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In the latest session, Centerpoint Energy Inc (NYSE: CNP) closed at $36.54 down -0.19% from its previous closing price of $36.61. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.19 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.85 million shares were traded. CNP stock price reached its highest trading level at $36.78 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $36.365.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Centerpoint Energy Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.79 and its Current Ratio is at 0.93. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.09 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.86.
On April 02, 2025, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $42.
Evercore ISI Upgraded its In-line to Outperform on March 11, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $36 to $37.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 09 ’25 when Fitch Laurie Lee bought 1,900 shares for $37.58 per share. The transaction valued at 71,392 led to the insider holds 6,434 shares of the business.
Fitch Laurie Lee bought 800 shares of CNP for $29,380 on May 12 ’25. The Director now owns 7,234 shares after completing the transaction at $36.73 per share. On Mar 03 ’25, another insider, Pound Ted, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 6,103 shares for $34.50 each. As a result, the insider received 210,554 and left with 46,803 shares of the company.
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 23896393728 and an Enterprise Value of 44121694208. As of this moment, Centerpoint’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 24.57, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 19.39. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.04. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.67 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.18. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.934 whereas that against EBITDA is 13.124.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for CNP is 0.58, which has changed by 0.18559372 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11730647 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, CNP has reached a high of $39.31, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $25.41. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.96%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 11.54%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, CNP has traded an average of 5.92M shares per day and 6521620 over the past ten days. A total of 652.73M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 649.57M. Insiders hold about 0.48% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.65% stake in the company. Shares short for CNP as of 1747267200 were 28264699 with a Short Ratio of 4.78, compared to 1744675200 on 28943249. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 28264699 and a Short% of Float of 5.7600003.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for CNP is 0.85, from 0.83 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.022674497The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.74. The current Payout Ratio is 51.20% for CNP, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-15 with an ex-dividend date of 1747267200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2002-10-01 when the company split stock in a 1000:843 ratio.
