Central Puerto (CEPU) financial statements

Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric · Market cap $1.8B

Central Puerto reported revenue of 738.2B ARS in fiscal 2024, up 86.9% a year over 9 years.

Net income was 49.6B ARS and the operating margin 26.7%, against 59.1% in 2015.

Free cash flow was 115.7B ARS, and the company returned 16.7B ARS in dividends.

Revenue and free cash flow

Fiscal years, $ billions (ARS).

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Income statement

Fiscal years, in ARS, from Central Puerto's 10-K filings with the SEC.

Fiscal year2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Revenue2.7B ARS7.0B ARS14.8B ARS29.9B ARS73.9B ARS112.0B ARS346.2B ARS687.6B ARS682.8B ARS738.2B ARS
Cost of revenue1.4B ARS5.0B ARS8.0B ARS13.6B ARS-39.0B ARS49.4B ARS179.3B ARS361.6B ARS457.7B ARS446.5B ARS
Gross profit1.3B ARS2.1B ARS6.8B ARS16.3B ARS34.9B ARS62.6B ARS166.9B ARS326.0B ARS225.2B ARS291.6B ARS
Selling, general and admin371M ARS893M ARS1.6B ARS2.9B ARS5.4B ARS8.7B ARS25.2B ARS50.6B ARS69.1B ARS76.8B ARS
Operating income1.6B ARS3.3B ARS6.4B ARS63.9B ARS57.6B ARS82.2B ARS156.0B ARS419.7B ARS736.5B ARS197.2B ARS
Interest expense138M ARS1.2B ARS1.8B ARS13.2B ARS-32.7B ARS65.6B ARS108.1B ARS294.7B ARS776.9B ARS171.6B ARS
Pre-tax income-1.8B ARS-1.6B ARS-8.5B ARS-49.2B ARS29.6B ARS35.5B ARS46.2B ARS174.9B ARS356.9B ARS142.7B ARS
Income tax625M ARS1.0B ARS1.7B ARS13.8B ARS-11.8B ARS-15.0B ARS50.2B ARS45.6B ARS39.1B ARS81.5B ARS
Net income1.3B ARS1.4B ARS8.1B ARS36.7B ARS18.1B ARS20.3B ARS-4.5B ARS129.1B ARS322.4B ARS49.6B ARS
EPS (diluted)———————85.79 ARS214.55 ARS33.01 ARS
Diluted shares1.51B1.51B1.51B1.51B1.51B-1.51B1.51B1.51B1.50B1.50B
Gross margin47.4%29.3%46.1%54.5%47.3%55.9%48.2%47.4%33.0%39.5%
Operating margin59.1%47.2%43.3%213.8%78.0%73.3%45.0%61.0%107.9%26.7%
Net margin50.6%19.6%54.9%122.8%24.5%18.1%-1.3%18.8%47.2%6.7%

Balance sheet

Fiscal years, in ARS, from Central Puerto's 10-K filings with the SEC.

Fiscal year2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Cash and short-term investments725M ARS85M ARS274M ARS727M ARS3.1B ARS421M ARS549M ARS28.8B ARS29.3B ARS3.8B ARS
Receivables—2.2B ARS5.7B ARS16.3B ARS21.3B ARS28.3B ARS44.3B ARS136.7B ARS351.2B ARS217.7B ARS
Inventory—138M ARS195M ARS340M ARS895M ARS1.2B ARS1.4B ARS19.7B ARS19.5B ARS21.8B ARS
Total current assets—4.3B ARS9.1B ARS20.8B ARS36.1B ARS52.5B ARS90.9B ARS327.1B ARS637.0B ARS554.3B ARS
Property, plant and equipment—2.8B ARS17.5B ARS34.7B ARS77.2B ARS119.5B ARS215.5B ARS616.3B ARS1.65T ARS1.62T ARS
Total assets—12.7B ARS34.3B ARS88.1B ARS161.7B ARS239.1B ARS391.5B ARS1.19T ARS3.06T ARS2.66T ARS
Total current liabilities—4.3B ARS8.9B ARS17.3B ARS24.6B ARS42.9B ARS33.1B ARS132.4B ARS322.0B ARS374.7B ARS
Long-term debt—1.3B ARS1.6B ARS1.5B ARS0 ARS—————
Total liabilities—7.6B ARS17.3B ARS37.4B ARS81.2B ARS111.5B ARS144.5B ARS375.5B ARS1.19T ARS798.9B ARS
Shareholders' equity14.5B ARS5.1B ARS16.6B ARS49.9B ARS79.5B ARS127.4B ARS246.7B ARS813.3B ARS1.82T ARS1.80T ARS
Net debt-725M ARS2.2B ARS3.9B ARS3.6B ARS-3.1B ARS-421M ARS-549M ARS-28.8B ARS-29.3B ARS-3.8B ARS

Cash flow

Fiscal years, in ARS, from Central Puerto's 10-K filings with the SEC.

Fiscal year2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Operating cash flow1.3B ARS3.0B ARS5.6B ARS7.8B ARS24.6B ARS56.7B ARS157.9B ARS377.3B ARS273.5B ARS258.2B ARS
Capital spending664M ARS4.3B ARS8.8B ARS14.6B ARS36.0B ARS35.2B ARS32.6B ARS22.7B ARS21.4B ARS142.5B ARS
Free cash flow609M ARS-1.2B ARS-3.2B ARS-6.8B ARS-11.4B ARS21.5B ARS125.3B ARS354.6B ARS252.1B ARS115.7B ARS
Stock-based compensation0 ARS0 ARS0 ARS28M ARS100M ARS5M ARS0 ARS0 ARS——
Dividends paid340M ARS2.6B ARS2.9B ARS3.0B ARS2.3B ARS188M ARS714M ARS24.3B ARS47.7B ARS16.7B ARS
Net borrowing734M ARS1.5B ARS-971M ARS-4.4B ARS-2.4B ARS-9.5B ARS-78.2B ARS-57.3B ARS-202.7B ARS-130.9B ARS
Free cash flow margin22.9%-17.6%-21.5%-22.8%-15.4%19.2%36.2%51.6%36.9%15.7%
Dividends per share0.23 ARS1.70 ARS1.93 ARS1.97 ARS1.55 ARS-0.12 ARS0.47 ARS16.16 ARS31.76 ARS11.08 ARS
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Questions

What was Central Puerto's revenue in 2024?

738.2B ARS in fiscal 2024, from its 10-K filing.

How much free cash flow does Central Puerto generate?

115.7B ARS in fiscal 2024 (operating cash flow minus capital spending).

From Central Puerto's annual reports filed with the SEC (XBRL data), standardised by Investingly. Information only, not investment advice.