ASX/CEN (ASX/CEN)

Australian Securities Exchange: ASX/CEN · AUD

A$6.73

-0.09 (-1.3%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	7.3B
Revenue (ttm)	2.7B
Net income (ttm)	344.7M
EPS (ttm)	A$0.33
P/E (trailing)	20.4x
P/E (forward)	19.8x
Dividend	A$0.37 (5.47%)
Volume	797
Beta	0.13

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 2.7B
Net income (ttm): 344.7M
EPS (ttm): A$0.33
P/E (trailing): 20.4x
P/E (forward): 19.8x
Market cap: 7.3B

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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EPS estimate—

Revenue estimate—

Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-29 13:30 UTC

Forward P/E19.8

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Trailing P/E20.4

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROE10.6

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROIC7.1

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Benchmarks · 1M

S&P 500+0.6%

Nasdaq Composite-2.3%

Dow Jones Industrial Average+1.9%

Russell 2000+1.8%

All ASX/CEN indicators

Market & fundamental data

Available fields

241

Groups with data

Currency

NZD

Showing 241 of 241 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Amount currency	AUD
Country	New Zealand
Country code	AU
Earnings date	2026-11-16
Employees	1,421
Employees change	-24
Employees growth	-1.89%
Enterprise value	AUD 9.1B
Exchange	Australian Securities Exchange
Financial currency	NZD
Financial report date	2026-06-30
First seen	2026-05-10
Fiscal year end	June
Founded	1995
Industry	Utilities - Renewable
Is primary listing	No
ISIN number	NZCENE0001S6
Last earnings date	2026-08-10
Last refreshed	2026-10-29
Market cap	AUD 7.3B
Next earnings date	2026-11-16
Price	AUD 6.73
Price currency	AUD
Sector	Utilities
SIC code	4931
Stock price date	2026-10-29
Symbol	asx/CEN
Website	https://contact.co.nz

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	35.33x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	26.32x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	37.79x
Earnings yield	4.91%
EV/Earnings	26.37x
EV/EBIT	14.81x
EV/EBITDA	11.03x
EV/FCF	40.57x
EV/Sales	3.51x
FCF / EV yield	2.46%
FCF yield	3.08%
Forward P/E	19.76x
Graham number	5.34352
Graham upside	-20.6%
Lynch fair value	AUD 5.61
Lynch upside	-16.67%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	33.28x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	11.26x
P/B ratio	1.69x
P/E ratio	20.39x
P/FCF ratio	32.43x
P/OCF ratio	11.16x
P/S ratio	2.73x
Price / tangible book value	1.99x
Price/EBITDA ratio	8.65x
Sector forward P/E	19.74x
Sector P/E	23.33x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	23.72%
EBITDA margin	31.59%
Effective tax rate	28.18%
FCF margin	8.67%
Gross margin	32.79%
Operating margin	23.72%
Pretax margin	18.17%
Profit margin	12.95%
Profit per employee	AUD 242,599
Profitable quarters	7
Profitable years	10
Revenue per employee	AUD 1.9M
ROA	5.5%
ROA (5Y)	4.8%
ROCE	7.76%
ROE	10.59%
ROE (5Y)	8.48%
ROIC	7.13%
SBC / revenue	0.22%
Tax / revenue	5.12%

Growth

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

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-0.29%
EPS growth (Q)	-13.05%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-1.84%
EPS growth 3Y	36.67%
EPS growth 5Y	10.35%
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	279.17%
FCF growth (Q)	68.14%
FCF growth (QoQ)	128.92%
FCF growth 5Y	-1.54%
Net income growth	26.89%
Net income growth (Q)	14.29%
Net income growth (QoQ)	5.88%
Net income growth 3Y	48.99%
Net income growth 5Y	17.57%
Net income growth quarters	3
Net income growth years	3
OCF growth	45.77%
OCF growth (Q)	42.23%
OCF growth (QoQ)	57.47%
OCF growth 10Y	3.8%
OCF growth 3Y	26.15%
OCF growth 5Y	12.92%
Revenue growth	-5.73%
Revenue growth (Q)	-6.18%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	0.49%
Revenue growth 10Y	3.39%
Revenue growth 3Y	15.25%
Revenue growth 5Y	4.73%
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	AUD -426.8M
Depreciation and amortization	AUD 234.4M
EBIT	AUD 631.2M
EBITDA	AUD 840.5M
EPS	AUD 0.33
Financing cash flow	AUD 275.8M
Free cash flow	AUD 224.1M
Free cash flow minus SBC	AUD 218.3M
Gross profit	AUD 872.5M
Income taxes	AUD 136.3M
Investing cash flow	AUD -719.8M
Net borrowing	AUD 36.7M
Net cash flow	AUD 206.8M
Net income	AUD 344.7M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	AUD 645.1M
Operating income	AUD 631.2M
Revenue	AUD 2.7B
Stock-based compensation	AUD 5.7M

