With 0.64 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.39 million shares. During the session, the Utilities – Regulated Electric company that operates in wider Utilities sector, reached to the highest price of $13.66 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $12.8801. The 52-week range on CEPU shows that it touched its highest point at $16.60 and its lowest point at $6.89 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $16.39. CEPU paid its most recent dividend on 1705017600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1732838400. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.26.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of CEPU was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -12.64%, but this was down by -14.73% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 35.31% while six-month performance rose 61.05%. The stock gained 50.50% in the past year, while it has lost -8.90% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CEPU yields 2.58 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.15. For the next quarter, that number is 0.33. This implies an EPS growth rate of 421.12% for this year and 244.17% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 151.40 million CEPU shares are outstanding with a float of 151.34 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-12-31, short shares totaled 0.56 million, which was 37.0 higher than short shares on 1732838400. In addition to Mr. Fernando Roberto Bonnet as the firm’s CEO & GM, Mr. Enrique Terraneo serves as its Chief Financial Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.047069997 of CEPU’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-09-30, CEPU reported revenue of $179844000000.0 and operating income of $75850000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $129781375000.0 and diluted EPS was $253.8.
Analysts Ratings:
In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With CEPU analysts setting a high price target of 16.0 and a low target of 16.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 16.0. Based on these targets, CEPU could surge 21.21% to reach the target high and rise by 21.21% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 21.21% from current levels.
Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $887.70938 being high and $387.73513 being low. For CEPU, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $642.82403. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
