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Market Cap $7.99 billion
P/E Ratio 20.44
Dividend Yield 4.27%
Shares Outstanding 994.42 million
Earnings per share 0.446
Dividend per share 0.32
Year To Date Return -5.20%
Earnings Yield 4.89%
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  • Contact Energy Ltd (ASX: CEN)
    Latest News

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    Energy Shares

    Contact Energy's May 2026 report shows higher sales and lower costs

    Contact Energy’s May 2026 report reveals rising energy sales, lower costs, and active renewables investment.

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    Blue Chip Shares

    Why trading was paused for this ASX energy share and what it means for investors

    A major shareholder sale triggered a brief trading halt for Contact Energy. Here's what happened.

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    Share Fallers

    Why Contact Energy, IPD, Northern Star, and Tower shares are sinking today

    In afternoon trade, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is on course to record a strong gain. At the time of writing,…

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    ASX Share Market News

    Why Zip, Contact Energy and Northern Star shares are making headlines on Thursday

    Why is everyone talking about Zip, Contact Energy, and Northern Star shares today?

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    Energy Shares

    Contact Energy shares resume trading after 5% stake sale

    Contact Energy shares resume trading as Infratil completes a 5% block sale at $9.25 per share.

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    Financial Shares

    Why is Infratil cashing out of its Contact Energy shares?

    The deal will see Infratil earn almost NZ$500m after it sells 53.5 million Contact Energy shares.

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    Energy Shares

    Contact Energy reports April 2026 earnings

    Contact Energy lifted electricity and gas sales in April 2026 while progressing new renewable projects and cutting generation costs.

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    Energy Shares

    Contact Energy appoints new Chair as Rob McDonald retires

    Contact Energy announces the upcoming retirement of Chair Rob McDonald and the appointment of Jon Macdonald as successor after the…

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    Energy Shares

    Contact Energy lifts sales and generation in March 2026 monthly update

    Contact Energy’s March 2026 update reveals growing sales volumes, lower generation costs, and progress on new renewables projects.

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    ASX Share Market News

    Contact Energy posts higher sales and lower costs in February 2026 report

    Contact Energy saw higher electricity and gas sales, reduced generation costs, and progress on renewables projects in February 2026.

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    Test Only

    Contact Energy reports strong support for 2026 retail share offer

    Contact Energy’s retail offer raised NZ$125 million after strong demand, with proceeds aimed at renewable growth.

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    ASX Share Market News

    Contact Energy completes NZ$450m share placement for growth plans

    Contact Energy has completed a NZ$450 million share placement as part of a larger equity raising initiative for ongoing investment.

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    Dividend Payment History Data provided by Morningstar.

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    Ex-Date Amount Franking Type Payable
    18 Feb 2026 $0.1600 0.00% Interim 25 Mar 2026
    25 Aug 2025 $0.0229 0.00% Supplemental 24 Sep 2025
    24 Feb 2025 $0.1416 0.00% Interim 18 Mar 2025
    27 Aug 2024 $0.0371 0.00% Supplemental 27 Sep 2024
    26 Feb 2024 $0.0212 0.00% Supplemental 18 Mar 2024
    07 Sep 2023 $0.0318 0.00% Supplemental 26 Sep 2023
    07 Sep 2023 $0.1894 0.00% Final 26 Sep 2023
    09 Mar 2023 $0.0212 0.00% Supplemental 30 Mar 2023
    09 Mar 2023 $0.1273 0.00% Interim 30 Mar 2023
    08 Sep 2022 $0.0335 0.00% Supplemental 27 Sep 2022
    08 Sep 2022 $0.1843 0.00% Final 27 Sep 2022
    10 Mar 2022 $0.0176 0.00% Supplemental 30 Mar 2022
    10 Mar 2022 $0.1246 0.00% Interim 30 Mar 2022
    26 Aug 2021 $0.0247 0.00% Supplemental 15 Sep 2021
    26 Aug 2021 $0.1913 0.00% Final 15 Sep 2021
    12 Mar 2021 $0.0159 0.00% Supplemental 30 Mar 2021
    12 Mar 2021 $0.1227 0.00% Interim 30 Mar 2021
    26 Aug 2020 $0.0265 0.00% Supplemental 15 Sep 2020
    26 Aug 2020 $0.1990 0.00% Final 15 Sep 2020
    18 Mar 2020 $0.0176 0.00% Supplemental 07 Apr 2020
    18 Mar 2020 $0.1480 0.00% Interim 07 Apr 2020
    28 Aug 2019 $0.0265 0.00% Supplemental 17 Sep 2019
    28 Aug 2019 $0.2046 0.00% Final 17 Sep 2019
    20 Mar 2019 $0.0176 0.00% Supplemental 09 Apr 2019
    20 Mar 2019 $0.1448 0.00% Interim 09 Apr 2019
    29 Aug 2018 $0.1741 0.00% Final 18 Sep 2018
    15 Mar 2018 $0.0229 0.00% Supplemental 06 Apr 2018
    15 Mar 2018 $0.1220 0.00% Interim 06 Apr 2018
    30 Aug 2017 $0.0265 0.00% Supplemental 19 Sep 2017
    30 Aug 2017 $0.1352 0.00% Final 19 Sep 2017
    27 Feb 2017 $0.0983 0.00% Interim 17 Mar 2017
    05 Sep 2016 $0.1335 0.00% Final 23 Sep 2016
    29 Feb 2016 $0.0124 0.00% Supplemental 23 Mar 2016

