Central Puerto S.A. (CEPU)

NYSE: CEPU · Electric Services · Buenos Aires, AR · filing with the SEC since 2017

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Grade5.7

◀ Past 6.9● Present 6.1▶ Future 4.1

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The grade of Central Puerto S.A.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense

Headline grade

5.7/10

◀ Past6.925% of the headline

● Present6.145% of the headline

▶ Future4.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.9/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed

6.6/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 59 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Central Puerto S.A.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed

8.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+86.9% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Central Puerto S.A.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from ARS 2.7 billion in fiscal 2015 to ARS 738 billion in fiscal 2024, up 86.9% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 1% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue growth over the filed span86.9%top 3% of its family
the share of years revenue rosetop 14% of its family
the share of filed years with a profittop 44% of its family
the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.7%top 13% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed

6.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.1% a year. 10% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2024-12-31, Central Puerto S.A.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.1% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 10% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

the share count over the yearstop 16% of its family
cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.1/1045% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed

6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 3%: 3¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 30%: owes 30¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 53 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31, Central Puerto S.A. earned about 3 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 11 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 30 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count was unchanged over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

what it owes per dollar of assetstop 8% of its family
return on equitybottom 27% of its family
gross profit against assetstop 34% of its family
the share count against the year beforetop 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed

6.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 33% of 52 in its family; net margin 8.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 67th percentile among 52 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Central Puerto S.A.'s standing among 52 graded names in its industry family: revenue of ARS 738 billion in fiscal 2024 is not ranked by size, since the family reports in another currency; a net margin of 8.3% ranks in the bottom 41%; revenue growth of 28.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 7% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

net margin8.3%bottom 41% of its family
three-year revenue growth28.7%top 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate

4.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 4.5/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-23 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 33 members with one.
What the record cannot read: It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-23 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned: family median, 33 readings behind it.
Confidence: 20 of 100
What would change it: Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Central Puerto S.A.'s leadership is put at 4.5 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-23 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 33 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed

7.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 29% of 47 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 71st percentile among 47 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Central Puerto S.A.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2024): cash of ARS 3.8 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 0.1% of its assets as net cash, top 25% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 15.7% of revenue (top 22%); a gross margin of 39.5% (top 39%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

cash less debt against assets0.1%top 25% of its family
cash from operations less capital spending against revenue15.7%top 22% of its family
gross margin39.5%top 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed

4.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 47% of 51 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 47th percentile among 51 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Central Puerto S.A.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2024: revenue grew 28.7% a year over the last three filed years against 86.9% over all 10, slowing (bottom 1% of its family); the newest year grew 8.1% (bottom 46%); capital spending grew 63.5% a year (top 7%) (its annual reports). Central Puerto S.A. tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

three-year growth against the whole span-58.2 points a yearbottom 1% of its family
the newest year's revenue growth8.1%bottom 46% of its family
three-year growth of capital spending63.5%top 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed

1.5/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 15% of 49 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 15th percentile among 49 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Central Puerto S.A.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of ARS 738 billion in fiscal 2024 came in 23% below the ARS 959 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 9% of its family); net income of ARS 61 billion against a prior three-year average of ARS 148 billion (bottom 19%); a net margin of 8.3% against 21.4% before (bottom 15%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

revenue against the prior three years' pace-23.0%bottom 9% of its family
net income against the prior three years' average-59%bottom 19% of its family
net margin against its prior average-13.1 pointsbottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CEPU · research, not advice