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) Return on invested capital

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CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 3.89%, down 0.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.93%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.99% (fiscal 2019) to 9.90% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is in line with the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of 3.87% and above the Utilities sector median of 3.63%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 3.93% (0.08)
FY2024 4.01% 0.03
FY2023 3.98% 0.26
FY2022 3.72% (6.18)
FY2021 9.90% 6.77
FY2020 3.13% 0.14
FY2019 2.99% (1.37)
FY2018 4.36% (1.41)
FY2017 5.77% (0.17)
FY2016 5.94% 0.72

Against its own ten years

Low 2.99% High 9.90%
Ten-year median 4.01%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
EIX Edison International compare 6.48%
ES Eversource Energy compare 4.32%
PPL PPL Corporation compare 4.04%
AEE Ameren Corporation compare 3.95%
CNP CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 3.89%
FTS Fortis compare 3.46%
DTE DTE Energy Company compare 3.46%
FE FirstEnergy Corporation compare 3.34%
PCG Pacific Gas & Electric Co. compare 3.32%
Utilities Regulated Electric industry median 3.87%
Utilities sector median 3.63%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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