CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

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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
Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22 Dec '23 Dec '24 Dec '25
P/E ratio
24.46 6.74 38.15 20.35 0.00 12.30 18.59 21.02 19.96 23.96
Piotroski F-Score
7 6 6 4 4 6 4 4 6 5
P/S ratio
1.41 1.26 2.02 1.81 1.55 1.98 1.99 2.11 2.36 2.68
Altman Z-Score
0.79 1.04 0.92 0.64 0.49 0.80 0.79 0.74 0.78 0.82
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
0.37 0.78 1.61 0.58 0.10 1.14 0.63 0.59 0.81 0.70
P/FCF ratio
20.82 0.00 26.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Beneish M-Score
(2.86) (2.01) (2.69) (2.66) (2.83) (2.28) (3.30) (3.02) (2.62) (2.65)
P/Operating CF
22.65 31.05 27.74 24.80 20.67 30.71 38.34 22.66 22.95 32.35
Dividend Safety Score
— — — — — — — — — 32
P/B ratio
3.06 2.58 2.01 2.07 1.92 1.92 2.01 1.89 1.91 2.24
Price to Tangible BV
4.08 3.16 2.35 7.88 8.92 3.82 3.75 3.32 3.03 3.29
EV/Sales
2.38 2.05 2.72 3.67 3.22 1.89 3.74 4.17 4.72 5.07
EV/EBITDA
8.23 8.97 7.91 12.08 10.73 5.88 12.22 11.48 11.89 13.04
EV/Operating CF
9.31 13.90 7.99 16.93 11.99 715.62 19.26 9.36 19.07 19.09
EV/FCF
35.16 (2,188.51) 35.19 (31.96) (39.79) (5.01) (13.36) (69.26) (17.18) (17.32)
Quick Ratio
0.67 0.72 1.81 0.47 0.37 0.55 0.29 0.37 0.35 0.22
Current Ratio
0.95 1.11 2.13 0.99 0.61 1.72 0.92 0.78 1.08 0.91
Net Debt/EBITDA
3.36 3.47 2.03 6.12 5.58 (0.30) 5.70 5.69 5.94 6.16
Debt/Assets
39.36% 38.88% 33.93% 42.53% 40.15% 2.29% 43.73% 46.88% 47.90% 49.38%
Debt/Equity
2.48 1.89 1.14 1.81 1.61 0.09 1.68 1.93 1.97 2.06
Asset Turnover
0.35 0.43 0.25 0.24 0.22 0.23 0.24 0.22 0.21 0.21
Operating CF/Net income
4.45 0.79 6.41 2.43 (2.10) 0.02 1.80 4.47 2.10 2.36
Capex/Depreciation
(1.23) (1.35) (1.28) (2.05) (2.18) (2.40) (3.43) (3.14) (3.14) (3.42)
Interest Coverage
2.38 2.91 2.07 1.89 1.96 2.58 2.99 2.51 2.37 2.34
ROE
12.48% 43.99% 6.05% 10.42% (15.06%) 19.04% 11.28% 9.17% 10.02% 9.64%
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%
Return on Tangible Assets
3.56% 13.39% 1.87% 3.27% (4.64%) 5.24% 3.77% 2.99% 3.14% 3.14%
Average Days of Receivables
37.33 37.97 69.20 38.99 37.30 30.20 35.60 33.75 35.39 32.84
Research and Development Expense of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Selling, General and Administrative Expense of Revenue
32.05% 26.50% 42.62% 42.95% 43.95% 39.97% 36.22% 38.81% 40.45% 38.47%
Intangible Assets out of Total Assets
0.04 0.04 0.03 0.14 0.14 0.11 0.11 0.10 0.09 0.08
Share Based Compensation of Revenue
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Graham Net Nets
(1.46) (1.21) (0.94) (1.70) (1.93) (1.26) (1.28) (1.48) (1.41) (1.19)
Graham Number
