CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

CNP Utilities Utilities Regulated Electric

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $9.4 billion, up 8.26% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 10.7%, EPS grew 23.3%, free cash flow fell 4.04% and total debt rose 14.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

40.64 0.84 +2.11%
Market cap
$26.2B
P/E
23.9×
Fwd P/E
22.8×
Dividend yield
2.26%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
0.82
Beneish M
−2.65
Dividend safety
32/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.04
Total sells 0.24
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — 1 — —
Sell 1 — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 0.00%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 26,220.00
Revenue 9,620.00
Net Income 1,117.00
Free Cash Flow (3,052.00)
Net Debt 24,189.00
Current Ratio 1.12
Debt/Equity 2.10 (above 2: weak)
P/E ratio 23.91
Fwd P/E 22.80
P/S ratio 2.78
P/B ratio 2.28
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 8.56%
Next Y EPS Growth 9.30%
Next Y revenue growth 5.04%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 9.08%

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 67.41%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 86.33%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 63.95%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 89.68%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.54
Annual Dividend Rate 0.92
Annual Dividend Yield 2.26%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.92
0.23
0.23
0.24
2025 0.88
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.22
2024 0.81
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.21
2023 0.77
0.19
0.19
0.19
0.20
2022 0.70
0.17
0.17
0.18
0.18
2021 0.65
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.17
2020 0.74
0.29
0.15
0.15
0.15
2019 1.15
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.29
2018 1.11
0.28
0.28
0.28
0.28
2017 1.07
0.27
0.27
0.27
0.27
2016 1.03
0.26
0.26
0.26
0.26
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 631 585 548 453
Receivables 804 838 842 891
Inventory 770 714 732 747
Other 677 2,121 3,439 3,243
3,027 4,381 5,701 5,454
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 917 1,320 1,300 1,098
ST’ Debt 1,059 566 2,414 1,736
Other 1,235 1,413 1,739 1,453
3,864 4,045 6,260 4,857

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 2.39% 4.75% 0.13%
Cash Flow 2.89% 4.50% 11.16%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 1.43%
Book Value 12.41% 5.96% 3.56%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,975 2,152 — — —
’25 2,920 1,944 1,988 2,505 9,357
’24 2,620 1,905 1,856 2,262 8,643
’23 2,779 1,875 1,860 2,182 8,696
’22 2,763 1,944 1,903 2,711 9,321
’21 2,547 1,742 1,749 2,314 8,352
’20 2,167 1,575 1,622 2,054 7,418
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 282 778 — — —
’25 410 560 742 774 2,486
’24 538 576 136 889 2,139
’23 1,713 769 587 808 3,877
’22 580 398 347 485 1,810
’21 (1,681) 605 559 539 22
’20 662 519 258 556 1,995
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (916) (592) — — —
’25 (628) (569) (480) (1,064) (2,741)
’24 (307) (236) (708) (1,123) (2,374)
’23 590 (367) (477) (270) (524)
’22 (266) (636) (852) (855) (2,609)
’21 (2,275) (184) (206) (477) (3,142)
’20 (2) (95) (353) (151) (601)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.48 0.37 — — —
’25 0.45 0.30 0.45 0.40 1.60
’24 0.55 0.36 0.30 0.38 1.58
’23 0.49 0.17 0.40 0.30 1.37
’22 0.82 0.28 0.30 0.19 1.59
’21 0.56 0.37 0.32 1.01 2.28
’20 (2.44) 0.11 0.13 0.27 (1.79)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 16.38 24.45 24.81 24.25 11.58 19.31 25.03 25.42 25.41 30.59

