CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP)

NYSE: CNP · USD

$41.6

-0.33 (-0.8%)· Recorded snapshot

Market cap	27.6B
Revenue (ttm)	9.8B
Net income (ttm)	1.2B
EPS (ttm)	$1.74
Shares out	662.9M
P/E (trailing)	23.9x
P/E (forward)	20.4x
Dividend	$0.96 (2.30%)
Volume	9,121,198
Beta	0.46

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 9.8B
Net income (ttm): 1.2B
EPS (ttm): $1.74
P/E (trailing): 23.9x
P/E (forward): 20.4x
Market cap: 27.6B

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CEG	Constellation Energy Corporation	91.4B	25.0x	2.9x	7.4%	+10.8%	-33.6%	Vender

Calendar

Next earnings

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Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E20.4

P25 14.1P50 18P75 20.1

Trailing P/E23.9

P25 14.6P50 20.2P75 23.6

ROE10.1

P25 5.5P50 8.9P75 11

ROIC4.3

P25 2.9P50 4.1P75 5

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Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001130310
Company name	CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	15189T107
Earnings date	2026-10-27
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	14,931
Employees change	-170
Employees growth	-1.13%
Enterprise value	$51.9B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-09-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1866
In index	SP500
Industry	Utilities - Regulated Electric
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US15189T1079
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-19
Last earnings date	2026-10-27
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	1995-12-11
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$27.6B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Next earnings date	2027-02-18
Options	Yes
Price	$41.64
Price currency	USD
Sector	Utilities
SIC code	4911
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	CNP
U.S. state	Texas
Website	https://www.centerpointenergy.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	21.46x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	20.75x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	22.65x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	20.44x
Earnings yield	4.18%
EV/Earnings	45.06x
EV/EBIT	21.71x
EV/EBITDA	12.73x
EV/Sales	5.3x
FCF / EV yield	-5.43%
FCF yield	-10.2%
Forward EV/Sales	5.22x
Forward P/E	20.38x
Forward P/S	2.78x
Graham number	26.33514
Graham upside	-36.97%
Industry forward P/E	16.43x
Industry P/E	17.27x
Lynch fair value	$8.86
Lynch upside	-78.79%
P/B ratio	2.37x
P/E ratio	23.93x
P/OCF ratio	9.8x
P/S ratio	2.82x
PEG ratio	2.34x
Price / tangible book value	3.38x
Price/EBITDA ratio	6.77x
Sector forward P/E	17.04x
Sector P/E	19.79x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	24.4%
EBITDA margin	41.62%
Effective tax rate	20.29%
Gross margin	48.39%
Operating margin	24.4%
Pretax margin	14.75%
Profit margin	11.76%
Profit per employee	$77,356
Profitable quarters	25
Profitable years	5
Revenue per employee	$657,893
ROA	3.17%
ROA (5Y)	2.71%
ROCE	5.38%
ROE	10.14%
ROE (5Y)	9.47%
ROIC	4.28%
Tax / revenue	2.99%

Growth

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

Metric	Value
EPS growth	10.11%
EPS growth (Q)	11.41%
EPS growth (QoQ)	35.14%
EPS growth 3Y	11.37%
EPS growth 5Y	2.59%
EPS growth quarters	4
EPS growth years	2
Net income growth	11.49%
Net income growth (Q)	12.97%
Net income growth (QoQ)	35.66%
Net income growth 3Y	13.16%
Net income growth 5Y	5.09%
Net income growth quarters	4
Net income growth years	2
OCF growth	8.61%
OCF growth (Q)	33.56%
OCF growth (QoQ)	27.38%
OCF growth 10Y	4.6%
OCF growth 3Y	-7.37%
OCF growth 5Y	135.5%
Revenue growth	7.78%
Revenue growth (Q)	10.21%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	1.81%
Revenue growth 10Y	3.1%
Revenue growth 3Y	2.12%
Revenue growth 5Y	3.95%
Revenue growth quarters	7
Revenue growth years	1

