CEN PEER ANALYSIS

Contact Energy Ltd — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

CENContact Energy Ltd

🇦🇺 Australia · AU · Utilities · Utilities - Renewable

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Utilities - Renewable

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

CENIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	CEN	NPI	CWEN	BEPC	ORA	BEP-UN	Ind. Median
P/E	18.57●	—	—	—	55.01	53.30	18.11
P/B	1.65	1.37	0.72	-1.82●	2.73	2.43	1.26
EV/EBITDA	10.95	11.95	12.01	—	17.42	9.05●	12.03
P/S	2.21	2.20	2.65	1.66	6.03	1.61●	2.91

Financial Health
Metric	CEN	NPI	CWEN	BEPC	ORA	BEP-UN	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.93	1.16●	1.11	0.33	1.07	0.75	1.07
Debt/Equity	71.3%	168.6%	180.7%	-570.8%●	132.7%	872.8%	51.3%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.10	6.14	8.52	-8.74●	4.77	6.94	3.22

Profitability
Metric	CEN	NPI	CWEN	BEPC	ORA	BEP-UN	Ind. Median
Net Margin	11.9%●	-5.5%	0.1%	-132.6%	11.0%	3.0%	-1.9%
ROE	11.1%●	-3.3%	0.1%	—	5.1%	2.8%	-1.2%
ROA	4.9%●	-1.0%	0.0%	-9.7%	2.0%	0.2%	-0.5%
EBITDA Margin	28.2%	37.9%	76.0%	-56.7%	47.7%	76.2%●	36.8%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CEN	NPI	CWEN	BEPC	ORA	BEP-UN	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	1.9%	13.7%	5.6%	2.8%	31.5%●	6.8%	1.9%
NI Growth	75.9%●	—	-97.9%	—	1.7%	—	-22.8%
Div. Yield	5.2%	4.8%	5.4%●	4.3%	0.4%	3.1%	0.0%
Payout	60.7%	-204.6%	18,300.0%	-0.2%	23.0%	611.5%	0.0%

Valuation
Metric	CEN	MCY	MEZ	Ind. Median
P/E	18.57●	90.65	—	18.11
P/B	1.65	1.66	1.36●	1.26
EV/EBITDA	10.95●	12.05	27.38	12.03
P/S	2.21●	2.34	2.65	2.91

Financial Health
Metric	CEN	MCY	MEZ	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	0.93	0.79	1.07●	1.07
Debt/Equity	71.3%	51.3%	21.3%●	51.3%
NetDebt/EBITDA	3.10	2.78●	3.39	3.22

Profitability
Metric	CEN	MCY	MEZ	Ind. Median
Net Margin	11.9%●	2.6%	-2.3%	-1.9%
ROE	11.1%●	1.9%	-1.2%	-1.2%
ROA	4.9%●	0.9%	-0.7%	-0.5%
EBITDA Margin	28.2%●	25.3%	11.1%	36.8%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CEN	MCY	MEZ	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	1.9%●	-4.7%	-8.6%	1.9%
NI Growth	75.9%	79.6%●	—	-22.8%
Div. Yield	5.2%●	4.5%	4.5%	0.0%
Payout	60.7%	256.8%	-356.9%	0.0%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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