CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric · Price, fundamentals, signals, and forward-looking context in one research view.
Utilities
$25.8B
2.4%
23.36
Current price
$39.24
-0.1% 28 AugLast session 28 Aug · Checked 2d ago
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Open
$39.47
Previous close
$39.29
Day range
$39.02 – $39.74
Volume
N/A
23.4x P/E
Awaiting filing
2.4% yield
65/100 measured
Easy to trade
Recent price movement, key market context and the latest company information.
The latest saved price history for CNP, with its range and direction at a glance.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates through Electric; Natural Gas; and Corporate and Other segments. The Electric segment provides electric transmission and distribution services to electric customers and electric generation assets, as well as optimizes assets in the wholesale power market in Indiana Electric's service territory. The Natural Gas segment engages in the intrastate natural gas sales, and natural gas transportation and distribution for residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas; permanent pipeline connections through interconnects with various interstate and intrastate pipeline companies; and provides home appliance maintenance and repair services to customers in Minnesota and home repair protection plans to natural gas customers in Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas through a third party. As of December 31, 2025, it served approximately 2,859,313 metered customers; owned 355 substations with transformer capacity of 81,692 megavolt amperes; and owned and operated approximately 208 miles of intrastate pipeline in Louisiana and Texas. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Investors usually follow CNP for its dividend profile, valuation signal, sector position, and upcoming company events. The goal here is not just to show numbers, but to explain what they mean in plain English.
Whisone is mixed because the bullish case is not yet strong enough to lead while price action is down 6.7%. Whisone has moderate conviction here. The final read is being balanced by the weighted scores for fundamentals, technicals, insider flow, sentiment, event flow, and liquidity.
Whisone v2 splits the read into weighted parts so the score is not just one hidden number.
Fundamentals
Growth, margins, cash flow, and valuation.
Latest net profit
$244M
TTM (2026-06-30)
ROE
9.8%
Return on equity
ROA
3.0%
Return on assets
Debt / equity
2.10
Lower is usually safer.
P/B ratio
2.21
Useful for book value support.
Dividend yield
2.4%
Current income signal.
84/100
Direction
Range-bound
Main supports
Valuation still leaves room versus fair value and analyst anchors.
Recent price and fundamentals refreshes improve signal reliability.
What can go wrong
Execution risk and market swings can still delay the forecast playing out.
Fair value
$42.50
Analyst view
Buy
Analyst target
$45.75
Forecast refresh
Updated 2d ago
Quality score
59
Growth score
50
These are the external analyst numbers and business outlook figures already synced into the company record.
No external analyst outlook is available for this company yet.
$0.22
2025-02-20
Payment: TBA | Qualification: 2025-02-20 | Yield at declaration: N/A
$0.21
2024-11-21
Payment: TBA | Qualification: 2024-11-21 | Yield at declaration: N/A
A plain-English reading of momentum, trend, volatility, range position, and trading participation.
RSI
N/A
Momentum data is not available yet.
Recent trend
Falling
-6.7% across the latest saved price window.
Volatility
Low
Beta is 0.46. Price has historically moved more calmly than the wider market.
52-week position
30% of range
Price is sitting around the middle of its 52-week range.
Volume confirmation
N/A
Comparable volume data is not available.
competition_on_price
CNP may also move because the UTILITIES sector may benefit from competition_on_price. Confidence 42%.
A linked company in the UTILITIES sector (Geregu) is reported selling petrol below NNPCL in some locations, indicating players associated with this sector are participating in price competition.
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Industry
Utilities - Regulated Electric
Employees
8794
Exchange
NYQ
Ticker
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