NYSE:CNP - CenterPoint Energy Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

CenterPoint Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 17th will be given a dividend of $0.2775 per share on Thursday, June 14th. This represents a $1.11 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.28%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 16th. View CenterPoint Energy's Dividend History.

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) released its earnings results on Friday, May, 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.11. The utilities provider earned $3.16 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.69 billion. CenterPoint Energy had a net margin of 17.59% and a return on equity of 16.22%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 15.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.37 EPS. View CenterPoint Energy's Earnings History.

CenterPoint Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for CenterPoint Energy.

CenterPoint Energy updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.50-1.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.56.

8 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for CenterPoint Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect CenterPoint Energy's share price to reach $27.8571 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for CenterPoint Energy.

CenterPoint Energy saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,749,705 shares, an increase of 25.4% from the April 30th total of 11,764,882 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,317,262 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 3.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Some companies that are related to CenterPoint Energy include Dominion Energy (D), American Electric Power (AEP), CLP (CLPHY), Korea Electric Power (KEP), Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNABY), Edison International (EIX), PPL (PPL), SSE PLC/S (SSEZY), DTE Energy (DTE), Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), Avangrid (AGR), EDP-Energias de Portugal, S.A (EDPFY), Entergy (ETR) and Fortis (FTS).

Press coverage about CNP stock has trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. CenterPoint Energy earned a daily sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the utilities provider an impact score of 45.36 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Shares of CNP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CNP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.96.

CenterPoint Energy has a market capitalization of $11.17 billion and generates $9.61 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.79 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.37 on an earnings per share basis. CenterPoint Energy employs 7,977 workers across the globe.

CenterPoint Energy's mailing address is 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston TX, 77002. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 713-207-1111.