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Book value per share	AUD 4.01
Debt / EBITDA	2.96
Debt / equity	0.58
Debt / FCF	11.18
Goodwill	AUD 443.4M
Interest coverage	5.23
Long-term assets	AUD 7.6B
Long-term liabilities	AUD 3.9B
Net cash (debt)	AUD -1.9B
Net cash / market cap	-25.81%
Net debt / EBITDA	2.23
Net debt / equity	0.44
Net debt / FCF	8.37
Piotroski F-Score	5
Property, plant and equipment	AUD 6.4B
Shareholders' equity	AUD 4.3B
Tangible book value	AUD 3.7B
Tangible book value per share	AUD 3.41
Total assets	AUD 8.8B
Total cash	AUD 628.7M
Total debt	AUD 2.5B
Total liabilities	AUD 4.5B
WACC	4.56%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.37
Current assets	AUD 1.1B
Current liabilities	AUD 600.5M
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	6.75

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-27.02%
Dividend growth	2.69%
Dividend growth (10Y)	4.67%
Dividend growth (3Y)	3.71%
Dividend growth (5Y)	2.85%
Dividend growth years	4
Dividend payment date	2026-09-23
Dividend payment years	12
Dividend payout frequency	Semi-Annual
Dividend per share	AUD 0.37
Dividend yield	5.47%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-17
Last dividend	AUD 0.27
Payout ratio	63.57%
Shareholder yield	-21.55%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y price change	49.56%
10Y return CAGR	10.07%
10Y total return	160.88%
150-day SMA	AUD 7.49
1D price change	-1.32%
1M price change	-5.21%
1M total return	-5.21%
1W price change	-1.75%
1W total return	-1.75%
1Y price change	-18.13%
1Y return CAGR	-13.98%
1Y total return	-13.97%
20-day SMA	AUD 6.91
200-day SMA	AUD 7.59
3M price change	-13.05%
3M total return	-10.36%
3Y price change	-12.6%
3Y return CAGR	0.48%
3Y total return	1.44%
50-day SMA	AUD 7.02
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	AUD 8.59
52-week high date	2025-11-27
52-week low	AUD 6.70
52-week low date	2026-10-14
5Y price change	-14.05%
5Y return CAGR	2.01%
5Y total return	10.44%
6M price change	-12.48%
6M total return	-9.78%
All-time high	AUD 10.56
All-time high date	2021-01-07
All-time low	AUD 3.96
All-time low date	2016-03-10
Average true range (ATR)	AUD 0.16
Average volume	6.7K
Beta (5Y)	0.13
Change from 52-week high	-21.65%
Change from 52-week low	0.45%
Change from all-time high	-36.27%
Change from all-time low	70.16%
Change from open	-1.32%
Day's gap	0%
Dollar volume	AUD 5,364
High price	AUD 6.82
Low price	AUD 6.71
Monthly RSI	34.78
Open price	AUD 6.82
Position in 52-week range	18.18%
Previous close	AUD 6.82
Price vs 150-day SMA	-10.18%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-2.53%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-11.37%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-4.12%
Relative volume	0.12
RSI	42.87
Sharpe ratio	-0.33
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.13
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.15
Sortino ratio	-0.31
Sortino ratio (3Y)	0.33
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.36
Volume	797
Weekly RSI	35.58
YTD price change	-15.88%
YTD total return	-11.6%

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	1.1B
Shares change (QoQ)	7.84%
Shares change (YoY)	27.02%
Shares held by insiders	0.03%
Shares held by institutions	47.83%

Deeper analysis on ASX/CEN

14 sections in the full report · jump straight to what you need

Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Scorecard

Six-factor overlay and 9-category weighted scorecard.

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Recommendation

Final action, action steps, opportunity, and biggest risk.

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Perspectives

Growth, value, and income investor reads.

