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asx/CEN stock profile: metrics, valuation and analysis

Market cap	7.5B
Revenue (ttm)	2.7B
Net income (ttm)	344.7M
EPS (ttm)	A$0.34
P/E (trailing)	21.8x
P/E (forward)	20.3x
Dividend	A$0.37 (5.19%)
Volume	320
Beta	0.11

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Country	New Zealand
Country code	AU
Employees	1,421
Employees Change	-24%
Employees Change Percent	-1.89
Enterprise value	AUD 9.4B
Exchange	Australian Securities Exchange
Financial currency	NZD
First seen	2026-05-10
Industry	Utilities - Renewable
Isin	NZCENE0001S6
Last refreshed	2026-09-10
Market cap	AUD 7.5B
Price	AUD 7
Price currency	AUD
Rev Per Employee	1,872,634.46x
Sector	Utilities
Sector PE	21.98
Sector PE Fwd	19.65
Sic	4931
Symbol	asx/CEN
Website	https://contact.co.nz

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	4.59%
EV Earnings	27.14x
EV/EBIT	15.03x
EV/EBITDA	11.2x
EV/FCF	41.75x
EV/Sales	3.56x
FCF yield	2.99%
Forward P/E	20.27x
P/B ratio	1.75x
P/E ratio	21.77x
P/S ratio	2.82x
PE Ratio10 Y	35.33x
PE Ratio3 Y	26.32x
PE Ratio5 Y	37.79x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	23.72%
EBITDA Margin	31.59%
FCF margin	8.54%
Gross margin	32.79%
Gross Profit	AUD 872.5M
Net Income	AUD 344.7M
Net Income Growth	26.89%
Net Income Growth Q	14.29%
Net Income Growth Qo Q	5.88%
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	3%
Net Income Growth3 Y	48.99%
Net Income Growth5 Y	17.57%
Pretax Margin	18.17%
Profit Margin	12.95%
Profit Per Employee	AUD 242,599
Profitable Quarters	AUD 7
Profitable Years	10
ROA	5.5
Roa5y	4.8
ROCE	7.76
ROE	10.59
Roe5y	8.48
ROIC	7.13

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	9.43%
Cagr1y	-9.24%
Cagr3y	1.17%
Cagr5y	3.19%
Div CAGR10	4.67%
Div CAGR3	3.71%
Div CAGR5	2.85%
EPS Growth	-0.29
EPS Growth Q	-13.05
EPS Growth Qo Q	-1.84
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	36.67
EPS Growth5 Y	10.35
FCF Growth	279.17%
FCF Growth Q	68.14%
FCF Growth Qo Q	128.92%
FCF Growth5 Y	-1.54%
OCF Growth	45.77%
OCF Growth Q	42.23%
OCF Growth Qo Q	57.47%
OCF Growth10 Y	3.8%
OCF Growth3 Y	26.15%
OCF Growth5 Y	12.92%
Revenue Growth	-5.73x
Revenue Growth Q	-6.18x
Revenue Growth Qo Q	0.49x
Revenue Growth Years	0x
Revenue Growth3 Y	15.25x
Revenue Growth5 Y	4.73x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	AUD 0.37
Assets	AUD 8.8B
Cash	AUD 628.7M
Current Assets	AUD 1.2B
Current Liabilities	AUD 609.2M
Debt	AUD 2.5B
Debt EBITDA	AUD 2.96
Debt Equity	AUD 0.58
Debt FCF	AUD 11.18
Equity	AUD 4.3B
Interest Coverage	5.23
Liabilities	AUD 4.5B
Long Term Assets	AUD 7.6B
Long Term Liabilities	AUD 3.8B
Net Cash	AUD -1.9B
Net Cash By Market Cap	AUD -24.99
Net Debt EBITDA	AUD 2.23
Net Debt Equity	AUD 0.44
Net Debt FCF	AUD 8.37
Tangible Book Value	AUD 3.7B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	AUD 3.41
WACC	4.5

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.91
Inventory Turnover	30.69
Net Working Capital	AUD -58.3M
Quick ratio	1.48
Working Capital	AUD 564.7M
Working Capital Turnover	AUD 6.75

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-27.02%
Dividend Growth	2.69%
Dividend Growth Years	4%
Dividend per share	AUD 0.37
Dividend Years	12
Dividend Yield	5.19%
Ex Div Date	2026-08-17
Last Dividend	AUD 0.27
Payout Frequency	Semi-Annual
Payout Ratio	63.57%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	146.1%
1Y total return	-9.23%
200-day SMA	7.81
3Y total return	3.55%
50-day SMA	7.44
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	17.02%
All Time High	10.56
All Time High Change	-33.33%
All Time High Date	2021-01-07
All Time Low	3.96
All Time Low Change	78%
All Time Low Date	2016-03-10
ATR	0.17
Beta	0.11
Ch YTD	-12
High	7
High52	8.59
High52 Date	2025-11-27
High52ch	-18.51%
Low	7
Low52	6.93
Low52 Date	2026-09-08
Low52ch	1.01%
Ma50ch	-5.41%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-9.87%
RSI	36.13
RSI Monthly	38.01
RSI Weekly	36.96
Sharpe ratio	-0.23x
Sharpe Ratio3y	0.16x
Sharpe Ratio5y	0.2x
Sortino ratio	-0.17
Sortino Ratio3y	0.37
Sortino Ratio5y	0.43
Total Return	-21.83%
Tr YTD	-7.53
Tr1m	-3.49%
Tr1w	-0.71%
Tr3m	-9.85%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	1,070,316,958%
Net Borrowing	37,215,078.3
Shares Insiders	0.03%
Shares Institutions	47.03%
Shares Qo Q	7.84%
Shares Yo Y	27.02%

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Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	AUD 218.3M
Adjusted OCF	645,143,944
Average Volume	11,409.2x
Bv Per Share	4.01
CAPEX	AUD -426.8M
Ch10y	41.08
Ch1m	-6.38
Ch1w	-0.71
Ch1y	-13.62
Ch3m	-12.55
Ch3y	-10.77
Ch5y	-8.93
Ch6m	-11.89
Change	-0.57%
Change From Open	0
Close	7.04
Days Gap	-0.57
Depreciation Amortization	237,852,891.4
Dollar Volume	2,240
Earnings Date	2026-11-16
EBIT	AUD 631.2M
EBITDA	AUD 840.5M
EPS	AUD 0.34
F Score	5
FCF	AUD 224.1M
FCF EV Yield	2.4x
Financing CF	275,786,724
Fiscal Year End	June
Founded	1,995
Goodwill	449,817,032.8
Graham Number	5.41152
Graham Upside	-23.13
Income Tax	AUD 136.3M
Investing CF	-719,836,182
Is Primary Listing	0
Last Earnings Date	2026-08-10
Last Report Date	2026-06-30
Lynch Fair Value	AUD 5.68
Lynch Upside	-19.32
Ma150	7.7
Ma150ch	-8.62%
Ma20	7.29
Ma20ch	-3.48%
Net CF	206,840,043
Next Earnings Date	2026-11-16
Open	7
P FCF Ratio	33.5
P FCF Ratio SBC	34.38
P OCF Ratio	11.53
P OCF Ratio SBC	11.63
Payment Date	2026-09-23
Ppne	6,452,770,959.7
Price Date	2026-09-10
Price EBITDA	AUD 8.93
Ptbv Ratio	2.06
Relative Volume	0.03x
Revenue	2,661,013,571x
SBC By Revenue	0.22x
Share Based Comp	5,745,557
Tax By Revenue	5.12x
Tax Rate	28.18%
Tr6m	-9.17%
Volume	320

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