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) Operating margin

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CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 23.2%, up 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (22.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.8% (fiscal 2017) to 23.0% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of 21.8% and above the Utilities sector median of 18.8%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 22.6% (0.47)
FY2024 23.0% 2.78
FY2023 20.2% 3.44
FY2022 16.8% 0.48
FY2021 16.3% 2.31
FY2020 14.0% (0.15)
FY2019 14.2% 0.33
FY2018 13.8% 2.01
FY2017 11.8% (1.77)
FY2016 13.6% 0.96

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 24.8% 2.69
Mar 2026 22.1% 0.48
Dec 2025 21.6% (3.61)
Sep 2025 25.3% 3.80
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Against its own ten years

Low 11.8% High 23.0%
Ten-year median 14.2%
Current reading's percentile 98

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
EIX Edison International compare 32.7%
FTS Fortis compare 28.3%
AEE Ameren Corporation compare 24.9%
PPL PPL Corporation compare 24.1%
CNP CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 23.2%
ES Eversource Energy compare 21.6%
PCG Pacific Gas & Electric Co. compare 20.0%
FE FirstEnergy Corporation compare 14.6%
DTE DTE Energy Company compare 13.3%
Utilities Regulated Electric industry median 21.8%
Utilities sector median 18.8%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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