Putting The Spotlight On Central Puerto ADR (CEPU)

Central Puerto ADR (NYSE:CEPU) currently has a daily average trading volume of 355.93K but it saw 294929 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 2.08B USD, the company’s current market price of $13.77 came falling about -1.08 while comparing to the previous closing price of $13.92. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $14.40 and as low as $6.86. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $13.59 while lowest mark touched by it was $14.09.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Central Puerto ADR (CEPU) gives us an average price of $12.69, while its current price level is -4.37% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 100.69% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $11.24 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $9.73. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 4.02% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 4.79%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 78.01 which implies that the stock is in overbought territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the BofA Securities which resumed the stock as “Neutral” in its note to investors issued on August 02, 2023, recommending a price target of $8 for it.

Over the week, CEPU’s stock price is moving 0.51% up while it is 26.80% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 55.92% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 83.85%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in December, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0 while estimate for next year EPS is 0.99. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $181.54B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Central Puerto ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 151.40M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 18.17% and return on equity (ROE) at 23.16%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 5.33 while having a 6.25 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.32. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.15 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.37. Its return on asset (ROA) is 15.88% on average.