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Frequently asked questions

About this ASX/CEN report

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Market cap

7.3B

Revenue (ttm)

2.7B

Net income (ttm)

344.7M

EPS (ttm)

A$0.33

P/E (trailing)

20.4x

P/E (forward)

19.8x

Dividend

A$0.37 (5.47%)

Volume

797

Beta

0.13

Metric

Value

Amount currency

AUD

Country

New Zealand

Country code

Earnings date

2026-11-16

Employees

1,421

Employees change

-24

Employees growth

-1.89%

Enterprise value

AUD 9.1B

Exchange

Australian Securities Exchange

Financial currency

NZD

Financial report date

2026-06-30

First seen

2026-05-10

Fiscal year end

June

Founded

1995

Industry

Utilities - Renewable

Is primary listing

ISIN number

NZCENE0001S6

Last earnings date

2026-08-10

Last refreshed

2026-10-29

Market cap

AUD 7.3B

Next earnings date

2026-11-16

Price

AUD 6.73

Price currency

AUD

Sector

Utilities

SIC code

4931

Stock price date

2026-10-29

Symbol

asx/CEN

Website

https://contact.co.nz

Metric

Value

Average P/E ratio (10Y)

35.33x

Average P/E ratio (3Y)

26.32x

Average P/E ratio (5Y)

37.79x

Earnings yield

4.91%

EV/Earnings

26.37x

EV/EBIT

14.81x

EV/EBITDA

11.03x

EV/FCF

40.57x

EV/Sales

3.51x

FCF / EV yield

2.46%

FCF yield

3.08%

Forward P/E

19.76x

Graham number

5.34352

Graham upside

-20.6%

Lynch fair value

AUD 5.61

Lynch upside

-16.67%

P/(FCF - SBC) ratio

33.28x

P/(OCF - SBC) ratio

11.26x

P/B ratio

1.69x

P/E ratio

20.39x

P/FCF ratio

32.43x

P/OCF ratio

11.16x

P/S ratio

2.73x

Price / tangible book value

1.99x

Price/EBITDA ratio

8.65x

Sector forward P/E

19.74x

Sector P/E

23.33x

Metric

Value

EBIT margin

23.72%

EBITDA margin

31.59%

Effective tax rate

28.18%

FCF margin

8.67%

Gross margin

32.79%

Operating margin

23.72%

Pretax margin

18.17%

Profit margin

12.95%

Profit per employee

AUD 242,599

Profitable quarters

Profitable years

Revenue per employee

AUD 1.9M

ROA

5.5%

ROA (5Y)

4.8%

ROCE

7.76%

ROE

10.59%

ROE (5Y)

8.48%

ROIC

7.13%

SBC / revenue

0.22%

Tax / revenue

5.12%

Metric

Value

EPS growth

-0.29%

EPS growth (Q)

-13.05%

EPS growth (QoQ)

-1.84%

EPS growth 3Y

36.67%

EPS growth 5Y

10.35%

EPS growth years

FCF growth

279.17%

FCF growth (Q)

68.14%

FCF growth (QoQ)

128.92%

FCF growth 5Y

-1.54%

Net income growth

26.89%

Net income growth (Q)

14.29%

Net income growth (QoQ)

5.88%

Net income growth 3Y

48.99%

Net income growth 5Y

17.57%

Net income growth quarters

Net income growth years

OCF growth

45.77%

OCF growth (Q)

42.23%

OCF growth (QoQ)

57.47%

OCF growth 10Y

3.8%

OCF growth 3Y

26.15%

OCF growth 5Y

12.92%

Revenue growth

-5.73%

Revenue growth (Q)

-6.18%

Revenue growth (QoQ)

0.49%

Revenue growth 10Y

3.39%

Revenue growth 3Y

15.25%

Revenue growth 5Y

4.73%

Revenue growth years

Metric

Value

Capital expenditures

AUD -426.8M

Depreciation and amortization

AUD 234.4M

EBIT

AUD 631.2M

EBITDA

AUD 840.5M

EPS

AUD 0.33

Financing cash flow

AUD 275.8M

Free cash flow

AUD 224.1M

Free cash flow minus SBC

AUD 218.3M

Gross profit

AUD 872.5M

Income taxes

AUD 136.3M

Investing cash flow

AUD -719.8M

Net borrowing

AUD 36.7M

Net cash flow

AUD 206.8M

Net income

AUD 344.7M

Operating cash flow minus SBC

AUD 645.1M

Operating income

AUD 631.2M

Revenue

AUD 2.7B

Stock-based compensation

AUD 5.7M

Metric

Value

Book value per share

AUD 4.01

Debt / EBITDA

2.96

Debt / equity

0.58

Debt / FCF

11.18

Goodwill

AUD 443.4M

Interest coverage

5.23

Long-term assets

AUD 7.6B

Long-term liabilities

AUD 3.9B

Net cash (debt)

