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Market cap

27.3B

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Market data

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E21.4

P25 15.3P50 18.3P75 20.8

Trailing P/E25.6

P25 16.2P50 20.2P75 23.8

ROE9.6

P25 4.7P50 8.5P75 10.2

ROIC3.8

P25 2.4P50 3.8P75 4.8

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Indicator catalog

All CNP market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

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Currency

USD

Showing 256 of 256 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001130310
Company name	CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	15189T107
Employees	14,931
Employees Change	-170%
Employees Change Percent	-1.13
Enterprise value	$50.8B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500
Industry	Utilities - Regulated Electric
Isin	US15189T1079
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$27.3B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$41.72
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	630,366.35x
Sector	Utilities
Sic	4911
Symbol	CNP
Website	https://www.centerpointenergy.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	3.92%
EV Earnings	47.41x
EV Sales Forward	5.31x
EV/EBIT	24.18x
EV/EBITDA	13.86x
EV/Sales	5.4x
FCF yield	-9.79%
Forward P/E	21.38x
P/B ratio	2.38x
P/E ratio	25.59x
P/S ratio	2.9x
PE Ratio10 Y	20.59x
PE Ratio3 Y	22.62x
PE Ratio5 Y	19.83x
PEG ratio	2.46x
PS Forward	2.85x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	22.31%
EBITDA Margin	38.93%
Gross margin	45.92%
Gross Profit	$4.3B
Net Income	$1.1B
Net Income Growth	10.87%
Net Income Growth Q	6.4%
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	2%
Net Income Growth3 Y	10.08%
Net Income Growth5 Y	11.81%
Pretax Margin	13.58%
Profit Margin	11.38%
Profit Per Employee	$71,730
Profitable Years	5
ROA	2.84
Roa5y	2.71
ROCE	4.94
ROE	9.56
Roe5y	9.47
ROIC	3.79

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	10.29%
Cagr15y	9.31%
Cagr1y	9.31%
Cagr20y	10.51%
Cagr3y	13.92%
Cagr5y	14.11%
Div CAGR10	-1.15%
Div CAGR3	6.74%
Div CAGR5	7.74%
EPS Growth	9.88
EPS Growth Q	6.67
EPS Growth Quarters	3
EPS Growth Years	2
EPS Growth3 Y	8.94
EPS Growth5 Y	8.13
OCF Growth	17.26%
OCF Growth Q	-31.22%
OCF Growth10 Y	2.53%
OCF Growth3 Y	-7.12%
Revenue Growth	5.24x
Revenue Growth Q	1.88x
Revenue Growth Quarters	6x
Revenue Growth Years	1x
Revenue Growth3 Y	0.27x
Revenue Growth5 Y	3.83x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.2
Assets	$47.8B
Cash	$1.2B
Current Assets	$6.2B
Current Liabilities	$5.3B
Debt	$24.7B
Debt EBITDA	$6.67
Debt Equity	$2.16
Equity	$11.4B
Interest Coverage	2.26
Liabilities	$36.4B
Long Term Assets	$41.7B
Long Term Liabilities	$31.1B
Net Cash	$-23.5B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-86.07
Net Debt EBITDA	$6.41
Net Debt Equity	$2.05
Tangible Book Value	$7.9B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$12.07
WACC	5.11

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.16
Inventory Turnover	7.98
Net Working Capital	$1.9B
Quick ratio	0.47
Working Capital	$875M
Working Capital Turnover	$33.02

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-1.26%
Dividend Growth	5.88%
Dividend Growth Years	4%
Dividend per share	$0.92
Dividend Years	56
Dividend Yield	2.21%
Ex Div Date	2026-05-21
Last Dividend	$0.23
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	55.2%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	166.16%
1Y total return	9.31%
200-day SMA	40.04
3Y total return	47.85%
50-day SMA	43.05
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	93.48%
All Time High	50.45
All Time High Change	-17.3%
All Time High Date	2001-05-01
All Time Low	4.24
All Time Low Change	883.96%
All Time Low Date	2002-07-24
ATR	0.8
Beta	0.48
Beta1y	-0.04
Beta2y	0.18
Ch YTD	8.82
High	42.56
High52	44.47
High52 Date	2026-04-09
High52ch	-6.18%
Low	41.64
Low52	35.46
Low52 Date	2025-07-08
Low52ch	17.65%
Ma50ch	-3.09%
Price vs 200-day SMA	4.19%
RSI	39.83
RSI Monthly	63.6
RSI Weekly	53.16
Sharpe ratio	0.39x
Sortino ratio	0.9
Total Return	0.94%
Tr YTD	9.42
Tr15y	279.84%
Tr1m	-4.31%
Tr1w	-3.76%
Tr3m	4.74%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	13
Analyst Count Top	11
Analyst Price Target Top	$43.45
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.57
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	7.55
Earnings Revenue Estimate	2,965,435,720x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	1.56x
Operating Income	$2.1B
Operating margin	22.31
Price target	$44.15
Price Target Change	$5.83
Price Target Change Top	$4.15

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	650,076,213%
Float Percent	99.37%
Net Borrowing	2,624,000,000
Shares Insiders	0.5%
Shares Institutions	101.96%
Shares Out	654,169,480
Shares Qo Q	0.13%
Shares Yo Y	1.26%
Short Float	6.37%
Short Ratio	9.77
Short Shares	6.33

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-2.7B
Average Volume	5,127,036.35x
Bv Per Share	17.5
CAPEX	$-5B
Ch10y	92.88
Ch15y	122.9
Ch1m	-4.31
Ch1w	-3.76
Ch1y	6.84
Ch20y	237.5
Ch3m	4.17
Ch3y	36.7
Ch5y	70.36
Ch6m	5.86
Change	-1.23%
Change From Open	-1.53
Close	42.24
Days Gap	0.31
Depreciation Amortization	1,590,000,000
Dollar Volume	172,452,123.2
Earnings Date	2026-04-23
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$2.1B
EBITDA	$3.7B
EPS	$1.63
F Score	5
FCF	$-2.7B
FCF EV Yield	-5.26x
FCF Per Share	$-4.08
Financing CF	2,009,000,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,866
Goodwill	3,550,000,000
Graham Number	25.33966
Graham Upside	-39.26
Income Tax	$207M
Investing CF	-4,970,000,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-23
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Date	1995-12-11
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-19
Lynch Fair Value	$19.25
Lynch Upside	-53.86
Ma150	40.65
Ma150ch	2.63%
Ma20	42.8
Ma20ch	-2.53%
Net CF	-603,000,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-07-23
Open	42.37
Optionable	Yes
P OCF Ratio	11.57
Payment Date	2026-06-11
Position In Range	8.7
Ppne	34,262,000,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$7.45
Ptbv Ratio	3.46
Relative Volume	0.81x
Revenue	9,412,000,000x
Tax By Revenue	2.2x
Tax Rate	16.2%
Tr20y	637.57%
Tr6m	7.04%
Us State	Texas
Volume	4,133,560

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Next action

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Income

CNP dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+2.2%

$0.92 annual per share

Payout ratio

+55.2%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+7.7%

4 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+0.9%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-05-21

Performance

CNP stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns CNP?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+102.0%

Float: +99.4% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+0.5%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

CNP momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

39.8

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+4.2%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.48

Less volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

0.39

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

CNP vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
NEE	NextEra Energy Inc.	194.1B	23.6x	7.0x	3.1%	+10.2%	+42.3%	ख़रीद

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