CenterPoint Energy - CNP Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CenterPoint Energy in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" CNP shares.
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12 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for CenterPoint Energy's shares. Their CNP share price forecasts range from $29.00 to $36.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $31.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.4%.
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CenterPoint Energy's stock was trading at $27.91 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CNP shares have increased by 15.7% and is now trading at $32.30.
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CenterPoint Energy saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,830,000 shares, an increase of 31.6% from the June 30th total of 9,750,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,580,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.6% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 2nd. The utilities provider reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.04. CenterPoint Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.92% and a net margin of 18.16%. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.36 EPS.
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CenterPoint Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, August 18th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Thursday, September 8th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.23%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 17th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.17.
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CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.12%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 27.98%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CNP will have a dividend payout ratio of 44.74% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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CenterPoint Energy issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.37-$1.39 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.37. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

9 employees have rated CenterPoint Energy Chief Executive Officer David J. Lesar on Glassdoor.com. David J. Lesar has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts David J. Lesar in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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CenterPoint Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CNP."

CenterPoint Energy's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Deutsche Bank AG (3.14%), FMR LLC (2.04%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.68%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.31%), Pictet Asset Management SA (1.21%) and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp (1.16%). Insiders that own company stock include Barry T Smitherman, David J Lesar, David J Lesar, Jason P Wells, Leslie D Biddle and Scott M Prochazka.
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One share of CNP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.30.

CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) has a market capitalization of $20.33 billion and generates $8.35 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.49 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.43 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,418 workers across the globe.

CenterPoint Energy was founded in 1866.

CenterPoint Energy's mailing address is 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston TX, 77002. The official website for the company is www.centerpointenergy.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (713) 207-1111 or via fax at 713-207-3169.