CNP
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
NYSEUSDEQUITY
Utilities
DELAYED
Last price
38.79
▼ 1.41 (3.51%)
MARKET · —
Price
Open
40.20
Prev close
40.20
Day high
40.25
Day low
38.72
Volume
7.82M
Market cap
$25.54B
P/E (TTM)
23.08
52W range
36.60 – 45.26
Trailing performance
Returnvs SPY
1W
-5.05%
-3.7%
1M
-12.34%
-16.1%
3M
-8.71%
-11.8%
6M
-9.84%
-20.9%
YTD
+1.12%
-11.2%
1Y
+0.70%
-19.3%
3Y
+37.92%
-36.2%
5Y
—
—
Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.
Fundamentals
Market cap$25.54B
Enterprise value$49.73B
Revenue (TTM)$9.62B
Gross profit$4.52B
EBITDA$3.85B
Net income$1.12B
EPS (TTM)$1.68
Free cash flow$-5.19B
Total cash$453.00M
Total debt$24.64B
Book value / share$17.79
Shares outstanding658.72M
Float656.27M
Short % of float9.03%
Dividend yield2.48%
Beta (5Y)0.46
Valuation & profitability ratios
Trailing P/E23.08
Forward P/E18.58
PEG ratio1.95
Price / sales—
Price / book2.18
EV / revenue5.17
EV / EBITDA12.90
Gross margin47.03%
Operating margin24.49%
Profit margin11.61%
Return on equity9.83%
Return on assets3.00%
Debt / equity210.26
Current ratio1.12
Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.
Financial statements
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | $9.36B | $8.64B | $8.70B | $9.32B |
| Cost of revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| R&D | — | — | — | — |
| SG&A | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — |
| Pre-tax income | — | — | — | — |
| Tax provision | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | $1.05B | $1.02B | $867.00M | $1.01B |
| EBIT | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & equivalents | — | — | — | — |
| Short-term investments | — | — | — | — |
| Net receivables | — | — | — | — |
| Inventory | — | — | — | — |
| Total current assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total assets | — | — | — | — |
| Total current liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Long-term debt | — | — | — | — |
| Total liabilities | — | — | — | — |
| Retained earnings | — | — | — | — |
| Shareholder equity | — | — | — | — |
| Line item | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income | $1.05B | $1.02B | $867.00M | $1.01B |
| Depreciation | — | — | — | — |
| Change in working capital | — | — | — | — |
| Operating cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Capital expenditure | — | — | — | — |
| Investing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — |
| Buybacks | — | — | — | — |
| Financing cash flow | — | — | — | — |
| Net change in cash | — | — | — | — |
Earnings
Reported vs expected · EPS
| Quarter | Est. | Actual | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | 0.37 | 0.40 | +7.4% |
| Mar 2026 | 0.55 | 0.56 | +1.1% |
| Dec 2025 | 0.45 | 0.45 | -0.4% |
| Sep 2025 | 0.44 | 0.50 | +12.6% |
Forward consensus
| Period | EPS | Analysts | Revenue | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current quarter | 0.50 | 11 | $2.11B | +6.3% |
| Next quarter | 0.45 | 11 | $2.52B | +0.6% |
| Current year | 1.91 | 18 | $9.95B | +6.3% |
| Next year | 2.09 | 18 | $10.36B | +4.2% |
Analyst targets & ownership
Mean target$45.81
High target$50.00
Low target$40.00
Implied upside18.10%
Analyst count16
ConsensusBUY
Strong buy / Buy1 / 7
Hold9
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders0.23%
Held by institutions107.24%
Institutions holding1.18K
Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.
