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As of close of business last night, Centerpoint Energy Inc’s stock clocked out at $37.75, down -1.28% from its previous closing price of $38.24. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.28 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.37 million shares were traded. CNP stock price reached its highest trading level at $38.375 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $37.6.
Ratios:
To gain a deeper understanding of CNP’s stock, we examine its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.38 and its Current Ratio is at 0.51. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.08 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.76.
On October 07, 2025, Evercore ISI started tracking the stock assigning a In-line rating and target price of $42.
Barclays Upgraded its Underweight to Equal Weight on April 22, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $37.
Insider Transactions:
Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 06 ’25 when Smith Phillip R sold 6,200 shares for $38.83 per share. The transaction valued at 240,746 led to the insider holds 65,577 shares of the business.
Smith Phillip R bought 6,200 shares of CNP for $240,312 on Nov 05 ’25. On Oct 13 ’25, another insider, Darin Carroll, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 13,535 shares for $39.19 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, CNP now has a Market Capitalization of 24645777408 and an Enterprise Value of 46310776832. As of this moment, Centerpoint’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 23.84, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 19.78. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.26. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.70 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.23. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.081 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.494.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CNP is 0.58, which has changed by 0.2264272 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.19182634 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CNP has reached a high of $40.50, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $30.59. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.62%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -0.36%.
Shares Statistics:
It appears that CNP traded 4.56M shares on average per day over the past three months and 3307380 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 652.87M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 649.62M. Insiders hold about 0.50% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 101.10% stake in the company. Shares short for CNP as of 1765756800 were 36645312 with a Short Ratio of 8.03, compared to 1763078400 on 31238145. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 36645312 and a Short% of Float of 7.470000000000001.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 0.87, CNP has a forward annual dividend rate of 0.88. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.022751044. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.49. . The current Payout Ratio is 51.20% for CNP, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-11-20 with an ex-dividend date of 2026-02-19. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2002-10-01 when the company split stock in a 1000:843 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The stock of Centerpoint Energy Inc (CNP) is currently in the spotlight, with 10.0 analysts actively rating and assessing its market standing.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.57, with high estimates of $0.64 and low estimates of $0.49.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.77 and $1.76 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.76. EPS for the following year is $1.91, with 17.0 analysts recommending between $1.92 and $1.9.
Revenue Estimates
In . The current quarter, 5 analysts expect revenue to total $2.22B. It ranges from a high estimate of $2.4B to a low estimate of $2.02B. As of . The current estimate, Centerpoint Energy Inc’s year-ago sales were $2.26BFor the next quarter, 5 analysts are estimating revenue of $2.8B. There is a high estimate of $3.11B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $2.4B.
A total of 12 analysts have provided revenue estimates for CNP’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $9.41B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $8.87B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $9.13B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $8.64BBased on 11 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $9.69B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $11.3B and the low estimate is $8.61B.
