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Index	S&P 500
Market Cap	29.30B
Enterprise Value	53.38B
Income	1.07B
Sales	9.41B
Book/sh	17.50
Cash/sh	1.85
Dividend Est.	0.93 (2.08%)
Dividend TTM	0.90 (2.01%)
Dividend Ex-Date	May 21, 2026
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	7.93% 3.53%
Payout	54.85%
Employees	8794
IPO	Aug 16, 1943

P/E	27.43
Forward P/E	21.51
PEG	2.43
P/S	3.11
P/B	2.56
P/C	24.20
P/FCF	-
EV/EBITDA	14.39
EV/Sales	5.67
Quick Ratio	1.04
Current Ratio	1.16
Debt/Eq	2.21
LT Debt/Eq	1.96
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	1.63
EPS next Y	2.08
EPS next Q	0.37
EPS this Y	8.48%
EPS next Y	9.05%
EPS next 5Y	8.84%
EPS past 3/5Y	0.22% -
Sales past 3/5Y	0.13% 4.75%
EPS Y/Y TTM	10.10%
Sales Y/Y TTM	5.24%
EPS Q/Q	5.41%
Sales Q/Q	1.88%
Earnings	Apr 23 BMO
EPS/Sales Surpr.	2.06% 4.46%

Insider Own	0.28%
Insider Trans	0.00%
Inst Own	104.43%
Inst Trans	0.52%
ROA	2.32%
ROE	9.56%
ROIC	3.16%
Gross Margin	28.67%
Oper. Margin	22.51%
Profit Margin	11.38%
SMA20	4.41%
SMA50	4.87%
SMA200	9.75%
Trades

Shs Outstand	654.16M
Shs Float	652.34M
Short Float	6.52%
Short Ratio	7.89
Short Interest	42.52M
52W High	45.08 -0.64%
52W Low	35.46 26.31%
Volatility	1.68% 1.99%
ATR (14)	0.86
RSI (14)	65.57
Beta	0.45
Rel Volume	1.13
Avg Volume	5.39M
Volume	6,378,152

Perf Week	3.87%
Perf Month	6.09%
Perf Quarter	5.69%
Perf Half Y	17.25%
Perf YTD	16.82%
Perf Year	23.15%
Perf 3Y	55.95%
Perf 5Y	82.89%
Perf 10Y	86.63%
Recom	2.15
Target Price	46.33
Prev Close	45.04
Price	44.79
Change	-0.56%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Apr-21-26	Initiated	Truist	Buy	$48
Jan-13-26	Upgrade	BMO Capital Markets	Market Perform → Outperform	$42
Dec-12-25	Upgrade	KeyBanc Capital Markets	Sector Weight → Overweight	$41
Oct-07-25	Initiated	Evercore ISI	In-line	$42
Apr-22-25	Upgrade	Barclays	Underweight → Equal Weight	$37
Apr-02-25	Initiated	Jefferies	Buy	$42
Mar-11-25	Upgrade	Evercore ISI	In-line → Outperform	$36 → $37
Jan-23-25	Downgrade	Guggenheim	Buy → Neutral
Dec-12-24	Initiated	Ladenburg Thalmann	Buy	$34.50
Dec-03-24	Upgrade	UBS	Neutral → Buy	$31 → $37
Sep-12-24	Resumed	BofA Securities	Neutral	$29
Aug-13-24	Downgrade	Wells Fargo	Overweight → Equal Weight	$32 → $28
Aug-02-24	Downgrade	KeyBanc Capital Markets	Overweight → Sector Weight
Aug-02-24	Downgrade	JP Morgan	Overweight → Neutral	$32 → $29
Aug-02-24	Downgrade	BMO Capital Markets	Outperform → Market Perform	$31 → $28
Jul-17-24	Downgrade	Morgan Stanley	Overweight → Equal-Weight	$30 → $29
Jan-23-24	Downgrade	Evercore ISI	Outperform → In-line	$29 → $30
Oct-05-23	Upgrade	KeyBanc Capital Markets	Sector Weight → Overweight	$29
Aug-23-23	Initiated	Barclays	Underweight	$28
Jul-28-23	Downgrade	Mizuho	Buy → Neutral

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Apr-23-26 12:48PM	CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Call Summary (Moby)
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03:42AM	Winter Storm Fern To Impact Energy, Utility Stocks-Antero Resources, Energy Transfer, Exelon In Focus (Benzinga)
Jan-25-26 06:15PM	CenterPoint Energy Winter Storm Update: CenterPoint releases more than 500 contract frontline electric workers to support restoration efforts in other hard-hit areas of the country; more than 99 percent of customers maintained power through overnight winter weather (PR Newswire)
08:43AM	CenterPoint Energy Winter Storm Update: Over 99 percent of CenterPoint customers have power across Greater Houston area; Teams actively repairing weather-related damages and restoring power as soon as possible (PR Newswire)
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Jan-23-26 09:32AM	CenterPoint Energy activates staging sites and begins onboarding additional emergency response resources as preparations continue ahead of this weekend's approaching winter weather conditions (PR Newswire)
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Jan-20-26 04:30PM	CenterPoint Energy, Inc. to Host Webcast of Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call on February 19, 2026 (GlobeNewswire)
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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the business of power generation and distribution. It operates through the following segments: Electric, Corporate and Other, and Natural Gas. The Electric segment includes electric transmission and distribution services. The Corporate and Other segment refers to the energy performance contracting and sustainable infrastructure services. The Natural Gas segment is involved in the sales of intrastate natural gas, permanent pipeline connections, and home appliance maintenance and repair services. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

PresidentMr. Jason P. Wells CPA

Executive VP & CFOMr. Christopher A. Foster

Executive VP & COOMr. Jesus Soto Jr.

Executive VP & General CounselMs. Monica Karuturi

Executive Vice President of Regulatory Services & Government AffairsMr. Jason Michael Ryan

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Smith Phillip R	Former Affiliate	May 04 '26	Proposed Sale	43.30	1,077	46,634		May 04 01:42 PM
Colvin Kristie	Former Officer	Apr 29 '26	Proposed Sale	42.99	23,558	1,012,758		Apr 29 10:23 AM
Smith Phillip R	Director	Nov 06 '25	Sale	38.83	6,200	240,746	65,577	Nov 07 04:19 PM
Smith Phillip R	Director	Nov 05 '25	Proposed Sale	38.76	6,200	240,312		Nov 05 12:17 PM
Darin Carroll	Director	Oct 13 '25	Proposed Sale	39.19	13,535	530,437		Oct 14 09:07 AM

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