Central Puerto (BUE:CEPU1) Debt-to-Equity : 0.23 (As of Sep. 2023)

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What is Central Puerto Debt-to-Equity?

Central Puerto's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was ARS36,051 Mil. Central Puerto's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was ARS87,310 Mil. Central Puerto's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was ARS541,073 Mil. Central Puerto's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.23.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Central Puerto's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

BUE:CEPU1' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.06 Med: 0.42 Max: 0.7
Current: 0.23

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Central Puerto was 0.70. The lowest was 0.06. And the median was 0.42.

BUE:CEPU1's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
80.46% of 476 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 0.84 vs BUE:CEPU1: 0.23

Central Puerto Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Central Puerto's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Central Puerto Debt-to-Equity Chart

Central Puerto Annual Data

Trend

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Dec15

Dec16

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Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Debt-to-Equity

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0.27

0.66

0.59

0.33

0.24

Central Puerto Quarterly Data
	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															N/A	0.24	0.27	0.22	0.23

Competitive Comparison of Central Puerto's Debt-to-Equity

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Central Puerto's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Central Puerto's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Central Puerto's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Central Puerto's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Central Puerto Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Central Puerto's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(18186.024	+	45240.939)	/	261157.399
	=	0.24

Central Puerto's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(36051.27	+	87309.507)	/	541073.189
	=	0.23

Central Puerto (BUE:CEPU1) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Central Puerto (BUE:CEPU1) Business Description

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CEPU:USA C3TA:Germany CEPU:Argentina

Address

Avenida Thomas Edison 2701, Darsena E, Buenos Aires, ARG, C1104BAB

Website

https://www.centralpuerto.com

Central Puerto SA is a private sector power generation company. It is mainly engaged in electric power generation and commercialization. The company is also involved in the natural gas distribution public sector service in the Cuyo and Centro regions in Argentina. The Group has three reporting segments: production of electric power from conventional sources, production of electric power from renewable sources and natural gas transport and distribution. The company derives maximum revenue from Electric Power Generation from conventional sources segment.

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