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Ticker
CNP

Price
42.65
Stock movement up
+0.13 (0.31%)
Company name
CenterPoint Energy Inc
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Utilities >
Utilities - Regulated Electric
Market cap
27.84B
Ent value
61.79B
Price/Sales
3.06
Price/Book
2.52
Div yield
2.16%
Div growth
3.53%
Growth years
4
FCF payout
-20.32%
Trailing P/E
27.98
Forward P/E
22.35
PEG
-
EPS growth
0.20%
1 year return (CAGR)
27.58%
3 year return (CAGR)
14.18%
5 year return (CAGR)
14.92%
10 year return (CAGR)
8.75%
Last updated: 2026-02-20

DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share0.92
Dividend yield2.16%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield3.29%
Average yield2.57%
Minimum yield2.08%
Discount to avg yield-18.93%
Upside potential-15.91%
Yield as % of max yield65.52%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield2.16%
Current yield distribution98.17%
Yield at 100% (Min)2.08%
Yield at 90%2.26%
Yield at 80%2.33%
Yield at 50% (Median)2.57%
Yield at 20%2.78%
Yield at 10%2.89%
Yield at 0% (Max)3.29%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth4 years
CCC status-
Dividend per share0.92
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date19 Feb 2026
EPS (TTM)1.52
EPS (1y forward)1.91
EPS growth (5y)0.20%
EPS growth (5y forward)-6.65%

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
CNPS&P500
DGR MR4.55%-13.74%
DGR TTM7.23%6.60%
DGR 3 years7.93%7.31%
DGR 5 years3.53%4.69%
DGR 10 years-1.17%6.30%
DGR 15 years0.81%8.16%
Time since last change announced71 days
EPS growth (5y)0.20%
EPS growth (5y forward)-6.65%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM57.19%-20.32%
Average--
Forward48.22%-

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E27.98
Price to OCF10.71
Price to FCF-
Price to EBITDA7.85
EV to EBITDA17.41

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales3.06
Price to Book2.52
EV to Sales6.80

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count652.87M
EPS (TTM)1.52
FCF per share (TTM)-4.27

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)9.09B
Gross profit (TTM)4.07B
Operating income (TTM)2.02B
Net income (TTM)995.00M
EPS (TTM)1.52
EPS (1y forward)1.91

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)44.78%
Operating margin (TTM)22.27%
Profit margin (TTM)10.95%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash67.00M
Net receivables1.29B
Total current assets2.95B
Goodwill3.94B
Intangible assets0.00
Property, plant and equipment45.58B
Total assets45.05B
Accounts payable968.00M
Short/Current long term debt22.94B
Total current liabilities5.74B
Total liabilities34.01B
Shareholder's equity11.04B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)2.60B
Capital expenditures (TTM)5.40B
Free cash flow (TTM)-2.80B
Dividends paid (TTM)569.00M

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity9.02%
Return on Assets2.21%
Return on Invested Capital6.83%
Cash Return on Invested Capital-19.21%

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STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open42.81
Daily high43.09
Daily low42.53
Daily Volume7.53M
All-time high42.65
1y analyst estimate42.50
Beta0.59
EPS (TTM)1.52
Dividend per share0.92
Ex-div date19 Feb 2026
Next earnings date19 Feb 2026

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
CNPS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-1.45%-0.70%
Highest price drop-89.20%-56.47%
Date of highest drop24 Jul 20029 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-36.59%-10.84%
Avg time to new high71 days12 days
Max time to new high6231 days1805 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
CNP (CenterPoint Energy Inc) company logo
Marketcap
27.84B
Marketcap category
Large-cap
Description
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates in Electric and Natural Gas 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, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, 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, 2024, it served approximately 2,818,343 metered customers; owned 352 substations with transformer capacity of 80,659 megavolt amperes; and owned and operated approximately 219 miles of intrastate pipeline in Louisiana and Texas. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Employees
8872
SEC filings
CEO
John W. Somerhalder
Country
USA
City
Houston
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
-
Dividend Frequency
Quarterly
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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