CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP)
- Previous Close
38.92 - Open
38.88 - Bid 38.40 x 1300
- Ask 40.00 x 1000
- Day's Range
38.86 - 39.29 - 52 Week Range
25.41 - 39.31 - Volume
3,933,661 - Avg. Volume
5,585,352 - Market Cap (intraday)
25.489B - Beta (5Y Monthly) 0.61
- PE Ratio (TTM)
26.39 - EPS (TTM)
1.48 - Earnings Date Jul 28, 2025 - Aug 1, 2025
- Forward Dividend & Yield 0.88 (2.25%)
- Ex-Dividend Date May 15, 2025
- 1y Target Est
38.00
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.
www.centerpointenergy.com8,872
Full Time Employees
December 31
Fiscal Year Ends
Sector
Utilities - Regulated Electric
Industry
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Performance Overview: CNP
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Statistics: CNP
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Market Cap
25.49B
Enterprise Value
45.78B
Trailing P/E
26.39
Forward P/E
22.32
PEG Ratio (5yr expected)
2.62
Price/Sales (ttm)
2.83
Price/Book (mrq)
2.33
Enterprise Value/Revenue
5.12
Enterprise Value/EBITDA
13.17
Financial Highlights
Profitability and Income Statement
Profit Margin
10.80%
Return on Assets (ttm)
2.97%
Return on Equity (ttm)
9.22%
Revenue (ttm)
8.94B
Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)
966M
Diluted EPS (ttm)
1.48
Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
Total Cash (mrq)
1.92B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq)
202.53%
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)
-1.25B
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View MoreCenterPoint Earnings: Increased Capital Needs Highlight Houston's Growth and Opportunity
CenterPoint Energy owns a portfolio of businesses. Its regulated electric utilities provide transmission and distribution services to more than 2.5 million customers in the Houston area, southern Indiana, and west central Ohio. The company has natural gas distribution systems serving approximately 4 million customers.
RatingPrice TargetUS Utilities: Tariffs Raise Questions About Cost Pass-Throughs, Electricity Demand, Interest Rates
CenterPoint Energy owns a portfolio of businesses. Its regulated electric utilities provide transmission and distribution services to more than 2.5 million customers in the Houston area, southern Indiana, and west central Ohio. The company has natural gas distribution systems serving approximately 4 million customers.
RatingPrice TargetStock appears fairly valued
CenterPoint Energy is a gas and electric company with about seven million metered customers. It has distribution and electric transmission, distribution and small generation operations. The company is headquartered in gas-rich Texas and has regulated electric service in Texas and Ohio, but also serves customers in Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Indiana. Regulated gas service is in IN, MN, OH, and TX. Its Indiana utility has relatively small generation capacity of about 1.3 GW. CNP has about 4.7 GW of total energy output. Its fuel mix remains heavily reliant on fossil fuels, with almost 85% of its Indiana generation from coal. The company has closed two coal-fired plants and operates one remaining coal plant in Indiana, It plans to convert the remaining plant to natural gas by 2027. CNP projects it will be 80% renewably-fueled by 2030. Total 2024 revenues were about $8.6 billion, of which just over half were electricity revenues and about 47% were from natural gas sales. CNP's key utility serving Houston, accounted for about 45% of total 2024 revenue. The shares are a component of the S&P 500 and the current market cap is about $24.5 billion.
RatingPrice TargetPresident Trump's tariff announcement caused a market sell-off on Thursday.
President Trump's tariff announcement caused a market sell-off on Thursday. Energy was the worst sector, followed by Technology. Apple was down more than 9%, its worst day in four years. The 10-year Treasury yield, at 4.05%, was the lowest since October. The Dow fell 4%, the S&P 500 sank 4.8% and the Nasdaq was down nearly 6%.