For the quarter ended March 2025, CenterPoint Energy (CNP) reported revenue of $2.92 billion, up 11.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.53, compared to $0.55 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +9.84% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.66 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.55, the EPS surprise was -3.64%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how CenterPoint performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Revenues- Electric Transmission and Distribution: $1.07 billion compared to the $1.09 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.6% year over year.
- Revenues- Natural Gas Distribution: $1.85 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.59 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +18%.
- Revenues- Corporate & Other: $2 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of -$23.86 million.
- Revenues- Utility: $2.91 billion versus $2.63 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +11.5% change.
- Operating Income / (loss)- Natural Gas Distribution: $433 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $410.92 million.
- Operating Income / (loss)- Electric Transmission and Distribution: $220 million versus $252.83 million estimated by three analysts on average.
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Shares of CenterPoint have returned +5.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -5.1% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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