Zacks Research Analysts Boost Earnings Estimates for CNP

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) – Research analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of CenterPoint Energy in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, May 15th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will earn $0.43 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.42. 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 Q3 2025 earnings at $0.34 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.46 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.45 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.50 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.47 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.59 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.03 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on CNP. Scotiabank reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $40.00 price objective (up from $35.00) on shares of CenterPoint Energy in a research note on Friday, April 25th. BMO Capital Markets upped their target price on CenterPoint Energy from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, March 17th. Jefferies Financial Group began coverage on CenterPoint Energy in a research report on Wednesday, April 2nd. They issued a “buy” rating and a $42.00 target price on the stock. Guggenheim lowered CenterPoint Energy from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Argus raised CenterPoint Energy to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, April 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have assigned a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $35.79.

CenterPoint Energy Stock Up 1.0%

Shares of CenterPoint Energy stock opened at $37.59 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $36.80 and a 200 day moving average price of $33.80. The company has a market cap of $24.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.64, a P/E/G ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 0.63. The company has a current ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91. CenterPoint Energy has a 1 year low of $25.41 and a 1 year high of $39.31.

CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 24th. The utilities provider reported $0.53 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.55 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $2.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.73 billion. CenterPoint Energy had a return on equity of 10.02% and a net margin of 11.79%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.55 earnings per share.

CenterPoint Energy Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.22 per share. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.34%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. CenterPoint Energy’s dividend payout ratio is 59.06%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. HighTower Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 80,577 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $2,557,000 after acquiring an additional 2,283 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. grew its holdings in CenterPoint Energy by 3.0% in the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 1,484,528 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $47,104,000 after buying an additional 42,578 shares during the last quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. grew its holdings in CenterPoint Energy by 32.6% in the 4th quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 2,314,131 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $73,427,000 after buying an additional 569,389 shares during the last quarter. Custom Index Systems LLC acquired a new stake in CenterPoint Energy in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $265,000. Finally, Atria Investments Inc grew its holdings in CenterPoint Energy by 57.1% in the 4th quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 34,577 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,097,000 after buying an additional 12,563 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.77% of the company’s stock.

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.