Q3 EPS Forecast for CenterPoint Energy Boosted by Analyst

Key Points

• Analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q3 2025 EPS forecast for CenterPoint Energy from $0.44 to $0.45, indicating a positive outlook for the utilities provider.
• CenterPoint Energy reported an EPS of $0.29 for its latest quarter, falling short of the $0.44 consensus estimate, with revenues of $1.94 billion compared to expectations of $2.20 billion.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.22, with an upcoming payment date of December 11th, reflecting an annualized dividend yield of 2.2%.

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of CenterPoint Energy in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the utilities provider will post earnings of $0.45 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.44. 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 Q1 2026 earnings at $0.51 EPS.

CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The utilities provider reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.44 by ($0.15). The firm had revenue of $1.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.20 billion. CenterPoint Energy had a net margin of 10.42% and a return on equity of 9.16%. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.36 earnings per share. CenterPoint Energy has set its FY 2025 guidance at 1.740-1.760 EPS.

CNP has been the subject of a number of other reports. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "buy (b-)" rating on shares of CenterPoint Energy in a report on Wednesday. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of CenterPoint Energy from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Friday, July 18th. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of CenterPoint Energy from $39.00 to $40.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of CenterPoint Energy from $39.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 15th. Finally, Evercore ISI assumed coverage on shares of CenterPoint Energy in a report on Monday. They set an "in-line" rating and a $42.00 price target on the stock. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $38.86.

CenterPoint Energy Stock Performance

NYSE CNP opened at $39.57 on Thursday. CenterPoint Energy has a 52-week low of $28.57 and a 52-week high of $40.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.87, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a current ratio of 0.79. The company has a market capitalization of $25.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.67, a P/E/G ratio of 2.78 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a fifty day moving average of $38.31 and a 200-day moving average of $37.37.

Institutional Trading of CenterPoint Energy

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Czech National Bank increased its stake in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 3.9% in the third quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 165,815 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $6,434,000 after purchasing an additional 6,266 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its stake in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 728.8% in the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 242,843 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $9,422,000 after purchasing an additional 213,541 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its stake in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 20.7% in the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 19,882 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $771,000 after purchasing an additional 3,408 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 2.2% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 55,996 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $2,057,000 after purchasing an additional 1,222 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Osaic Holdings Inc. increased its stake in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 20.3% in the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 82,534 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $3,032,000 after purchasing an additional 13,908 shares in the last quarter. 91.77% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

CenterPoint Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be paid a $0.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.2%. CenterPoint Energy's dividend payout ratio is 61.54%.

About CenterPoint Energy

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.

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