Zacks Research Has Bullish Estimate for CNP FY2025 Earnings

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Zacks Research boosted their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of CenterPoint Energy in a report released on Wednesday, June 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the utilities provider will post earnings of $1.75 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $1.74. The consensus estimate for CenterPoint Energy's current full-year earnings is $1.75 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for CenterPoint Energy's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.44 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.47 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.88 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.04 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently commented on CNP. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of CenterPoint Energy from $38.00 to $39.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, May 19th. Barclays upgraded shares of CenterPoint Energy from an "underweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and boosted their target price for the company from $30.00 to $37.00 in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Scotiabank restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $40.00 target price (up from $35.00) on shares of CenterPoint Energy in a research report on Friday, April 25th. Argus raised shares of CenterPoint Energy to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, April 4th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on shares of CenterPoint Energy from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a report on Monday, March 17th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $36.04.

CenterPoint Energy Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:CNP traded down $0.43 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $35.94. The stock had a trading volume of 4,626,275 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,635,345. The company's 50-day moving average price is $37.29 and its 200-day moving average price is $34.69. The company has a market capitalization of $23.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91. CenterPoint Energy has a fifty-two week low of $25.41 and a fifty-two week high of $39.31.

CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The utilities provider reported $0.53 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.55 by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $2.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.73 billion. CenterPoint Energy had a net margin of 11.79% and a return on equity of 10.02%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.55 earnings per share.

CenterPoint Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 15th were issued a dividend of $0.22 per share. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, May 15th. CenterPoint Energy's payout ratio is 59.06%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On CenterPoint Energy

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. HighTower Advisors LLC grew its holdings in CenterPoint Energy by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 80,577 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $2,557,000 after acquiring an additional 2,283 shares during the last quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. grew its holdings in CenterPoint Energy by 32.6% during the 4th quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 2,314,131 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $73,427,000 after acquiring an additional 569,389 shares during the last quarter. Atria Investments Inc grew its holdings in CenterPoint Energy by 57.1% during the 4th quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 34,577 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $1,097,000 after acquiring an additional 12,563 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 4.0% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 4,116,586 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $130,619,000 after purchasing an additional 160,154 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its stake in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 57.4% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 13,195 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $419,000 after purchasing an additional 4,810 shares during the last quarter. 91.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

CenterPoint Energy Company Profile

CenterPoint Energy, Inc operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Electric and Natural Gas. The Electric segment includes electric transmission and distribution services to electric customers and electric generation assets, as well as optimizes assets in the wholesale power market.