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 24.98 30.45 29.63 31.42 27.53 28.37 33.50 31.47 33.00 40.50
People
People Employees 7,727 7,977 7,977 14,262 9,541 9,418 8,986 8,827 8,872 8,794
Revenue/emp, $m 0.97 1.21 0.79 0.53 0.78 0.89 1.04 0.99 0.97 1.06
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 7,528 9,614 6,277 7,564 7,418 8,352 9,321 8,696 8,643 9,357
Gross margin, % 60.60 49.10 76.04 73.31 76.48 72.04 66.84 75.16 80.12 77.38
EBT 686 1,063 551 545 563 778 1,417 1,087 1,214 1,247
EBT margin, % 9.11 11.06 8.78 7.21 7.59 9.32 15.20 12.50 14.05 13.33
Net income 432 1,792 368 791 (773) 1,486 1,057 917 1,019 1,052
Depreciation 1,152 1,060 1,291 1,225 1,189 1,316 1,288 1,401 1,439 1,530
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 17.47 22.31 13.98 15.07 13.97 14.08 14.82 13.78 13.44 14.33
Earnings 1.00 4.16 0.74 1.34 (1.79) 2.35 1.60 1.37 1.58 1.61
Cash flow 4.46 3.29 4.76 3.26 3.76 0.04 2.88 6.14 3.33 3.81
Capex (3.28) (3.31) (3.68) (4.99) (4.89) (5.34) (7.03) (6.97) (7.02) (8.00)
Free cash flow 1.18 (0.02) 1.08 (1.73) (1.13) (5.30) (4.15) (0.83) (3.69) (4.20)
Book value 8.03 10.88 17.95 16.65 15.72 15.88 15.97 15.32 16.59 17.08
Shares, m 431 431 449 502 531 593 629 631 643 653
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 24.46 6.74 38.15 20.35 0.00 12.30 18.59 21.02 19.96 23.96
P/S 1.41 1.26 2.02 1.81 1.55 1.98 1.99 2.11 2.36 2.68
P/B 3.06 2.58 2.01 2.07 1.92 1.92 2.01 1.89 1.91 2.24
EV/Sales 2.38 2.05 2.72 3.67 3.22 1.89 3.74 4.17 4.72 5.07
EV/FCF 35.16 (2,188.51) 35.19 (31.96) (39.79) (5.01) (13.36) (69.26) (17.18) (17.32)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,923 1,417 2,136 1,638 1,995 22 1,810 3,877 2,139 2,486
Capex (1,414) (1,426) (1,651) (2,506) (2,596) (3,164) (4,419) (4,401) (4,513) (5,227)
Free cash flow 509 (9) 485 (868) (601) (3,142) (2,609) (524) (2,374) (2,741)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (157) 326 3,723 (41) (1,905) 3,068 (414) (837) 336 (559)
Total debt 8,592 8,840 9,164 15,112 13,440 862 16,856 18,618 20,963 22,980
Net debt 7,298 7,620 4,393 14,049 12,422 (807) 16,272 17,987 20,378 22,432
Shareholders’ equity 3,460 4,688 8,058 8,359 8,348 9,415 10,042 9,667 10,666 11,153
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 2.00 8.04 1.34 2.16 (2.75) 3.91 2.64 2.22 2.44 2.33
ROIC 5.94 5.77 4.36 2.99 3.13 9.90 3.72 3.98 4.01 3.93
ROE 12.48 43.99 6.05 10.42 (15.06) 19.04 11.28 9.17 10.02 9.64
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. vs peers in Utilities Regulated Electric (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
AEE Ameren Corporation $28.7B 18.5× 20.3× −5.81% (below 0%: shrinking) +11.76% (above 0%: growing) −51.22% (below 0%: shrinking) 73.90% 21.94% Compare
PCG Pacific Gas & Electric Co. $28.5B 9.5× 11.2× +0.07% (above 0%: growing) +37.50% (above 0%: growing) −2.64% (below 0%: shrinking) 84.50% 21.40% Compare
FTS Fortis $27.9B 22.6× 21.5× +4.02% (above 0%: growing) +1.82% (above 0%: growing) +29.48% (above 0%: growing) 45.92% 27.43% Compare
DTE DTE Energy Company $26.7B 20.5× 19.4× −1.46% (below 0%: shrinking) +22.73% (above 0%: growing) −179.77% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.91% 13.59% Compare
FE FirstEnergy Corporation $26.4B 24.6× 16.8× +8.82% (above 0%: growing) +8.70% (above 0%: growing) −143.84% (below 0%: shrinking) 64.30% 18.41% Compare
CNP CenterPoint Energy, Inc. $26.2B 23.9× 22.8× +10.70% (above 0%: growing) +23.33% (above 0%: growing) −4.04% (below 0%: shrinking) 86.94% 24.81%
PPL PPL Corporation $26.0B 20.7× 18.6× +4.25% (above 0%: growing) +24.00% (above 0%: growing) −112.80% (below 0%: shrinking) 71.67% 22.50% Compare
ES Eversource Energy $24.9B 17.3× 15.4× +2.29% (above 0%: growing) −85.42% (below 0%: shrinking) +398.93% (above 0%: growing) 67.64% 18.63% Compare
EIX Edison International $21.4B 5.7× 12.2× −4.09% (below 0%: shrinking) +56.18% (above 0%: growing) +30.60% (above 0%: growing) 73.90% 25.06% Compare
Median of peers $26.5B 19.5× 17.7× +1.18% +17.25% −26.93% 69.66% 21.67%

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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) key facts

  • Strength: CenterPoint Energy, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $9.4 billion, up 8.26% from fiscal 2024.
  • CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) is an Utilities Regulated Electric company in the Utilities sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, CNP traded at $40.64, a market capitalization of $26.2 billion.
  • CenterPoint Energy, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share, a yield of 2.26%, with a payout ratio of 54.1%.
  • Return on equity was 9.64% and debt-to-equity 2.10.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 0.82 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

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