Stock Research: Contact Energy

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Contact Energy

NZC:CEN NZCENE0001S6
31
  • Value
    19
  • Growth
    22
  • Safety
    Safety
    58
  • Combined
    7
  • Sentiment
    98
  • 360° View
    360° View
    31
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Company Description

Contact Energy Limited is a New Zealand-based energy generator and retailer. The company operates in the energy industry, providing electricity, natural gas, broadband, mobile, and solar services. Contact Energy Limited operates in New Zealand. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $5,272 million, a revenue of $1,671 million, and 1273 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 31 (better than 31% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Contact Energy are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half below and half above average for Contact Energy. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 98, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 98% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 58 or better than 58% of its peers when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. But the stock is expensive and expects low growth. The consolidated Value Rank is only 19, meaning that the share price of Contact Energy is on the high side, compared with indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth,and stock returns, with its Growth Rank at 22. ...read more

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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 11-Nov-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
19 29 25 27
Growth
22 37 34 23
Safety
Safety
58 42 50 70
Sentiment
98 51 59 97
360° View
360° View
31 33 28 69
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
100 45 86 79
Opinions Change
86 23 25 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 65 54 83
Market Pulse
64 61 46 73
Sentiment
98 51 59 97
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
19 29 25 27
Growth
22 37 34 23
Safety Safety
58 42 50 70
Combined
7 27 18 26
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
22 34 25 25
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
39 28 25 18
Price vs. Book (P/B)
25 20 21 27
Dividend Yield
80 59 69 69
Value
19 29 25 27
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
13 10 18 12
Profit Growth
34 75 80 40
Capital Growth
52 12 28 59
Stock Returns
35 73 41 23
Growth
22 37 34 23
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
57 45 58 82
Refinancing
44 18 19 33
Liquidity
64 67 67 60
Safety Safety
58 42 50 70

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The value case is weak (expensive and low Growth Rank), but sentiment is strong and financing is safe. This scenario may indicate future growth not yet in current financials. This is a speculative choice for investors with a high-risk appetite who are betting on the positive sentiment and safe financing to sustain a long-term turnaround.

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