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-5.7B
Depreciation and amortization	$1.7B
EBIT	$2.4B
EBITDA	$4.1B
EPS	$1.74
FCF per share	$-4.26
Financing cash flow	$2.4B
Free cash flow	$-2.8B
Gross profit	$4.8B
Income taxes	$294M
Investing cash flow	$-5.1B
Net borrowing	$2.7B
Net cash flow	$109M
Net income	$1.2B
Operating income	$2.4B
Revenue	$9.8B

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Book value per share	$17.71
Debt / EBITDA	6.04
Debt / equity	2.12
Goodwill	$3.6B
Interest coverage	2.37
Long-term assets	$43.8B
Long-term liabilities	$32.8B
Net cash (debt)	$-24.3B
Net cash / market cap	-87.91%
Net debt / EBITDA	5.96
Net debt / equity	2.07
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$36.4B
Shareholders' equity	$11.7B
Tangible book value	$8.2B
Tangible book value per share	$12.36
Total assets	$49.5B
Total cash	$557M
Total debt	$24.9B
Total liabilities	$37.7B
WACC	5.1%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.21
Current assets	$5.7B
Current liabilities	$4.9B
Current ratio	1.15
Inventory turnover	6.11
Net working capital	$1.4B
Quick ratio	0.37
Working capital	$736M
Working capital turnover	-9.55

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	-1.24%
Dividend growth	6.82%
Dividend growth (10Y)	-0.91%
Dividend growth (3Y)	6.88%
Dividend growth (5Y)	7.66%
Dividend growth years	4
Dividend payment date	2026-12-10
Dividend payment years	56
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$0.96
Dividend yield	2.3%
Ex-dividend date	2026-11-19
Last dividend	$0.24
Payout ratio	55.17%
Shareholder yield	1.07%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y price change	84.78%
10Y return CAGR	9.69%
10Y total return	152%
150-day SMA	$41.52
15Y price change	96.26%
15Y return CAGR	8.32%
15Y total return	231.39%
1D price change	-0.79%
1M price change	13.21%
1M total return	13.21%
1W price change	3.44%
1W total return	3.44%
1Y price change	4.95%
1Y return CAGR	7.34%
1Y total return	7.33%
20-day SMA	$39.63
200-day SMA	$41.54
20Y price change	170.64%
20Y return CAGR	9.23%
20Y total return	484.47%
3M price change	-5.24%
3M total return	-4.67%
3Y price change	56.26%
3Y return CAGR	19.04%
3Y total return	68.68%
50-day SMA	$39.06
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$45.26
52-week high date	2026-07-28
52-week low	$36.37
52-week low date	2026-09-29
5Y price change	58.51%
5Y return CAGR	12.46%
5Y total return	79.84%
6M price change	-2.76%
6M total return	-1.65%
All-time high	$50.45
All-time high date	2001-05-01
All-time low	$4.24
All-time low date	2002-07-24
Average true range (ATR)	$0.69
Average volume	7M
Beta (1Y)	-0.37
Beta (2Y)	0.02
Beta (5Y)	0.46
Change from 52-week high	-8%
Change from 52-week low	14.49%
Change from all-time high	-17.33%
Change from all-time low	883.61%
Change from open	-0.83%
Day's gap	0.05%
Dollar volume	$379.8M
High price	$42.23
Low price	$41.43
Monthly RSI	57.78
Open price	$41.99
Position in 52-week range	26.25%
Premarket change	-0.74%
Premarket close	$41.97
Premarket price	$41.66
Previous close	$41.97
Price vs 150-day SMA	0.46%
Price vs 20-day SMA	5.24%
Price vs 200-day SMA	0.4%
Price vs 50-day SMA	6.76%
Relative volume	1.32
RSI	68.76
Sharpe ratio	0.26
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.81
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.48
Sortino ratio	0.68
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.45
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.96
Volume	9.1M
Weekly RSI	54.69
YTD price change	8.78%
YTD total return	10.63%

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	656.3M
Float percentage	99%
Shares change (QoQ)	-0.33%
Shares change (YoY)	1.24%
Shares held by insiders	0.25%
Shares held by institutions	106.85%
Shares outstanding	662.9M
Short % of float	7.36%
Short % of shares	7.29%
Short ratio	7.4 days

Deeper analysis on CNP

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Forecast

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP)

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