AUD -1.9B

Net cash / market cap

-25.81%

Net debt / EBITDA

2.23

Net debt / equity

0.44

Net debt / FCF

8.37

Piotroski F-Score

Property, plant and equipment

AUD 6.4B

Shareholders' equity

AUD 4.3B

Tangible book value

AUD 3.7B

Tangible book value per share

AUD 3.41

Total assets

AUD 8.8B

Total cash

AUD 628.7M

Total debt

AUD 2.5B

Total liabilities

AUD 4.5B

WACC

4.56%

Metric

Value

Asset turnover

0.37

Current assets

AUD 1.1B

Current liabilities

AUD 600.5M

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

6.75

Metric

Value

Buyback yield / dilution

-27.02%

Dividend growth

2.69%

Dividend growth (10Y)

4.67%

Dividend growth (3Y)

3.71%

Dividend growth (5Y)

2.85%

Dividend growth years

Dividend payment date

2026-09-23

Dividend payment years

Dividend payout frequency

Semi-Annual

Dividend per share

AUD 0.37

Dividend yield

5.47%

Ex-dividend date

2026-08-17

Last dividend

AUD 0.27

Payout ratio

63.57%

Shareholder yield

-21.55%

Metric

Value

10Y price change

49.56%

10Y return CAGR

10.07%

10Y total return

160.88%

150-day SMA

AUD 7.49

1D price change

-1.32%

1M price change

-5.21%

1M total return

-5.21%

1W price change

-1.75%

1W total return

-1.75%

1Y price change

-18.13%

1Y return CAGR

-13.98%

1Y total return

-13.97%

20-day SMA

AUD 6.91

200-day SMA

AUD 7.59

3M price change

-13.05%

3M total return

-10.36%

3Y price change

-12.6%

3Y return CAGR

0.48%

3Y total return

1.44%

50-day SMA

AUD 7.02

50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA

50under200

52-week high

AUD 8.59

52-week high date

2025-11-27

52-week low

AUD 6.70

52-week low date

2026-10-14

5Y price change

-14.05%

5Y return CAGR

2.01%

5Y total return

10.44%

6M price change

-12.48%

6M total return

-9.78%

All-time high

AUD 10.56

All-time high date

2021-01-07

All-time low

AUD 3.96

All-time low date

2016-03-10

Average true range (ATR)

AUD 0.16

Average volume

6.7K

Beta (5Y)

0.13

Change from 52-week high

-21.65%

Change from 52-week low

0.45%

Change from all-time high

-36.27%

Change from all-time low

70.16%

Change from open

-1.32%

Day's gap

Dollar volume

AUD 5,364

High price

AUD 6.82

Low price

AUD 6.71

Monthly RSI

34.78

Open price

AUD 6.82

Position in 52-week range

18.18%

Previous close

AUD 6.82

Price vs 150-day SMA

-10.18%

Price vs 20-day SMA

-2.53%

Price vs 200-day SMA

-11.37%

Price vs 50-day SMA

-4.12%

Relative volume

0.12

RSI

42.87

Sharpe ratio

-0.33

Sharpe ratio (3Y)

0.13

Sharpe ratio (5Y)

0.15

Sortino ratio

-0.31

Sortino ratio (3Y)

0.33

Sortino ratio (5Y)

0.36

Volume

797

Weekly RSI

35.58

YTD price change

-15.88%

YTD total return

-11.6%

Metric

Value

Float

1.1B

Shares change (QoQ)

7.84%

Shares change (YoY)

27.02%

Shares held by insiders

0.03%

Shares held by institutions

47.83%

ASX/CEN (ASX/CEN)

Price

Financial snapshot

Fair-value bridge

Latest news · ASX/CEN

Valuation

Profitability

Balance sheet

Trading

Next earnings

Sector percentile context

All ASX/CEN indicators

Profile and market data

Valuation

Profitability

Growth

Financial statements

Financial strength

Liquidity

Dividends and buybacks

Performance and technicals

Ownership and float

Deeper analysis on ASX/CEN

Frequently asked questions

ASX/CEN (ASX/CEN)

Price

Financial snapshot

Fair-value bridge

Latest news · ASX/CEN

Valuation

Profitability

Balance sheet

Trading

Next earnings

Sector percentile context

All ASX/CEN indicators

Profile and market data

Valuation

Profitability

Growth

Financial statements

Financial strength

Liquidity

Dividends and buybacks

Performance and technicals

Ownership and float

Deeper analysis on ASX/CEN

Frequently asked questions