Insider net activity
Net shares
0
Net selling
Buy transactions
0
0 shares
Sell transactions
0
—
Net transactions
0
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
—
Not enough filings
Insider-held shares
1.53M
Total on file
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Action | Shares | Value | Held |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 26 | FITCH LAURIE LEE Director |
BUY | 1.00K | $40.70K | Direct |
| May 1, 26 | DUGANIER BARBARA J. Director |
STOCK | 4.04K | $0 | Direct |
| May 1, 26 | CLOONAN WENDOLYNN MONTOYA Director |
STOCK | 4.04K | $0 | Direct |
| May 1, 26 | LEWIS RAQUELLE WOOTEN Director |
STOCK | 4.04K | $0 | Direct |
| May 1, 26 | FITCH LAURIE LEE Director |
STOCK | 4.04K | $0 | Direct |
| May 1, 26 | MIRANDA MANUEL BENITO Director |
STOCK | 4.04K | $0 | Direct |
| May 1, 26 | HERMAN MICHAEL ALBERT Director |
STOCK | 4.04K | $0 | Direct |
| May 1, 26 | POUND THEODORE F III Director |
STOCK | 4.04K | $0 | Direct |
| May 1, 26 | FRANKLIN CHRISTOPHER H Director |
STOCK | 4.04K | $0 | Direct |
| May 1, 26 | SEAVERS DEAN Director |
STOCK | 4.04K | $0 | Direct |
| May 1, 26 | MALIK THADDEUS J Director |
STOCK | 4.04K | $0 | Direct |
| Feb 19, 26 | RYAN JASON MICHAEL Officer |
STOCK | 69.27K | $0 | Direct |
| Feb 19, 26 | COLVIN KRISTIE Officer |
STOCK | 25.65K | $0 | Direct |
| Feb 19, 26 | WELLS JASON P Chief Executive Officer |
STOCK | 173.59K | $0 | Direct |
What this is, and what it is not
These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.
A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.
This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.
Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.
Insider holders
| Name | Relation | Shares held | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
CARROLL DARIN M |
Officer | 41.19K | Stock Award(Grant) |
COLVIN KRISTIE |
Officer | 138.19K | Stock Award(Grant) |
FOSTER CHRISTOPHER A |
Chief Financial Officer | 203.78K | Stock Award(Grant) |
KARUTURI MONICA |
General Counsel | 241.66K | Stock Award(Grant) |
LEGER RICHARD C |
Officer | 47.79K | Stock Award(Grant) |
POUND THEODORE F III |
Director | 55.73K | Stock Award(Grant) |
RYAN JASON MICHAEL |
Officer | 216.99K | Stock Award(Grant) |
SMITH PHILLIP R |
Director | 65.58K | Sale |
SOTO JESUS JR. |
Chief Operating Officer | 190.43K | Stock Award(Grant) |
WELLS JASON P |
Chief Executive Officer | 593.79K | Stock Award(Grant) |
Moving averages & technicals
SMA 10
40.26
-3.65% from price
SMA 20
41.17
-5.82% from price
SMA 50
42.64
-9.08% from price
SMA 100
42.66
-9.06% from price
SMA 200
41.46
-6.49% from price
EMA 12
40.47
-4.14% from price
EMA 26
41.32
-6.13% from price
EMA 50
41.98
-7.59% from price
RSI (14)
25.6
Oversold
MACD (12,26,9)
-0.86
Hist -0.11
ATR (14)
0.92
2.38% of price
Realised vol 30D
20.5%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
43.78
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
38.55
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
42.64 vs 41.46
Trend bias
Below 200
-6.49%
Risk profile
Beta vs SPY
-0.15
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
-0.11
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
20.5%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
12.9%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-13.9%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-22.8%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
0.92
2.38% of price
Beta (reported)
0.46
5Y monthly, from filing
Unusual options activity
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.
Options analytics
Put / call volume
0.89
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.25
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
41.00
+5.8% from spot
ATM implied vol
27.7%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
-28.1%
Calls bid over puts
Call volume
199
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
178
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
46.00
2.89K contracts
Heaviest put OI
40.00
400 contracts
Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.
Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.
Options chain
Calls
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Puts
| Strike | Last | Bid | Ask | Vol | OI | IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% |
Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.
Headlines
Morgan Stanley Adjusts PT on CenterPoint Energy to $39 From $40, Maintains Equalweight Rating
MT Newswires · 1d ago
JPMorgan Adjusts Price Target on CenterPoint Energy to $46 From $47, Maintains Neutral Rating
MT Newswires · 3d ago
JPMorgan Trims Price Target on CenterPoint Energy to $46 From $47, Maintains Neutral Rating
MT Newswires · 4d ago
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Zacks · 4d ago
Evercore ISI Adjusts Price Target on CenterPoint Energy to $43 From $45, Maintains In Line Rating
MT Newswires · 5d ago
New Economic Study: Southeast Texas Transmission Resiliency Projects Could Deliver Over $18 Billion in Positive Economic Impact for Local Texas Communities
PR Newswire · 9d ago
Vistra Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates on Pricing and Lotus, Revenues Miss
Zacks · 10d ago
CenterPoint Energy Announces Historic "Customer Savings Initiative" Projecting $5 Billion in Affordability Savings for Texas Electric Customers Over the Next Decade
PR Newswire · 11d ago
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