Central Puerto (CEPU) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $2.45
- Estimate
- $0.54
- Surprise
- +357.1%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.9 → 7.2/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Central Puerto (CEPU) beat the $0.54 estimate with adjusted EPS of $2.45 — a large 357.1% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Hold (6.9/10) to Sell at 7.2/10 after the report.
Coverage in the report window
- Central Puerto Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga, 2026-11-12
- Central Puerto Q3 EPS $0.25 Down From $0.70 YoY, Sales $532.400M Up From $233.900M YoY — benzinga, 2026-11-12
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CEPU Hold at 7.0/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +357.1% surprise compares with a +151.2% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-03-03.
What supports the rating
- Attractive valuation
- Outperforming peers
What argues against it
- Below 200-MA, MA slope -4.3%/30d (confirmed downtrend)
- Death cross — 50-day MA below 200-day MA
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $10.31
- Price target
- $24.25
- Stop
- $9.59
- Upside to target
- +135.2%
- Reward-to-risk
- 12.0:1
Forward estimates sit below the trailing run-rate (5.9× forward vs 4.5× trailing) — consensus expects earnings to decline from here.
Risk check: RSI 19 — a level conventionally read as oversold; trading volume is running 1.6× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-13 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CEPU at TrendMatrix's latest read
Utility earnings are regulatory outcomes on a lag — allowed-return and rate-case posture frame any quarter's print.
- Industry
- Utilities - Regulated Electric
- Market cap
- $1.54B
- P/E (fwd)
- 5.9
- P/E (ttm)
- 4.5
- 52-week range
- $9.61–$18.50
- Off 52-week high
- 44.3%
- RSI (14)
- 19
- Volume vs avg
- 1.63×
- Score today
- 7.0/10