CNP
CenterPoint Energy Inc
38.40$
-0.3%
vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: Oct 8, 2026
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | Q3 16 | Q4 16 | Q1 17 | Q2 17 | Q3 17 | Q4 17 | Q1 18 | Q2 18 | Q3 18 | Q4 18 | Q1 19 | Q2 19 | Q3 19 | Q4 19 | Q1 20 | Q2 20 | Q3 20 | Q4 20 | Q1 21 | Q2 21 | Q3 21 | Q4 21 | Q1 22 | Q2 22 | Q3 22 | Q4 22 | Q1 23 | Q2 23 | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | Q3 24 | Q4 24 | Q1 25 | Q2 25 | Q3 25 | Q4 25 | Q1 26 | Q2 26 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| – | 24.7 | 25.4 | 19.6 | 21.2 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 38.6 | 41.6 | 22.5 | 20.2 | 17.4 | – | – | – | – | 18.2 | 15.6 | 14.5 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 17.9 | 21.9 | 23.7 | 19.8 | 19.7 | 19.2 | 18.9 | 19.8 | 20.3 | 24.5 | 25.6 | 24.6 | 23.9 | 26.6 | 26.2 | |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | |
| 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.6 | |
| 14.5 | 8.4 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 13.5 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 20.8 | 21.8 | 27.1 | 27.4 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 13.7 | 13.5 | |
| 33.6 | 20.8 | 54.6 | 70.4 | 86.8 | – | 108.1 | 33.2 | 23.4 | 29.3 | 159.5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 3.0% | 4.8% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 3.0% | 4.3% | 3.4% | 0.6% | -3.5% | -5.3% | -6.3% | -7.8% | -3.7% | -5.5% | -5.0% | -20.1% | -20.3% | -18.8% | -18.3% | -5.7% | -8.3% | -12.3% | -13.8% | -9.4% | -8.0% | -6.5% | -2.9% | -7.9% | -6.5% | -8.0% | -11.5% | -11.4% | -12.6% | -11.0% | -9.5% | -9.4% | -9.2% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33.6% | 32.8% | 29.8% | 28.2% | 27.1% | 26.5% | 26.1% | 26.3% | 25.9% | 23.4% | 25.3% | 27.1% | 30.5% | 32.6% | 34.9% | 35.2% | 34.7% | 39.5% | 38.6% | 38.9% | 38.6% | 38.4% | 37.9% | 37.7% | 37.9% | 36.4% | 37.0% | 37.8% | 40.0% | 42.4% | 44.6% | 46.1% | 44.5% | 46.0% | 40.9% | 35.8% | 32.6% | 28.7% | 41.3% | 54.1% | |
| 13.0% | 12.7% | 12.1% | 12.0% | 11.8% | 11.7% | 10.8% | 10.2% | 9.4% | 7.8% | 8.2% | 9.1% | 11.2% | 12.5% | 12.7% | 12.9% | 12.3% | 14.0% | 16.4% | 16.8% | 16.2% | 16.3% | 16.2% | 16.4% | 17.3% | 16.8% | 17.5% | 17.9% | 19.4% | 20.2% | 21.5% | 22.4% | 21.3% | 23.0% | 22.6% | 22.0% | 22.5% | 22.5% | 22.5% | 23.2% | |
| -2.5% | 5.7% | 5.7% | 6.9% | 6.6% | 18.6% | 17.6% | 15.4% | 15.2% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 7.0% | 8.8% | 9.0% | -6.6% | -7.7% | -9.5% | -10.4% | 10.1% | 11.7% | 12.8% | 17.8% | 19.3% | 18.2% | 17.7% | 11.3% | 9.1% | 8.4% | 9.3% | 10.5% | 11.0% | 12.3% | 11.2% | 11.8% | 10.8% | 10.4% | 11.4% | 11.2% | 11.4% | 11.6% | |
