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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP)

39.67 -0.31 (-0.78%)
At close: September 4 at 4:00:03 PM EDT
39.95 +0.28 (+0.71%)
After hours: September 4 at 7:58:46 PM EDT
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CenterPoint Energy (CNP) remains a strong dividend stock despite a recent 7.8% dropsince its last earnings report. The company reported solid Q2 results, with $2.15 billionin revenue, but faces challenges with rising interest rates and recent insider sales impacting investor sentiment.

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  • Previous Close 39.98
  • Open 39.76
  • Bid 39.70 x 60000
  • Ask 39.71 x 30000
  • Day's Range 39.57 - 40.10
  • 52 Week Range 37.13 - 45.26
  • Volume 4,069,911
  • Avg. Volume 6,421,240
  • Market Cap (intraday) 26.131B
  • Beta (5Y Monthly) 0.45
  • PE Ratio (TTM) 23.61
  • EPS (TTM) 1.68
  • Earnings Date (est.) Oct 22, 2026
  • Forward Dividend & Yield 0.96 (2.40%)
  • Ex-Dividend Date Aug 20, 2026
  • 1y Target Est 45.75

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates through Electric; Natural Gas; and Corporate and Other segments. The Electric segment provides electric transmission and distribution services to electric customers and electric generation assets, as well as optimizes assets in the wholesale power market in Indiana Electric's service territory. The Natural Gas segment engages in the intrastate natural gas sales, and natural gas transportation and distribution for residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas; permanent pipeline connections through interconnects with various interstate and intrastate pipeline companies; and provides home appliance maintenance and repair services to customers in Minnesota and home repair protection plans to natural gas customers in Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas through a third party. As of December 31, 2025, it served approximately 2,859,313 metered customers; owned 355 substations with transformer capacity of 81,692 megavolt amperes; and owned and operated approximately 208 miles of intrastate pipeline in Louisiana and Texas. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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8,794

Full Time Employees

December 31

Fiscal Year Ends

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Performance Overview

Trailing total returns as of 9/4/2026, which may include dividends or other distributions. Benchmark is S&P 500 (^GSPC) .

YTD Return

CNP
5.23%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
12.75%

1-Year Return

CNP
8.31%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
18.71%

3-Year Return

CNP
54.88%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
70.93%

5-Year Return

CNP
73.50%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
70.18%

Earnings Trends

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Earnings Per Share

GAAP
Normalized
GAAP
Normalized

Revenue vs. Earnings

Annual
Quarterly
Annual
Quarterly
Q2 FY26
Revenue 2.15B
Earnings 244M
Profit Margin 11.34%

Q3

FY25

Q4

FY25

Q1

FY26

Q2

FY26

0
1B
2B
11.0%
12.0%
13.0%
14.0%

Analyst Insights

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Analyst Price Targets

39.00
45.75 Average
39.67 Current
50.00 High

Analyst Recommendations

  • Strong Buy
  • Buy
  • Hold
  • Underperform
  • Sell

Latest Rating

Date 8/21/2026
Analyst Morgan Stanley
Rating Action Maintains
Rating Equal-Weight
Price Action Lowers
Price Target 40 -> 39

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Valuation Measures

Annual
  • Market Cap

  • Enterprise Value

  • Trailing P/E

  • Forward P/E

  • PEG Ratio (5yr expected)

  • Price/Sales (ttm)

  • Price/Book (mrq)

  • Enterprise Value/Revenue

  • Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Financial Highlights

Profitability and Income Statement

  • Profit Margin

    11.61%

  • Return on Assets (ttm)

    3.00%

  • Return on Equity (ttm)

    9.83%

  • Revenue (ttm)

    9.62B

  • Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)

    1.12B

  • Diluted EPS (ttm)

    1.68

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

  • Total Cash (mrq)

    453M

  • Total Debt/Equity (mrq)

    210.26%

  • Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)

    -5.19B

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