Q1 EPS Forecast for CenterPoint Energy Lifted by Analyst

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) – Analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for CenterPoint Energy in a note issued to investors on Thursday, March 13th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the utilities provider will earn $0.58 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.56. The consensus estimate for CenterPoint Energy’s current full-year earnings is $1.75 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for CenterPoint Energy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.42 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.45 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.87 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.02 EPS.

Several other research firms have also commented on CNP. UBS Group raised shares of CenterPoint Energy from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the company from $31.00 to $37.00 in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Evercore ISI raised shares of CenterPoint Energy from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their price target for the company from $36.00 to $37.00 in a research report on Tuesday, March 11th. Guggenheim lowered shares of CenterPoint Energy from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Scotiabank raised shares of CenterPoint Energy from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and increased their price target for the company from $30.00 to $35.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of CenterPoint Energy from $34.00 to $36.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 11th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $32.77.

CenterPoint Energy Stock Performance

CNP stock opened at $35.52 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $23.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.34, a PEG ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 0.91. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $33.03 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $31.18. CenterPoint Energy has a one year low of $25.41 and a one year high of $35.64. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 1.08.

CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The utilities provider reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.40. The company had revenue of $2.26 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.46 billion. CenterPoint Energy had a net margin of 11.79% and a return on equity of 10.02%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CenterPoint Energy

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Capital International Investors increased its holdings in CenterPoint Energy by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 87,449,927 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $2,774,941,000 after buying an additional 334,631 shares during the period. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 4.3% during the 4th quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 46,645,434 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,480,060,000 after purchasing an additional 1,922,169 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors grew its stake in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 156.4% during the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 45,573,115 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,446,036,000 after purchasing an additional 27,799,744 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 15,490,728 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $490,205,000 after purchasing an additional 406,832 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp grew its stake in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 7.9% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 5,880,015 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $186,573,000 after purchasing an additional 431,260 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.77% of the company’s stock.

CenterPoint Energy Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 13th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 20th were issued a $0.22 dividend. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.48%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 20th. This is an increase from CenterPoint Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. CenterPoint Energy’s dividend payout ratio is 55.35%.

CenterPoint Energy Company Profile

CenterPoint Energy, Inc operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Electric and Natural Gas. The Electric segment includes electric transmission and distribution services to electric customers and electric generation assets, as well as optimizes assets in the wholesale power market.