| 4.1% | 6.8% | 2.6% | 1.9% | 1.6% | -0.1% | 1.1% | 3.6% | 5.1% | 4.6% | 1.0% | -5.5% | -9.4% | -9.9% | -6.9% | -4.3% | -6.8% | -8.1% | -36.9% | -37.2% | -34.8% | -37.2% | -12.8% | -17.7% | -24.6% | -28.0% | -18.8% | -16.0% | -12.0% | -6.0% | -16.6% | -15.1% | -17.8% | -27.5% | -30.1% | -33.7% | -30.7% | -25.5% | -28.4% | -28.0% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -5.1% | 12.5% | 13.3% | 17.0% | 16.5% | 38.2% | 36.3% | 33.3% | 28.0% | 4.6% | 4.5% | 7.8% | 9.0% | 9.5% | -8.3% | -7.9% | -9.7% | -9.3% | 9.1% | 10.5% | 11.6% | 15.8% | 16.6% | 15.9% | 15.8% | 10.5% | 8.2% | 7.5% | 9.0% | 9.5% | 9.4% | 10.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% | 8.8% | 8.5% | 9.4% | 9.4% | 9.4% | 9.5% | |
| -0.8% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 7.0% | 6.9% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2.2% | -1.7% | -2.1% | -2.5% | -2.3% | 2.2% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 3.9% | 4.7% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.3% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8,281 | 8,251 | 8,425 | 8,453 | 8,480 | 8,580 | 8,570 | 7,954 | 7,490 | 4,933 | 13,906 | 14,338 | 14,623 | 14,871 | 15,036 | 12,718 | 13,136 | 13,293 | 15,690 | 16,010 | 16,359 | 15,873 | 13,754 | 14,461 | 15,474 | 16,782 | 16,388 | 16,752 | 18,152 | 18,528 | 18,988 | 19,058 | 19,765 | 20,939 | 20,933 | 21,525 | 22,871 | 23,500 | 24,044 | 25,022 | |
| 6.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.2 | |
| 16.3% | 15.9% | 16.1% | 16.2% | 16.3% | 20.6% | 21.7% | 21.1% | 24.8% | 29.8% | 24.2% | 24.2% | 24.1% | 23.5% | 20.9% | 26.1% | 25.6% | 24.9% | 24.3% | 24.3% | 23.9% | 25.0% | 28.3% | 27.7% | 27.2% | 26.1% | 27.4% | 27.2% | 24.6% | 24.3% | 24.9% | 25.3% | 24.6% | 24.4% | 24.6% | 25.0% | 24.5% | 23.1% | 23.9% | 24.3% | |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| -0.41 | 1.00 | 1.09 | 1.40 | 1.38 | 4.13 | 4.07 | 3.60 | 3.55 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 1.27 | 1.49 | 1.57 | -1.15 | -1.26 | -1.49 | -1.40 | 1.25 | 1.57 | 1.69 | 2.44 | 2.62 | 2.52 | 2.49 | 1.68 | 1.34 | 1.23 | 1.36 | 1.45 | 1.49 | 1.64 | 1.49 | 1.56 | 1.48 | 1.43 | 1.58 | 1.60 | 1.63 | 1.68 | |
| 16.72 | 17.36 | 19.12 | 20.39 | 20.87 | 22.13 | 23.12 | 23.33 | 23.43 | 21.01 | 19.17 | 18.09 | 16.99 | 17.36 | 17.36 | 16.25 | 15.68 | 13.43 | 12.36 | 13.36 | 13.29 | 13.71 | 13.58 | 13.88 | 14.10 | 14.81 | 14.75 | 14.64 | 14.57 | 13.78 | 13.47 | 13.34 | 13.21 | 13.25 | 13.70 | 13.73 | 13.89 | 14.26 | 14.28 | 14.44 | |
| 8.02 | 7.98 | 8.17 | 8.21 | 8.34 | 10.79 | 11.19 | 10.81 | 12.66 | 15.99 | 16.30 | 16.35 | 16.53 | 16.54 | 13.88 | 15.80 | 15.31 | 15.12 | 13.81 | 14.88 | 14.56 | 15.46 | 15.77 | 15.86 | 15.78 | 15.96 | 16.36 | 16.38 | 15.14 | 15.31 | 15.77 | 16.13 | 16.26 | 16.35 | 16.78 | 16.85 | 16.82 | 17.00 | 17.37 | 17.60 | |
| 0.69 | 1.19 | 0.51 | 0.39 | 0.34 | -0.01 | 0.25 | 0.83 | 1.19 | 0.96 | 0.19 | -1.00 | -1.60 | -1.72 | -1.20 | -0.70 | -1.06 | -1.09 | -4.55 | -4.97 | -4.62 | -5.10 | -1.74 | -2.45 | -3.47 | -4.14 | -2.77 | -2.34 | -1.75 | -0.83 | -2.24 | -2.01 | -2.35 | -3.64 | -4.13 | -4.63 | -4.27 | -3.63 | -4.05 | -4.05 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: October 8, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.