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Last Cepsa valuation
$12B
Secondary · Apr 2019
Key investors in Cepsa
Carlyle Group
GBL Capital
Cepsa Overview
About Cepsa
Cepsa is a Spanish integrated energy group that refines crude oil, sells fuels through its own service-station network and manufactures petrochemicals including phenol, acetone and linear alkylbenzene. Refining is concentrated in Andalusia, at Huelva and San Roque, and the group also holds upstream oil and gas interests outside Spain. More recent capital spending has shifted toward renewable hydrogen, biofuels and electric-vehicle charging, and the group adopted the Moeve brand in 2024. Abu Dhabi's Mubadala has been the controlling shareholder since 2011.
Founded
1929
HQ
Website
Status
Privately held
Customer focus
B2B & B2C
Revenue model
Product sales
Valuation
$12B (Apr 2019)
Cepsa Valuation
Cepsa is currently valued at $12B, based on its secondary sale in April 2019. Read the announcement ↗
The round was led by GBL Capital and Carlyle Group.
Cepsa valuation by funding round
| Date | Stage | Valuation |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2019 | Secondary | $12B |
Cepsa Funding History
Cepsa has 1 recorded secondary share sale and no primary funding rounds.
| Date | Stage | Investors | Valuation | Deal Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2019 | Secondary | GBL Capital (lead); Carlyle Group (lead) | $12B | Carlyle acquired a 37% shareholding in the Spanish energy group Cepsa from Mubadala Investment Company, in a transaction based on an enterprise value of USD 12 billion. Mubadala kept the remaining 63% and continued to appoint the chairman and five of the eight board members, with Carlyle appointing three. Sienna Capital, the alternative investment subsidiary of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, committed USD 110 million alongside Carlyle in the shareholding. The deal was announced in April 2019 and completed on 15 October 2019, when the two shareholders also named Philippe Boisseau as chief executive. |
Who has invested in Cepsa?
2 investors have backed Cepsa across its funding rounds, including Carlyle Group and GBL Capital.
Lead investors include GBL Capital and Carlyle Group.
Cepsa Investors
| Investor | HQ | Rounds | Role | First check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cepsa competitors include listed companies like AltaGas, Hidroelectrica, Datang International and China Resources Power, and private ones like Eni Plenitude and Helion Energy.
| Company | HQ | Status | Revenue | EBITDA | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publicly listed | $9.1B | $1.4B | $12B | 2.1x | ||
| Publicly listed | $2.2B | $1.1B | $12B | 5.0x | ||
| Publicly listed | $18B | $4.9B | $12B | 2.7x | ||
| Publicly listed | $13B | $5.4B | $12B | 3.1x | ||
| Private | $7.7B | $417M | $12B | 1.5x | ||
| Private | - | - | $16B | - |
Cepsa Public Comps
Cepsa is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Frontline, AltaGas, Hidroelectrica, Datang International, Tata Power, GE Vernova T&D India, China Resources Power, LONGi, Chuantou Energy and Siemens Energy India.
| Last FY | EV/Revenue | EV/EBITDA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | EBITDA | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | |
| $2B | $929M | 7.2x | 6.3x | 15.2x | 7.1x | |||
| $9.1B | $1.4B | 2.2x | 2.1x | 14.1x | 13.8x | |||
| $2.2B | $1.1B | 5.5x | 5.0x | 11.4x | 9.3x | |||
| $18B | $4.9B | 2.7x | 2.7x | 9.8x | 10.2x | |||
| $6.4B | $1.6B | 3.3x | 2.9x | 12.8x | 13.5x | |||
| $647M | $170M | 17.7x | 15.5x | 67.5x | 58.7x | |||
| $13B | $5.4B | 3.2x | 3.1x | 7.8x | 8.2x | |||
| $10B | $139M | 1.0x | 1.1x | 79.3x | 61.5x | |||
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Common questions about Cepsa
| When was Cepsa founded? | Cepsa was founded in 1929. |
| Where is Cepsa headquartered? | Cepsa is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. |
| Is Cepsa publicly listed? | No, Cepsa is a private, VC-backed company. |
| What is Cepsa's valuation? | Cepsa was last valued at $12B in its secondary sale in April 2019. |
| Who are Cepsa's investors? | Cepsa's investors include GBL Capital and Carlyle Group. |
| Which companies are comparable to Cepsa? | Companies comparable to Cepsa include AltaGas, Hidroelectrica, Datang International, China Resources Power, Eni Plenitude and Helion Energy. |
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