    CEN ASX Announcements

    An announcement is considered as "Price Sensitive" if it is thought that it may have an impact on the price of the security.

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    About Contact Energy Ltd

    Contact Energy Ltd. engages in electricity generation business. It operates through the following segments: Wholesale, Customer, and Unallocated. The Wholesale segment includes revenue from the sale of electricity to the wholesale electricity market, to Commercial & Industrial (C&I) customers and to the customer segment. The Customer segment refers to the revenue from delivering energy to customers less the cost of purchasing energy; and costs to service and distribute energy to customers. The Unallocated segment includes corporate functions not directly allocated to the operating segments, and contacts share of earnings from associates and joint ventures. The company was founded on November 8, 1995 and is headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand.

    CEN Share Price History Data provided by Morningstar.

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    Date Close Change % Change Volume Open High Low
    17 Jul 2026 $7.46 $0.00 0.00% 5,299 $7.70 $7.80 $7.46
    16 Jul 2026 $7.46 $-0.12 -1.58% 4,151 $7.64 $7.80 $7.46
    15 Jul 2026 $7.58 $0.08 1.07% 81 $7.51 $7.58 $7.51
    14 Jul 2026 $7.50 $0.00 0.00% 734 $7.65 $7.66 $7.50
    13 Jul 2026 $7.50 $0.00 0.00% 12,877 $7.65 $7.66 $7.50
    10 Jul 2026 $7.50 $0.25 3.45% 2,094 $7.40 $7.55 $7.30
    09 Jul 2026 $7.25 $0.09 1.26% 6,351 $7.55 $7.62 $7.25
    08 Jul 2026 $7.16 $-0.36 -4.79% 217,787 $7.55 $7.68 $7.16
    07 Jul 2026 $7.52 $0.06 0.80% 7,528 $7.58 $7.61 $7.52
    06 Jul 2026 $7.46 $0.00 0.00% 118,537 $7.35 $7.69 $7.35
    03 Jul 2026 $7.46 $-0.04 -0.53% 2,170 $7.68 $7.69 $7.46
    02 Jul 2026 $7.50 $-0.15 -1.96% 1,135 $7.67 $7.79 $7.50
    01 Jul 2026 $7.65 $-0.18 -2.30% 30,071 $7.58 $7.67 $7.52
    30 Jun 2026 $7.83 $0.27 3.57% 431,350 $7.70 $7.83 $7.60
    29 Jun 2026 $7.56 $0.01 0.13% 1,972 $7.61 $7.64 $7.56
    26 Jun 2026 $7.55 $-0.13 -1.69% 7,824 $7.69 $7.72 $7.55
    25 Jun 2026 $7.68 $-0.08 -1.03% 4,339 $7.75 $7.75 $7.63
    24 Jun 2026 $7.76 $0.09 1.17% 2,305 $7.76 $7.81 $7.72
    23 Jun 2026 $7.66 $-0.11 -1.42% 996 $7.76 $7.76 $7.66
    22 Jun 2026 $7.77 $-0.13 -1.65% 755 $7.86 $7.87 $7.77
    19 Jun 2026 $7.90 $-0.02 -0.25% 415,955 $7.94 $7.96 $7.85
    18 Jun 2026 $7.92 $0.19 2.46% 404 $7.90 $7.92 $7.90

    Directors & Management Data provided by Morningstar.

