CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
General ticker "CNP" information:
- Sector: Utilities
- Industry: Multi-Utilities
- Capitalization: $23.5B (TTM average)
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 34.8%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.1%: low 38.21$, high 39.10$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-08-21, amount 0.22$ (Y2.28%)
- Total employees count: 8872 as of 2024
- Company does not operate outside North America (retrieved using AI)
- Top business risk factors: Economic downturns and volatility, Regulatory and compliance, Supply chain disruptions, Strategic risks and growth management, Labor/talent shortage/retention
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [26.56$, 35.19$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [27.06$, 36.09$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CNP estimates:
- Positive: with PPE of 19.8 at the end of fiscal year the price was neutral
- Positive: Operating profit margin, % of 23.02 > 18.64
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 12.52 > 10.33
- Positive: 18.93 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 24.37 <= 41.86
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -21.78 <= -14.38
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -0.93 <= -0.15
- Negative: Interest expense per share per price, % of 3.97 > 3.41
- Positive: 1.87 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 2.28
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Long-term CNP plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $9,321.00MM | $8,696.00MM | $8,643.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $7,755.00MM | $6,936.00MM | $6,653.00MM |
| Operating Income | $1,566.00MM | $1,760.00MM | $1,990.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-149.00MM | $-673.00MM | $-776.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $511.00MM | $684.00MM | $818.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $1,417.00MM | $1,087.00MM | $1,214.00MM |
| Taxes | $360.00MM | $170.00MM | $195.00MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $1,057.00MM | $917.00MM | $1,019.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $10,045.00MM | $9,667.00MM | $10,666.00MM |
| Inventory | $876.00MM | $770.00MM | $714.00MM |
| Assets | $38,546.00MM | $39,715.00MM | $43,768.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $1,810.00MM | $3,877.00MM | $2,139.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $4,419.00MM | $4,401.00MM | $4,513.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-1,628.00MM | $-4,233.00MM | $-4,489.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-345.00MM | $374.00MM | $2,271.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $1.68 | $1.45 | $1.58 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.