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Contact Energy
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| NZX code: | CEN |
| Short name: | Contact Energy |
| Legal name: | Contact Energy Limited |
| Industry sector: | Electrical Generation |
| NZX50 rank: | 8 of 50 |
| Head office address: | Level 2, Harbour City Tower, 29 Brandon Street, Wellington, 6011 |
| Chairman: | Mark Cross |
| Chief executive: | JB Rousselot |
| Financial year ended: | June |
| Locations: | New Zealand |
| Auditor: | KPMG |
| Bankers: | Westpac et al. |
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Financial statement history
A. Recent trading and performance summary:
| Total revenue |
NPAT | Earnings per share |
|
| fye June | bln | mln | cents |
| 2018 | $2.275 | $132 | 18.4 |
| 2019 | $2.519 | $345 | 48.2 |
| 2020 | $2.073 | $125 | 17.5 |
| 2021 | $2.573 | $187 | 25.3 |
| 2022 | $2.387 | $182 | 23.4 |
| 2023 | $2.118 | $127 | 16.3 |
B. Recent financial position summary:
| Total assets |
Total Liabilities |
Equity ratio |
|
| fye June | bln | bln | % |
| 2018 | $5.31 | $2.58 | 51.4 |
| 2019 | $4.95 | $2.17 | 56.2 |
| 2020 | $4.90 | $2.28 | 53.5 |
| 2021 | $5.03 | $2.10 | 58.3 |
| 2022 | $5.17 | $2.33 | 54.9 |
| 2023 | $5.81 | $3.00 | 48.4 |
C. Recent cash flows and positions:
| Cash inflows |
Cash outflows |
Cash and equiv. at year end |
|
| fye June | mln | mln | mln |
| 2018 | $457 | $460 | $3 |
| 2019 | $720 | $676 | $47 |
| 2020 | $341 | $344 | $44 |
| 2021 | $432 | $326 | $150 |
| 2022 | $400 | $382 | $168 |
| 2023 | $395 | $423 | $140 |
D. Recent key ratio analysis:
| Earnings per share |
Price:Earnings ratio |
NTA/share | Dividend yield |
|
| fye June | cents | annual avg | dollars | annual avg % |
| 2018 | 18.4 | 31.8 | 3.54 | 5.47 |
| 2019 | 48.2 | 16.6 | 3.60 | 4.88 |
| 2020 | 17.5 | 35.8 | 3.09 | 6.23 |
| 2021 | 25.3 | 32.7 | 3.38 | 4.23 |
| 2022 | 23.4 | 31.1 | 3.12 | 4.81 |
| 2023 | 16.3 | 52.8 | 3.00 | 5.48 |
Description of trading activities
Contact Energy Limited is a New Zealand electricity generator, natural gas wholesaler and electricity, natural gas, broadband and LPG retailer.
CEO profile
JB Rousselot is the current Chief Executive Officer of Chorus NZ. JB has had an extensive career holding senior positions at Telstra and NBN Co. Before joining Chorus NZ, Rousselot was the Chief Strategy Officer at NBN, and prior to that role oversaw NBN's network and service operations. Rousselot holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management (USA) and a Masters Degree in Engineering from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees (France).
Chairman profile
Mark Cross has extensive corporate finance experience, as a professional director and consultant. Cross held senior positions with Deutchsche Bank in London and Australia. Cross has also got experience at Lloyds Corporate Finance/Southpac Corporation in Australia and New Zealand. Cross is currently a board member, and investment committee chair of Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) and director of Xero.
Cross is also the former chair of Milford Asset Management, and former director of Z Energy, Genesis Energy, and Argosy Property. Cross is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and a chartered member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.
Links:
| Company website: | https://contact.co.nz/residential |
| Investor information: | https://contact.co.nz/aboutus/investor-centre/investor-information |
| NZX listing: | https://www.nzx.com/companies/CEN |
| Annual reports: | https://contact.co.nz/aboutus/investor-centre/reports-and-presentations |