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Contact Energy

NZC:CEN NZCENE0001S6
55
  • Value
    20
  • Growth
    31
  • Safety
    Safety
    71
  • Combined
    24
  • Sentiment
    89
  • 360° View
    360° View
    55
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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 52 (better than 52% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Contact Energy are above 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 73, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 73% of alternative investment opportunities. It also rates well regarding its financing structure, with the consolidated Safety Rank at 71 or better than 71% 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 35. ...read more

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Strongest Rank Opinions Change
Weakest Rank Pro Holdings
Country New Zealand
Industry Electric Utilities
Size Medium
Website contact.co.nz
Index
NZSX 50
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Last update: 26-May-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
20 29 25 27
Growth
31 37 34 23
Safety
Safety
71 42 50 70
Sentiment
89 51 59 97
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55 33 28 69
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
70 45 86 79
Opinions Change
5 23 25 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 65 54 83
Market Pulse
76 61 46 73
Sentiment
89 51 59 97
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
20 29 25 27
Growth
31 37 34 23
Safety Safety
71 42 50 70
Combined
24 27 18 26
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
20 34 25 25
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
35 28 25 18
Price vs. Book (P/B)
23 20 21 27
Dividend Yield
71 59 69 69
Value
20 29 25 27
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
19 10 18 12
Profit Growth
51 75 80 40
Capital Growth
78 12 28 59
Stock Returns
29 73 41 23
Growth
31 37 34 23
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
54 45 58 82
Refinancing
45 18 19 33
Liquidity
63 67 67 60
Safety Safety
71 42 50 70

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