13.48 31.91 15.31 19.94 0.00 27.26 22.94 21.81 24.36 24.80
Earnings Yield
4.09% 14.85% 2.62% 4.91% (8.87%) 8.13% 5.38% 4.76% 5.01% 4.17%
Free Cash Flow Yield
4.80% (0.07%) 3.83% (6.34%) (5.23%) (18.98%) (14.03%) (2.86%) (11.64%) (10.95%)
Revenue per Share
17.47 22.31 13.98 15.07 13.97 14.08 14.82 13.78 13.44 14.33
Operating CF per Share
4.46 3.29 4.76 3.26 3.76 0.04 2.88 6.14 3.33 3.81
Capex per Share
(3.28) (3.31) (3.68) (4.99) (4.89) (5.34) (7.03) (6.97) (7.02) (8.00)
Free Cash Flow per Share
1.18 (0.02) 1.08 (1.73) (1.13) (5.30) (4.15) (0.83) (3.69) (4.20)
Cash per Share
3.00 2.83 10.63 2.12 1.92 2.81 0.93 1.00 0.91 0.84
Shareholders Equity per Share
8.03 10.88 17.95 16.65 15.72 15.88 15.97 15.32 16.59 17.08
Interest Debt per Share
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Book value per Share
8.03 10.88 17.95 16.65 15.72 15.88 15.97 15.32 16.59 17.08
Free Cash Flow
509.00 (9.00) 485.00 (868.00) (601.00) (3,142.00) (2,609.00) (524.00) (2,374.00) (2,741.00)
Working Capital
(157.00) 326.00 3,723.00 (41.00) (1,905.00) 3,068.00 (414.00) (837.00) 336.00 (559.00)
Capital Expenditures
(1,414.00) (1,426.00) (1,651.00) (2,506.00) (2,596.00) (3,164.00) (4,419.00) (4,401.00) (4,513.00) (5,227.00)
Net Current Asset Value
(15,446.00) (14,653.00) (11,926.00) (23,233.00) (22,203.00) (20,909.00) (23,805.00) (27,021.00) (28,721.00) (29,680.00)
EV/EBIT
17.49 17.34 19.66 25.90 23.02 11.55 22.26 20.62 20.49 22.50
Capex to Sales
0.19 0.15 0.26 0.33 0.35 0.38 0.47 0.51 0.52 0.56
Price to Operating Income
10.36 10.63 14.60 12.78 11.06 12.14 11.87 10.40 10.25 11.87
Other line items
Depreciation/Fixed assets
0.09 0.08 0.09 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.04
Cash ROIC
3.81% (0.06%) 2.21% (3.54%) (2.64%) (26.30%) (9.49%) (1.81%) (7.37%) (7.90%)
Accounts Receivable Turnover
9.81 10.86 5.73 7.57 9.47 11.53 11.65 10.15 10.53 11.14
Accounts Payable Turnover
5.20 6.04 1.37 1.90 2.01 2.28 2.43 1.90 1.54 1.62
Inventory Turnover
9.00 13.81 3.80 4.66 3.59 4.21 4.17 2.62 2.32 2.93
Average Days of Payables
80.85 71.82 300.93 159.81 178.42 186.96 159.65 154.96 280.44 224.14
Days of Inventory on Hand
38.40 29.61 95.62 85.33 104.58 95.04 103.44 130.12 151.69 126.21
Average Receivables
767.50 885.00 1,095.00 999.00 783.00 724.50 800.00 856.50 821.00 840.00
Average Payables
570.00 810.00 1,101.50 1,062.00 868.50 1,024.50 1,274.00 1,134.50 1,118.50 1,310.00
Average Inventory
329.50 354.50 395.50 433.00 486.00 554.00 742.00 823.00 742.00 723.00
Average Assets
21,559.50 22,282.50 24,872.50 31,269.00 34,500.00 35,575.00 38,112.50 39,130.50 41,741.50 45,151.00
Average Common Equity
3,460.50 4,074.00 5,503.00 6,468.50 6,302.00 7,305.00 8,938.50 9,459.50 10,166.50 10,909.50

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