Central Puerto ADR (NYSE: CEPU) is -15.67% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $6.89 and a high of $16.60 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The CEPU stock was last observed hovering at around $11.88 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.34%.
Currently trading at $12.22, the stock is -3.89% and 2.70% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.14 million and changing 2.86% at the moment leaves the stock 0.60% off its SMA200. CEPU registered 31.99% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -19.61%.
The stock witnessed a -9.35% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 0.08%, and is -1.77% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.63% over the week and 2.74% over the month.
Current P/E ratio is 18.57 and Fwd P/E is 6.83. Profit margin for the company is 12.69%. Distance from 52-week low is 77.36% and -26.39% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.81%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 103.45% this year
The shares outstanding are 151.40M, and float is at 151.34M with Short Float at 0.37%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS LTD. with over 1.13 million shares valued at $10.28 million. The investor’s holdings represent 0.7543 of the CEPU Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is LONG FOCUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC with 0.59 million shares valued at $5.38 million to account for 0.3944 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are NEXPOINT ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. which holds 0.53 million shares representing 0.3527 and valued at over $4.81 million, while GLENORCHY CAPITAL LTD holds 0.245 of the shares totaling 0.37 million with a market value of $3.34 million.
