CenterPoint Energy Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CenterPoint Energy in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CenterPoint Energy stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CNP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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CenterPoint Energy saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 21,000,000 shares, an increase of 17.4% from the June 30th total of 17,890,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,880,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days.
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CenterPoint Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 5th 2021.
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CenterPoint Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, August 5th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) posted its earnings results on Thursday, May, 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.59 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.09. The utilities provider earned $2.55 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.28 billion. CenterPoint Energy had a net margin of 10.12% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.59%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.65 earnings per share.
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CenterPoint Energy's stock was trading at $17.66 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CNP stock has increased by 46.5% and is now trading at $25.87.
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CenterPoint Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 21st. Investors of record on Thursday, August 19th will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Thursday, September 9th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 18th.
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CenterPoint Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.51%. CenterPoint Energy does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of CenterPoint Energy is 45.71%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CenterPoint Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.07% next year. This indicates that CenterPoint Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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11 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for CenterPoint Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate CenterPoint Energy's stock price to reach $24.89 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%.
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9 employees have rated CenterPoint Energy CEO David J. Lesar on Glassdoor.com. David J. Lesar has an approval rating of 100% among CenterPoint Energy'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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.57%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.31%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.23%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.14%), Hallmark Capital Management Inc. (0.14%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.10%). Company insiders that own CenterPoint Energy stock include David J Lesar, Jason P Wells, Leslie D Biddle and Scott M Prochazka.
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CNP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Asset Management One Co. Ltd., Advisors Asset Management Inc., Alliancebernstein L.P., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Hallmark Capital Management Inc., Equitec Specialists LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., and Venturi Wealth Management LLC.
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CNP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., New York State Common Retirement Fund, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Brookstone Capital Management, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Sunbelt Securities Inc., and Personal CFO Solutions LLC. Company insiders that have bought CenterPoint Energy stock in the last two years include David J Lesar, and Jason P Wells.
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Shares of CNP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CNP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.87.

CenterPoint Energy has a market capitalization of $15.02 billion and generates $7.42 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $-773,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.40 on an earnings per share basis.

CenterPoint Energy employs 9,541 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of CenterPoint Energy: Asgard Energy, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC, CenterPoint Energy Investment Management Inc., CenterPoint Energy Midstream Inc., CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., Continuum Energy, Indiana Gas Company Inc, Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company, Utility Holding LLC, Vectren Corporation, Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio Inc., and Vectren Utility Holdings Inc..

CenterPoint Energy was founded in 1866.

The official website for CenterPoint Energy is www.centerpointenergy.com.

CenterPoint Energy is headquartered at 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston TX, 77002.

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