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CenterPoint Energy (CNP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$36.80 +0.58 (+1.59%)
Closing price 04/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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About CenterPoint Energy Stock (NYSE:CNP)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$36.01
$36.91
50-Day Range
$32.15
$36.81
52-Week Range
$25.41
$37.17
Volume
10.76 million shs
Average Volume
5.37 million shs
Market Capitalization
$24.02 billion
P/E Ratio
23.15
Dividend Yield
2.39%
Price Target
$33.77
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Electric and Natural Gas. The Electric segment includes electric transmission and distribution services to electric customers and electric generation assets, as well as optimizes assets in the wholesale power market. The Natural Gas segment engages in the intrastate natural gas sales, and natural gas transportation and distribution for residential, commercial, industrial and institutional customers in Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas; permanent pipeline connections through interconnects with various interstate and intrastate pipeline companies; and provides maintenance and repair services of home appliances to customers in Minnesota and home repair protection plans to natural gas customers in Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas through a third party. It serves approximately 2,534,730 metered customers; owned 348 substations with transformer capacity of 79,719 megavolt amperes; and owned and operated 217 miles of intrastate pipeline in Louisiana and Texas. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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CenterPoint Energy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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65th Percentile Overall Score

CNP MarketRank™: 

CenterPoint Energy scored higher than 65% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 54th out of 92 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    CenterPoint Energy has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    CenterPoint Energy has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about CenterPoint Energy's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for CenterPoint Energy are expected to grow by 6.86% in the coming year, from $1.75 to $1.87 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of CenterPoint Energy is 23.15, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 22.58.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of CenterPoint Energy is 23.15, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 15.34.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    CenterPoint Energy has a PEG Ratio of 2.71. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    CenterPoint Energy has a P/B Ratio of 2.25. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about CenterPoint Energy's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.97% of the float of CenterPoint Energy has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    CenterPoint Energy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.6.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in CenterPoint Energy has recently increased by 2.01%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    CenterPoint Energy pays a meaningful dividend of 2.48%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    CenterPoint Energy does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of CenterPoint Energy is 55.35%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, CenterPoint Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 47.06% next year. This indicates that CenterPoint Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about CenterPoint Energy's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    3.97% of the float of CenterPoint Energy has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    CenterPoint Energy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.6.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in CenterPoint Energy has recently increased by 2.01%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • News Sentiment

    CenterPoint Energy has a news sentiment score of 1.15. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 26 news articles for CenterPoint Energy this week, compared to 11 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 5 people have searched for CNP on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -55% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    6 people have added CenterPoint Energy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, CenterPoint Energy insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.14% of the stock of CenterPoint Energy is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    91.77% of the stock of CenterPoint Energy is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about CenterPoint Energy's insider trading history.
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CNP Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

CenterPoint Energy's stock was trading at $31.73 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CNP stock has increased by 16.0% and is now trading at $36.8050.
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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) issued its earnings results on Thursday, February, 20th. The utilities provider reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.40. The utilities provider earned $2.26 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.46 billion. CenterPoint Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.02% and a net margin of 11.79%.
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The following companies are subsidiaries of CenterPoint Energy: Vectren Corporation, Continuum Energy, Asgard Energy, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC, CenterPoint Energy Investment Management Inc., CenterPoint Energy Midstream Inc. , CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. , and others.

Shares of CNP stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that CenterPoint Energy investors own include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Chevron (CVX), Exxon Mobil (XOM), AT&T (T), Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/20/2025
Record date for 3/13 Dividend
2/20/2025
Ex-Dividend for 3/13 Dividend
2/20/2025
Dividend Payable
3/13/2025
Today
4/01/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
4/29/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Utilities
Industry
Electric services
Sub-Industry
Multi-Utilities
Current Symbol
NYSE:CNP
Employees
12,500
Year Founded
1866

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$33.77
High Stock Price Target
$37.00
Low Stock Price Target
$29.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-8.2%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.25
Research Coverage
12 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
23.15
Forward P/E Ratio
21.03
P/E Growth
2.71
Net Income
$917 million
Pretax Margin
14.05%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$8.64 billion
Cash Flow
$4.15 per share
Price / Cash Flow
8.86
Book Value
$16.37 per share
Price / Book
2.25

Miscellaneous

Free Float
650,554,000
Market Cap
$24.02 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.91

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This page (NYSE:CNP) was last updated on 4/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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