Zacks Research Analysts Boost Earnings Estimates for CNP

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP - Free Report) - Analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of CenterPoint Energy in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, May 15th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings of $0.43 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.42. 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 Q3 2025 earnings at $0.34 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.46 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.45 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.50 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.47 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.59 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.03 EPS.

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

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on CenterPoint Energy from $34.00 to $36.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 11th. Barclays upgraded CenterPoint Energy from an "underweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $30.00 to $37.00 in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Scotiabank reiterated an "outperform" rating and set a $40.00 price target (up previously from $35.00) on shares of CenterPoint Energy in a research report on Friday, April 25th. Argus upgraded CenterPoint Energy to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, April 4th. Finally, Guggenheim lowered CenterPoint Energy from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $35.79.

CenterPoint Energy Trading Up 1.0%

NYSE:CNP opened at $37.59 on Monday. CenterPoint Energy has a 12-month low of $25.41 and a 12-month high of $39.31. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.64, a P/E/G ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 0.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 1.08 and a quick ratio of 0.92. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $36.80 and a 200 day simple moving average of $33.80.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Capital International Investors raised its position in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 87,449,927 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $2,774,941,000 after purchasing an additional 334,631 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 0.8% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 80,061,059 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $2,900,612,000 after purchasing an additional 671,868 shares during the period. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. raised its position in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 46,645,434 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $1,480,060,000 after purchasing an additional 1,922,169 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors raised its position in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 156.4% during the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 45,573,115 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $1,446,036,000 after purchasing an additional 27,799,744 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 15,490,728 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $490,205,000 after purchasing an additional 406,832 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.77% of the company's stock.

CenterPoint Energy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be given a $0.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.34%. CenterPoint Energy's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 59.06%.

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.

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