B 25.98B 25.64B 29.6B
Total Other Income ExpenseNet 26.39B 401.56M -9.37B -15.94B
Net Income From Continuing Ops 26.01B 11.79B 10.5B -647.86M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 26.95B 11.99B 10.4B -742.08M

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Total Liabilities 37.43B 81.2B 111.51B 74.16B
Total Stockholder Equity 49.94B 79.45B 127.37B 126.63B
Other Current Liabilities 9.62B 2.43B 3.81B 2.56B
Total Assets 88.08B 161.73B 239.08B 200.96B
Common Stock 1.51B 1.51B 1.51B 1.51B
Other Current Assets 313.47M 92.32M 3.79B 1.19B
Retained Earnings 30B 52.32B 89.38B 88.64B
Treasury Stock 18.42B 25.62B 36.47B 36.47B
Cash 353.74M 2.03B 420.67M 281.73M
Total Current Liabilities 17.26B 24.58B 42.9B 17B
Other Stockholder Equity 18.42B 25.62B 36.47B 36.47B
Property, Plant, and Equipment 34.72B 77.19B 119.53B 110.62B
Total Current Assets 20.75B 36.07B 56.08B 46.68B
Net Tangible Assets 46.5B 69.83B 117.19B 120.59B
Net Receivables 16.63B 21.69B 29.23B 23.84B
Accounts Payable 2.62B 7.57B 3.62B 2.65B


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to Central Puerto:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
NO DATA

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to Central Puerto. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on Central Puerto

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to Central Puerto. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on Central Puerto

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to Central Puerto:

Central Puerto automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of -16.47% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

-16.47 %

Latent gain

-287.39 $

Invested capital

1744.64 $

Annualized return

-4.36 %
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Momentum strategy results on Central Puerto

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to Central Puerto. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on Central Puerto

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on Central Puerto:

Central Puerto momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give -2.98% of return on Central Puerto. That represents -163.87$ of latent gain with 5507.12$ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give -7.85% of return on Central Puerto. That represents -275.2$ of latent gain with 3504.6$ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

-2.98 %

Latent gain

-163.87 $

Invested capital

5507.12 $

Annualized return

0.0 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

-7.85 %

Latent gain

-275.2 $

Invested capital

3504.6 $

Annualized return

-2.38 %

Momentum equity curve on Central Puerto

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to Central Puerto:

Central Puerto momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by Central Puerto are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Central Puerto

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on Central Puerto since the beginning:

Central Puerto

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Buy the dip strategy result on Central Puerto

Buy the dip entry openings on Central Puerto

Central Puerto

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on Central Puerto is 0%. That represents 0.0$ of latent gain with 0.0$ of employed capital. The following chart shows Central Puerto stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of Central Puerto, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

0 %

Latent gain

0.0 $

Invested capital

0.0 $

Annualized return

0.0 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to Central Puerto

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to Central Puerto:

Central Puerto

Note: the dividends potentially given by Central Puerto are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Central Puerto

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on Central Puerto:

Central Puerto

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on Central Puerto

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to Central Puerto.

Equity curve comparison on Central Puerto

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

Central Puerto investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on Central Puerto

Central Puerto investment comparison

Performance comparison on Central Puerto

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment -16.47% -287.39$ 1744.64$ -4.36%
Momentum 1 quarter -2.98% -163.87$ 5507.12$ -0.84%
Momentum 2 quarters -7.85% -275.2$ 3504.6$ -2.38%
Non-directional 0% 0.0$ 0.0$ 0.0%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

-4.36 %

Momentum 1Q

-2.38 %

Momentum 2Q

-2.38 %

Non-directional

0.0 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with Central Puerto:

Positive correlations

Most correlated stocks this year

  • Central Puerto

  • Most correlated stocks last 3 months

  • Bio-Path Holdings Inc
  • Irsa Inversiones Y Representaciones S.A.
  • Central Puerto

  • Negative correlation

    Most negatively correlated stocks this year


    Most negatively correlated stocks last 3 months


    Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between Central Puerto and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of Central Puerto does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


    Company information

    Company name Central Puerto
    Country Argentina
    City Buenos Aires
    Address Avenida Thomas Edison 2701
    Phone 54 11 4317 5900
    Website www.centralpuerto.com
    FullTime employees
    Industry Utilities—Regulated Electric
    Sector Utilities
    Exchange XNYS
    Ticker CEPU
    Market www.nyse.com

    Central Puerto ESG Scores

    Environment scores

    Environment ESG Factors Scores
    Environment Score 0
    Peer Environment Performance unknown
    Environment Percentile unknown
    Palm Oil unknown
    Nuclear unknown
    Fur Leather unknown
    GMO unknown
    Coal unknown
    Pesticides unknown
    Animal Testing unknown

    Social scores

    Social ESG Factors Scores
    Social Score 0
    Peer Social Performance unknown
    Social Percentile unknown
    Highest Controversy unknown
    Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
    Adult unknown
    Gambling unknown
    Alcoholic unknown
    Tobacco unknown
    Catholic unknown
    Controversial Weapons unknown
    Small Arms unknown
    Military Contract unknown
    Peer Count unknown

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    Governance scores

    Governance ESG Factors Scores
    Governance Score 0
    Peer Governance Performance unknown
    Governance Percentile unknown

    ESG at glance
    Total ESG Scores: unknown
    Environment Score: 0
    Social Score: 0
    Governance Score: 0

    ESG Performance: unknown

    Peer Group: unknown

    Peer Esg Score Performance: unknown

    Rating Year: unknown

    Rating Month: unknown

    Max Age: unknown

    Percentile: unknown