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    Name Title Start Date Profile
    Mr David Edward James Gibson Non-Executive Director Feb 2024
    Mr Gibson has over 20 years of investment banking experience, including as Co-Head of Investment Banking in New Zealand for Deutsche Bank and Deutsche Craigs where he completed several of New Zealand's M&A and equity transactions, including within the energy sector. He is currently Deputy Chair of Goodman (NZ) Limited and a Director of Freightways and Rangatira Limited. He is a former director of Trustpower. He is a Member of the Risk Committee.
    Mr Jonathan (Jon) Keith Macdonald Non-Executive Director Nov 2018
    Mr Macdonald was CEO for the Trade Me Group for 11 years. Prior to joining Trade Me, Jon worked in London for HSBC Investment Bank in a variety of technical and management positions and has worked for Deloitte Consulting with a focus on telecommunications and financial services. Jon is also a director of several other companies including Sharesies, Mitre 10 New Zealand, Trade Me Group (through Titan Parent NZ Ltd) and Kiwibank Limited. He is Chair of the People Committee.
    Mrs Rukumoana Tira Marie Schaafhausen Non-Executive Director Mar 2021
    Ms Schaafhausen was recently the Chair of Waikato-Tainui and is currently serving across several Iwi, community, private and public organisations in governance roles including Water Governance Board, AgResearch, Miro Berries, Tindall Foundation, and The Kings Trust. Previously, she was a director at Genesis Energy. She is a Member of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee and People Committee.
    Mr Robert McDonald Non-Executive DirectorNon-Executive Chairman Nov 2015
    Mr McDonald finance career spans over 30 years, having worked overseas before joining Coopers and Lybrand in the corporate advisory and valuations practice in 1985. He is a director of FleetPartners Group Limited and was previously the chief financial officer with Air New Zealand. He is a former board member of Fletcher Building Limited, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the Institute of Finance Professionals New Zealand Inc., and AIA Limited, and the former vice chairman of the IATA Financial Committee. He is a Member of the People Committee.
    Mr Deion Campbell Non-Executive Director Jul 2025
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    Mr David Smol Non-Executive Director Oct 2018
    Mr Smol has over 35 years of work experience, including in the energy sector in the UK and New Zealand, for Conoco UK Limited, Electricity Corporation and ILEX Energy Consulting. He was part of the Contact Energy establishment team in 1995-1996 and a member of the team that developed the rules for the New Zealand electricity market. In 2008 David was appointed as chief executive of Ministry of Economic Development and, from 2012-2017 was the inaugural chief executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), following the merger of four government departments. David is currently Chair of GNS Science and a board member of The Co-operative Bank Limited and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. He is a Member of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee and Risk Committee.
    Ms Sandra Dodds Non-Executive Director Sep 2021
    Ms Dodds is based in Melbourne and currently sits on the boards of Fletcher Building Limited, Snowy Hydro Limited and OceanaGold corporation. She has more than 30 years of experience as a senior leader in complex infrastructure business in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Until recently Sandra led the infrastructure sector team at Broadspectrum. Chair of the Risk Committee.
    Ms Kirsten Clayton Company Secretary
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    Mr Mike Fuge Chief Executive Officer Feb 2020
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    Michael Robertson Acting Chief Retail Officer
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    Chris Abbott Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
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    Mike Fuge Chief Executive Officer
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    Matt Forbes Chief Financial Officer
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    John Clark Chief Generation Officer
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    Jan Bibby Chief People Experience Officer
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    Dorian Devers Chief Renewable Growth Officer
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    Carolyn Luey Chief Retail Officer
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    Tighe Wall Chief Technology Officer
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    Kirsten Clayton Company Secretary
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    Matt Bolton Transition Director
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    Top Shareholders Data provided by Morningstar.

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    Name Shares Capital
    HSBC Nominees (New Zealand) Limited 119,065,972 14.83%
    HSBC Nominees (New Zealand) Limited i 79,492,980 9.90%
    BNP Paribas Nominees NZ Limited Bpss40 53,438,242 6.66%
    Custodial Services Limited 48,056,023 5.99%
    JPMORGAN Chase Bank 43,336,088 5.40%
    Citibank Nominees (NZ) Ltd 41,582,010 5.18%
    Tea Custodians Limited 26,382,098 3.29%
    Accident Compensation Corporation 25,982,944 3.24%
    New Zealand Superannuation Fund Nominees Limited 25,337,629 3.16%
    FNZ Custodians Limited 24,833,339 3.09%
    Forsyth Barr Custodians Limited 24,023,407 2.99%
    JBWERE (NZ) Nominees Limited 19,681,467 2.45%
    Premier Nominees Limited 15,994,921 1.99%
    New Zealand Permanent Trustees Limited 13,609,274 1.70%
    New Zealand Depository Nominee 12,636,491 1.57%
    BNP Paribas Nominees NZ Limited 10,195,927 1.27%
    Public Trust 9,192,393 1.15%
    Private Nominees Limited 6,681,205 0.83%
    PT Booster Investments Nominess Limited 4,902,479 0.61%
    Masfen Securities Limited 4,565,698 0.57%

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