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Central Puerto S.A. Sponsored ADR (CEPU) vs NorthWestern Corporation (NWE)

Central Puerto S.A. Sponsored ADR and NorthWestern Corporation are both Utilities Regulated Electric companies. NorthWestern Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $4.2B against $2.0B — 2.1× the size. Central Puerto S.A. Sponsored ADR trades at the lower P/E: 4.9× against 24.8×. Central Puerto S.A. Sponsored ADR grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 37.2% against 10.7%. Central Puerto S.A. Sponsored ADR has the higher net margin (34.9% vs 10.1%) and the higher return on invested capital (9.25% vs 3.13%). Both pay a dividend; NorthWestern Corporation yields more (5.44% vs 0.24%). Across the 22 metrics below, Central Puerto S.A. Sponsored ADR leads on 20 and NorthWestern Corporation on 2.

Valuation

Metric CEPU NWE Utilities Regulated Electric median
P/E 4.85 24.76 18.84
P/S 1.68 2.50 2.52
P/B 0.92 1.46 1.63
Price to free cash flow 173.22 n/m 36.22
EV/EBITDA 4.89 13.26 11.82
EV/Sales 2.11 4.55 4.58
Earnings yield 20.61% 4.04% 5.30%
Free cash flow yield 0.58% (4.54%) (5.06%)

Profitability

Metric CEPU NWE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Gross margin 33.93% 74.48% 66.28%
Operating margin 33.40% 18.84% 21.79%
Net margin 34.86% 10.13% 12.94%
Free cash flow margin 0.97% (11.36%) (11.51%)
Return on equity 20.12% 5.94% 9.75%
Return on assets 13.21% 2.04% 2.75%
Return on invested capital 9.25% 3.13% 3.87%

Growth

Metric CEPU NWE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Revenue growth (TTM) 37.17% 10.69% 7.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 372.22% (19.45%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.16% 6.09% 6.75%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 23.14% 3.13% 6.44%

Health

Metric CEPU NWE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Debt to equity 0.33 1.21 1.53
Current ratio 1.28 0.83 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA 0.29 5.61 5.25

Dividend

Metric CEPU NWE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Dividend yield 0.24% 5.44% 4.33%
Payout ratio 0.23 0.85 0.66

Size

Metric CEPU NWE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Market cap 2.01b 4.19b 22.90b

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