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Central Puerto (BUE:CEPU1) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.23 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Central Puerto Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Central Puerto's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ARS48,811 Mil. Central Puerto's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ARS286,374 Mil. Central Puerto's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ARS1,460,665 Mil. Central Puerto's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.23.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

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

BUE:CEPU1' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.24   Med: 1.03   Max: 1.78
Current: 0.67

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Central Puerto was 1.78. The lowest was 0.24. And the median was 1.03.

BUE:CEPU1's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
66.67% of 459 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.53 vs BUE:CEPU1: 0.67

Central Puerto Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Central Puerto Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Central Puerto Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.21 1.16 1.78 1.23 0.57

Central Puerto Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.20 0.98 0.53 0.44 0.23

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

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Central Puerto's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

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

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



Central Puerto Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Central Puerto's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(48811 + 286374) / 590891
=0.57

Central Puerto's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(48811 + 286374) / 1460665.464
=0.23

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


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

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


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Central Puerto Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Central Puerto (BUE:CEPU1) Business Description

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