profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Central Puerto
$10.86+5.33% today
-25.7% in 1 year
1-year low $9.801-year high $17.95
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $7.24 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Central Puerto sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from ARS 688 billion in 2022 to ARS 1.10 trillion in 2025, with ARS 346 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Central Puerto handed back 1% of the cash it generated last year.
ARS 1.0B
Free cash flow 2025ARS 115.8B
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividendsARS 1.0B
Cash vs. debtARS 37.7B vs. ARS 493.0B
Central Puerto vs. similar companies
Central Puerto grows the fastest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Puerto | 7.2× · Cheap | ||
 NextEra Energy | 26.1× · Fair price | ||
 The Southern | 25.1× · Fair price | ||
 Duke Energy | 20.3× · Fair price | ||
 National Grid | 19.8× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Central Puerto's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of ARS | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 687,577 | 898,264 | 971,053 | 1,097,422 | |
| 325,977 | 296,210 | 383,651 | 392,943 | |
| 278,244 | 227,663 | 266,197 | 212,212 | |
| 349,639 | 743,726 | 411,918 | 666,932 | |
| 129,120 | 424,094 | 65,246 | 346,354 | |
| 126.50 | 985.20 | 330.10 | 2,467.55 | |
| 47.4% | 33.0% | 39.5% | 35.8% | |
| 40.5% | 25.3% | 27.4% | 19.3% | |
| 18.8% | 47.2% | 6.7% | 31.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of ARS | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,189,401 | 3,055,850 | 3,501,902 | 3,669,790 |
| Cash | 28,786 | 29,334 | 5,055 | 37,681 |
| Total debt | 197,516 | 729,910 | 500,925 | 493,025 |
| Total liabilities | 375,520 | 1,190,549 | 1,051,008 | 1,053,672 |
| 813,264 | 1,817,935 | 2,367,944 | 2,551,318 | |
| 151 | 148 | 150 | 147 | |
| 17.0% | 16.8% | 7.2% | 13.1% | |
| 15.9% | 23.3% | 2.8% | 13.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of ARS | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 377,301 | 359,843 | 339,689 | 411,207 | |
| 22,722 | 28,174 | 187,461 | 295,409 | |
| 354,578 | 331,669 | 152,228 | 115,797 | |
| Dividends paid | 24,327 | 62,778 | 21,905 | 1,010 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 0 | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 7.2×
- 0.0×
- 0.04
- 1.0×
- 2.3×
- 21.7×
- 4.4×
- 4.6%
- 13.8%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 35.8%
- 19.3%
- 31.6%
- 36.7%
- 13.4%
- 13.9%
- 28.4%
- 17.5%
- 18.1%
- –
Growth
- +16.9%
- +169.2%
- +144,496.6%
- +25.9%
- −0.9%
Financial health
- 0.7×
- 0.19
- 18.7%
- 9.9×
- 1.77
- 1.02
- 0.51
How it ranks in Utilities
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 6%of 397
Top 49%of 392
Top 12%of 363
Top 12%of 397
Top 36%of 396
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $12.00
- Range
- $12.00 – $12.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | 0.90 | 0.26 | +251.3% |
| Mar 5, 2026 | 0.11 | 0.36 | −69.0% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | 0.70 | – | – |
| Aug 11, 2025 | 0.05 | – | – |
| May 12, 2025 | 0.50 | – | – |
| Mar 11, 2025 | 0.29 | 0.00 | +966,566.7% |
| Nov 11, 2024 | 0.20 | 0.04 | +412.8% |
| Aug 9, 2024 | 0.05 | 0.30 | −83.3% |
0.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$0a year at today's yield, before tax
+25.9%2019 to 2024
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.34 in 2018 → $0.38 in 2024
How safe it looks
0.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 0.9%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
6/7Passes 6 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
65Pass
Benjamin Graham
93Pass
Philip Fisher
79Pass
Peter Lynch
100Pass
Joel Greenblatt
70Pass
Charlie Munger
62Pass
Terry Smith
49No pass
Questions about Central Puerto
Is Central Puerto a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. 6 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Central Puerto AI analysis
What does Central Puerto do?
Central Puerto S.A. engages in the electric power generation activities in Argentina. It is in Utilities - Regulated Electric.
Does Central Puerto pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 0.0% a year, about 0% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $1.01 billion in dividends.
Is Central Puerto stock halal?
Yes. Central Puerto passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 20% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Central Puerto stock done over the past year?
Down 25.7% over the past twelve months, to $10.86. It traded between $9.80 and $17.95 and is 39.5% below its high.
Who are Central Puerto's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are NextEra Energy, The Southern, Duke Energy and National Grid. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Central Puerto's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.