CEN Financials: Results, Ratios & Statements | Contact Energy

CEN

Contact Energy

Utilities

Contact Energy is one of New Zealand's largest integrated energy companies, generating electricity from geothermal, hydro, and thermal sources and retailing electricity, gas, broadband, and mobile plans to over 650,000 customer connections. The company is committed to leading the decarbonization of New Zealand, targeting net-zero emissions from its generation operations by 2035.

Short position

short percentage0.11%

reported shorts630.2K

shares on issue548.099M

Contact Energy (ASX:CEN) has 0.11% of its shares on issue reported as short positions as of 5 Oct 2026, or about 630,231 shares. Over the past 30 days that figure has been broadly flat, and over 90 days it has been broadly flat. Its highest recorded short interest was 0.60% in May 2017. CEN is classified in the Utilities industry. All figures come from official ASIC short position reports, published with a four trading-day (T+4) delay.

Price & short interest

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Latest result

Year to 30 Jun 2026 (FY26) vs FY25, figures in NZD, the reporting currency

Revenue: 3.20Bvs 3.41B (FY25); Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026
NPAT: 420.0Mvs 331.0M (FY25); Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026
EPS (diluted): 0.41 (source: Derived: trailing 12 months at year end)vs 0.42 (FY25); Derived: trailing 12 months at year end, as at 29 Sep 2026

Rev YoY: −6.3%FY
EPS YoY: −0.5%TTM

Derived: trailing 12 months at year end

Key ratios

Year to 30 Jun 2026 (FY); balance sheet at 30 Jun 2026; prices to 9 Oct 2026

Gross margin: 46.3%
Operating margin: 22.6%
Net margin: 13.1%
FCF margin: 9.2%
ROE: 10.5%
ROA: 4.8%
FCF conversion: 0.70×
Net debt (excl. leases): NZD 2.29B
Net debt / EBITDA: 2.2×
Current ratio: 1.9×
Interest cover: 4.8×
Cash dividends paid / net profit: 63.6%
Market cap: $7.42B
P/E: n/a (reports in NZD)
P/B: n/a (reports in NZD)

Ratios use the reporting currency (NZD); market cap is in AUD. Source: Yahoo Finance, as at 29 Sep 2026.

Financial statements

Figures in NZD, the reporting currency; Yahoo Finance unless marked

CEN income, newest period first, figures in NZD
Line item	FY26	FY25	FY24	FY23
Revenue	3.20B	3.41B	2.84B	2.10B
Gross profit	1.48B	1.39B	1.02B	794.0M
Operating income	723.0M	709.0M	403.0M	264.0M
EBITDA	1.03B	833.0M	635.0M	445.0M
EBIT	741.0M	560.0M	385.0M	221.0M
Interest expense	152.0M	97.0M	47.0M	44.0M
Pretax income	589.0M	463.0M	338.0M	177.0M
Tax	166.0M	132.0M	103.0M	50.0M
NPAT	420.0M	331.0M	235.0M	127.0M
Net interest income	−140.0M	−89.0M	−39.0M	−41.0M
EPS basic	0.41 (source: Derived: trailing 12 months at year end)	0.42	0.30	0.16
EPS diluted	0.41 (source: Derived: trailing 12 months at year end)	0.42	0.30	0.16
Shares	1.07B	802.8M	789.1M	785.0M

Derived: trailing 12 months at year end

Financial reports

The company's own filings, newest first