NYSE:CNP - CenterPoint Energy Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

CenterPoint Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.2875 per share on Thursday, September 12th. This represents a $1.15 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.13%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 14th. View CenterPoint Energy's Dividend History.

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.04. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.79 billion. CenterPoint Energy had a net margin of 5.55% and a return on equity of 13.59%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 28.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.30 earnings per share. View CenterPoint Energy's Earnings History.

CenterPoint Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for CenterPoint Energy.

CenterPoint Energy updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 7th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.60-1.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.64.

12 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for CenterPoint Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $29.32 to $34.00. On average, they anticipate CenterPoint Energy's share price to reach $31.7320 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for CenterPoint Energy.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CenterPoint Energy in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for CenterPoint Energy.

Media stories about CNP stock have been trending positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. CenterPoint Energy earned a news sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for CenterPoint Energy.

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

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CenterPoint Energy's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.51%), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1.46%), Northern Trust Corp (1.26%), Zimmer Partners LP (0.96%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.95%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.89%). Company insiders that own CenterPoint Energy stock include Joseph John Vortherms, Milton Carroll, Scott M Prochazka and Ted Pound. View Institutional Ownership Trends for CenterPoint Energy.

CNP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AQR Capital Management LLC, Man Group plc, Vanguard Group Inc., Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ , Prudential Financial Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Natixis and APG Asset Management N.V.. Company insiders that have sold CenterPoint Energy company stock in the last year include Joseph John Vortherms, Milton Carroll and Scott M Prochazka. View Insider Buying and Selling for CenterPoint Energy.

CNP stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Zimmer Partners LP, Cohen & Steers Inc., Unigestion Holding SA, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Luminus Management LLC, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale and AMP Capital Investors Ltd. View Insider Buying and Selling for CenterPoint Energy.

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 $27.83.

CenterPoint Energy has a market capitalization of $13.98 billion and generates $10.59 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $368 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.60 on an earnings per share basis. CenterPoint Energy employs 7,977 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About CenterPoint Energy.

The official website for CenterPoint Energy is http://www.centerpointenergy.com/.

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