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

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) Debt to equity

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CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 2.1×, up 0.0× from fiscal 2025 (2.1×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.1× (fiscal 2021) to 2.5× (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of 1.5× and above the Utilities sector median of 1.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 2.1× 4.83%
FY2024 2.0× 2.05%
FY2023 1.9× 14.73%
FY2022 1.7× 1,732.53%
FY2021 0.1× (94.31%)
FY2020 1.6× (10.95%)
FY2019 1.8× 58.96%
FY2018 1.1× (39.69%)
FY2017 1.9× (24.06%)
FY2016 2.5× (2.00%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 2.1× (2.47%)
Mar 2026 2.2× 4.64%
Dec 2025 2.1× 1.94%
Sep 2025 2.0× 3.02%
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.1× High 2.5×
Ten-year median 1.9×
Current reading's percentile 82

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
FTS Fortis compare 1.3×
PPL PPL Corporation compare 1.4×
AEE Ameren Corporation compare 1.5×
ES Eversource Energy compare 1.8×
PCG Pacific Gas & Electric Co. compare 1.9×
FE FirstEnergy Corporation compare 2.0×
CNP CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 2.1×
EIX Edison International compare 2.2×
DTE DTE Energy Company compare 2.3×
Utilities Regulated Electric industry median 1.5×
Utilities sector median 1.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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