centerpoint energy inc. - CNP

CNP

Close Chg Chg %
41.87 0.21 0.49%

Pre-Market

42.08

+0.21 (0.49%)

Volume: 3.01M

Last Updated:

Mar 25, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: centerpoint energy inc. - CNP

CNP Key Data

Open

$42.27

Day Range

42.02 - 42.51

52 Week Range

34.72 - 44.42

Market Cap

$27.34B

Shares Outstanding

652.87M

Public Float

649.39M

Beta

0.58

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

26.10

EPS

$1.61

Yield

212.51%

Dividend

$0.23

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Feb 19, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

5.06M

 

CNP Performance

1 Week
 
0.12%
 
1 Month
 
-3.29%
 
3 Months
 
9.87%
 
1 Year
 
16.06%
 
5 Years
 
91.49%
 

CNP Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 19
Full Ratings ➔

About centerpoint energy inc. - CNP

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the business of power generation and distribution. It operates through the following segments: Electric, Corporate and Other, and Natural Gas. The Electric segment includes electric transmission and distribution services. The Corporate and Other segment refers to the energy performance contracting and sustainable infrastructure services. The Natural Gas segment is involved in the sales of intrastate natural gas, permanent pipeline connections, and home appliance maintenance and repair services. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

CNP At a Glance

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
1111 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas 77002-5230
Phone 1-713-207-1111 Revenue 9.36B
Industry Electric Utilities Net Income 1.05B
Sector Utilities 2025 Sales Growth 8.261%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 8,794
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CNP Valuation

P/E Current 26.102
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 23.895
Price to Sales Ratio 2.687
Price to Book Ratio 2.244
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 10.11
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 13.238
Enterprise Value to Sales 5.15
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.49

CNP Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 1,064,020.923
Income Per Employee 119,627.018
Receivables Turnover 6.489
Total Asset Turnover 0.20

CNP Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.911
Quick Ratio 0.794
Cash Ratio 0.089

CNP Profitability

Gross Margin 28.706
Operating Margin 22.55
Pretax Margin 13.327
Net Margin 11.243
Return on Assets 2.247
Return on Equity 9.643
Return on Total Capital 3.027
Return on Invested Capital 3.347

CNP Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 211.656
Total Debt to Total Capital 67.913
Total Debt to Total Assets 48.927
Long-Term Debt to Equity 184.91
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 59.331
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Annual Financials for Centerpoint Energy Inc. - CNP

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
9.32B 8.70B 8.64B 9.36B
Sales Growth
+11.60% -6.71% -0.61% +8.26%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
7.21B 6.41B 6.11B 6.67B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
1.29B 1.40B 1.44B 1.53B
Depreciation
1.28B 1.40B 1.44B 1.53B
Amortization of Intangibles
- - 7.00M 3.00M
-
COGS Growth
+11.62% -11.11% -4.76% +9.25%
Gross Income
2.11B 2.29B 2.54B 2.69B
Gross Income Growth
+11.53% +8.35% +11.03% +5.87%
Gross Profit Margin
+22.63% +26.28% +29.35% +28.71%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
- - - -
-
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
- - - -
-
SGA Growth
- - - -
-
Other Operating Expense
543.00M 525.00M 547.00M 576.00M
Unusual Expense
(76.00M) (18.00M) (6.00M) 45.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
1.64B 1.78B 2.00B 2.06B
Non Operating Income/Expense
299.00M 10.00M 56.00M 85.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
524.00M 701.00M 838.00M 903.00M
Interest Expense Growth
-0.95% +33.78% +19.54% +7.76%
Gross Interest Expense
524.00M 701.00M 838.00M 903.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
1.42B 1.09B 1.21B 1.25B
Pretax Income Growth
+82.13% -23.29% +11.68% +2.72%
Pretax Margin
+15.20% +12.50% +14.05% +13.33%
Income Tax
360.00M 170.00M 195.00M 195.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
340.00M 139.00M (26.00M) 73.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
20.00M 31.00M 221.00M 122.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
1.06B 917.00M 1.02B 1.05B
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
1.06B 917.00M 1.02B 1.05B
Net Income Growth
+58.23% -13.25% +11.12% +3.24%
Net Margin Growth
+11.34% +10.55% +11.79% +11.24%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
1.06B 917.00M 1.02B 1.05B
Preferred Dividends
- - 49.00M 50.00M
-
Net Income Available to Common
1.01B 867.00M 1.02B 1.05B
EPS (Basic)
1.6015 1.3741 1.5844 1.6118
EPS (Basic) Growth
-31.73% -14.20% +15.30% +1.73%
Basic Shares Outstanding
629.41M 630.95M 643.16M 652.67M
EPS (Diluted)
1.5941 1.3693 1.582 1.6045
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-30.10% -14.10% +15.53% +1.42%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
632.35M 633.18M 644.14M 655.65M
EBITDA
2.85B 3.16B 3.43B 3.64B
EBITDA Growth
+6.53% +10.72% +8.48% +6.15%
EBITDA Margin
+30.63% +36.35% +39.67% +38.90%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 45.00
Number of Ratings 19 Current Quarters Estimate 0.587
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 1.909
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.45 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 1.76 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 2.08
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 8 8 15 14
Mean Estimate 0.59 0.38 1.91 2.08
High Estimates 0.65 0.47 1.92 2.10
Low Estimate 0.49 0.33 1.90 2.02
Coefficient of Variance 9.88 15.51 0.34 0.98

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 7 7 7
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 1
HOLD 10 9 12
UNDERWEIGHT 1 1 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Centerpoint Energy Inc. - CNP

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Feb 24, 2026 Jason M. Ryan EVP, Reg. Svcs. & Gov. Affairs 244,837 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 Monica Karuturi EVP and General Counsel 241,665 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.64 per share 10,304,595.60
Feb 24, 2026 Monica Karuturi EVP and General Counsel 252,476 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.64 per share 10,765,576.64
Feb 24, 2026 Monica Karuturi EVP and General Counsel 280,758 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 Christopher A. Foster EVP and CFO 203,784 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.64 per share 8,689,349.76
Feb 24, 2026 Christopher A. Foster EVP and CFO 208,665 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.64 per share 8,897,475.60
Feb 24, 2026 Christopher A. Foster EVP and CFO 235,508 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 Jason M. Ryan EVP, Reg. Svcs. & Gov. Affairs 213,156 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.64 per share 9,088,971.84
Feb 24, 2026 Jason M. Ryan EVP, Reg. Svcs. & Gov. Affairs 220,969 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.64 per share 9,422,118.16
Feb 24, 2026 Kristie L. Colvin SVP and CAO 138,127 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.64 per share 5,889,735.28
Feb 24, 2026 Kristie L. Colvin SVP and CAO 141,134 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.64 per share 6,017,953.76
Feb 24, 2026 Kristie L. Colvin SVP and CAO 147,853 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 24, 2026 Jason P. Wells President & CEO; Director 536,164 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.64 per share 22,862,032.96
Feb 24, 2026 Jason P. Wells President & CEO; Director 565,379 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $42.64 per share 24,107,760.56
Feb 24, 2026 Jason P. Wells President & CEO; Director 630,192 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 14, 2025 Laurie Fitch Director 6,434 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $37.58 per share 241,789.72
May 14, 2025 Laurie Fitch Director 7,234 Open market or private purchase of non-derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $36.72 per share 265,632.48

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