ASX:CENContact Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Contact Energy Limited Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add A$5.77 -0.13 (-2.20 %) (As of 05/13/2020) Add Compare Share Today's RangeA$5.77Now: A$5.77▼A$5.9050-Day Range N/A52-Week RangeA$4.32Now: A$5.77▼A$8.45Volume4,808 shsAverage VolumeN/AMarket Capitalization$4.14 billionP/E Ratio45.79Dividend Yield5.36%BetaN/A ProfileAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlines Contact Energy Limited generates and retails electricity, natural gas, and liquefied petroleum gas in New Zealand. The company generates electricity through hydro, geothermal, and thermal sources. It also provides broadband services. The company serves approximately 570,000 customers, such as small business, commercial, and industrial customers. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 0.0 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingThere is not enough analysis data for Contact Energy. Previous Next 2.7 Community Rank Outperform VotesContact Energy has received 14 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesContact Energy has received 12 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentContact Energy has received 53.85% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Contact Energy and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe CEN will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe CEN will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 1.7 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipContact Energy is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.36%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthContact Energy does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Contact Energy is 246.03 %. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Previous Next 0.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Contact Energy insiders have not sold or bought any company stock. Previous Next 0.0 Earnings and Valuation Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Contact Energy is 45.79, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 12.66.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Contact Energy is 45.79, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 25.47.Price to Book Value per Share RatioContact Energy has a P/B Ratio of 2.21. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 0.0Community Rank: 2.7Dividend Strength: 1.7Insider Behavior: 0.0Valuation: 0.0 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™0.87 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange ASX Industry Utilities - Independent Power Producers Sub-IndustryN/A SectorUtilities Current SymbolASX:CEN Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webcontact.co.nz Phone64 4 499 4001Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio42.58 Current Ratio0.57 Quick Ratio0.36Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio45.79 Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual SalesN/A Price / SalesN/A Cash FlowN/A Price / Cash FlowN/A Book ValueA$2.61 per share Price / Book2.21Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous Employees872 Outstanding Shares718,078,016Market Cap$4.14 billion Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableNot Optionable Receive CEN News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for CEN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Contact Energy (ASX:CEN) Frequently Asked Questions How often does Contact Energy pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Contact Energy? Contact Energy declared a Interim dividend on Tuesday, February 11th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 7th will be given a dividend of 0.145 per share on Tuesday, April 7th. This represents a yield of 2.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 18th. This is a positive change from Contact Energy's previous Interim dividend of A$0.14. View Contact Energy's dividend history. Has Contact Energy been receiving favorable news coverage? Media coverage about CEN stock has been trending extremely positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Contact Energy earned a coverage optimism score of 5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutContact Energy. Who are some of Contact Energy's key competitors? Some companies that are related to Contact Energy include Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP.UN), Meridian Energy (MEZ), AGL Energy (AGL), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Uniper (UN01), Mercury NZ (MCY), Northland Power (NPI), TransAlta Renewables (RNW), Innergex Renewable Energy (INE), Infratil (IFT), Boralex (BLX), TransAlta (TA), Encavis (CAP), Contourglobal (GLO) and Drax Group (DRX). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Contact Energy own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Contact Energy investors own include Gentrack Group (GTK), Infratil (IFT) and Fletcher Building (FBU). Who are Contact Energy's key executives? Contact Energy's management team includes the following people: Mr. Dennis Barnes, Chief Exec. OfficerMr. Dorian Kevin Thomas Devers A.C.M.A., B.Sc., BSc (Hons), ACMA, Chief Financial Officer (Age 43)Fraser Gardiner, Head of Investor Relations & CommunicationsMs. Catherine Thompson, GM of External Relations & Gen. CounselMr. Edward James Kilty, Chief Generation & Devel. Officer What is Contact Energy's stock symbol? Contact Energy trades on the ASX under the ticker symbol "CEN." What is Contact Energy's stock price today? One share of CEN stock can currently be purchased for approximately A$5.77. How big of a company is Contact Energy? Contact Energy has a market capitalization of $4.14 billion. Contact Energy employs 872 workers across the globe. What is Contact Energy's official website? The official website for Contact Energy is contact.co.nz. How can I contact Contact Energy? The company can be reached via phone at 64 4 499 4001. This page was last updated on 5/27/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff
