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Regulated electric and gas utility serving Houston/Texas and Indiana, rebuilding trust after major storm outages.
Regulated electric and gas utility serving Houston/Texas and Indiana, rebuilding trust after major storm outages.
Earns an allowed return on its wires and gas pipes; in Houston it delivers power over wires only, while in Indiana it also owns power plants. It has sold much of its non-utility business, including its pipeline stake, to concentrate on regulated networks.
Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, scale). Regulated monopoly territories, though recent storm response has invited regulatory scrutiny.
Headquarters: Houston, Texas, US · Founded: 1882 · Employees: 8,794
Size CenterPoint Energy (CNP) is a United States Utilities company (Electric Utilities) with a market value of $27.0B, the 399th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $40.66 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 2.0%, against -1.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 7.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.1%); the operating margin is 24.4% (peer median 23.2%).
Valuation It trades at 19.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.1× (8th most expensive of 20).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.0 points below its cost of capital (6.2% WACC).
Credit CenterPoint Energy has 38 bonds outstanding ($17.1B), rated A by the agencies and trading like A at a weighted spread of 73 bp.
Short interest Short interest is 7.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 25 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.82B | $9.36B | $8.64B | $8.70B | $9.32B |
| Revenue growth | — | +8% | -1% | -7% | — |
| Gross profit | $3.00B | $2.69B | $2.54B | $2.29B | $2.11B |
| EBITDA | $4.12B | $3.64B | $3.43B | $3.16B | $2.85B |
| Net income | $1.16B | $1.05B | $1.02B | $917M | $1.06B |
| Free cash flow | -$2.83B | -$2.38B | -$2.37B | -$524M | -$2.61B |
| Capital expenditure | $5.65B | $4.87B | $4.51B | $4.40B | $4.42B |
| Total debt | $25.4B | $23.6B | $21.6B | $19.2B | $17.5B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CenterPoint Energy CNP | $27.0B | -2% | +8% | 24% | 19.9× | n/a |
| Entergy ETR | $52.8B | -1% | +11% | 24% | 22.8× | n/a |
| American Electric Power AEP | $68.9B | -3% | +10% | 24% | 18.5× | n/a |
| NiSource NI | $21.2B | -6% | +10% | 27% | 20.3× | n/a |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | CNP | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +5.8% | +6.3% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -2.0% | -1.5% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -10.2% | -9.4% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +7.8% | +7.1% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 24.4% | 23.2% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 19.9× | 17.1× | 8th most expensive of 20 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.0 pp | -1.1 pp | 10th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.6× | 12.5× | 9th most expensive of 18 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.0× | 5.3× | 6th most indebted of 18 |
| Bond spread | 73 bp | 81 bp | 5th tightest of 13 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CenterPoint Energy CNP | United States | $27.0B | -2% | +8% | 24% | 19.9× | n/a | n/a |
| PPL PPL | United States | $26.9B | 0% | +7% | 24% | 17.0× | n/a | n/a |
| FirstEnergy FE | United States | $26.9B | +5% | +12% | 19% | 16.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Eversource Energy ES | United States | $26.3B | +6% | +8% | 22% | 14.3× | -8.6% | +8.8% |
| Clp 0002.HK | Hong Kong | $26.1B | +7% | -2% | 16% | 17.9× | 1.6% | +2.0% |
| DTE Energy DTE | United States | $28.1B | -3% | +18% | 13% | 16.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Power Grid Corporation of India POWERGRID.NS | India | $25.6B | -17% | +3% | 55% | 14.4× | n/a | n/a |
| PG&E PCG | United States | $28.6B | -19% | +4% | 20% | 7.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Hydro One H.TO | Canada | $24.7B | -2% | +9% | 24% | 24.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Orsted ORSTED.CO | Denmark | $29.5B | -8% | +15% | 2% | 20.4× | n/a | n/a |
| China National Nuclear Power 601985.SS | China | $29.8B | +7% | -2% | 27% | 26.1× | n/a | n/a |
| ENBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg EBK.DE | Germany | $24.2B | -3% | +9% | 5% | n/a | 5.2% | +11.8% |
| Huaneng Lancang River Hydropower 600025.SS | China | $30.7B | +15% | +4% | 48% | 23.1× | 3.8% | +6.6% |
| Fortis FTS.TO | Canada | $31.0B | +11% | +4% | 28% | 22.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Fortum FORTUM.HE | Finland | $23.3B | +15% | +14% | 17% | 23.4× | 9.2% | -36.7% |
| Ameren AEE | United States | $31.2B | +4% | +4% | 25% | 20.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Edison International EIX | United States | $22.8B | -14% | +3% | 27% | 9.2× | n/a | n/a |
| CGN Power 1816.HK | Hong Kong | $32.3B | -1% | -16% | 31% | 13.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Terna TRN.MI | Italy | $22.0B | -2% | +11% | 42% | 17.8× | n/a | n/a |
| NTPC NTPC.NS | India | $33.2B | -19% | +7% | 20% | 12.3× | n/a | n/a |
| CMS Energy CMS | United States | $21.7B | -5% | +8% | 20% | 17.1× | n/a | n/a |
CenterPoint Energy has 38 bonds outstanding with $17.1B face value. The agencies rate it A; its bonds trade like A. Weighted yield 5.51%, a spread of 73 bp over government bonds.