CenterPoint Energy (CNP)

Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric · S&P 500
$38.47 -0.23% on the day Market cap $24.8B 52-week range $36.37 to $45.26 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

CenterPoint Energy's free cash flow was negative in fiscal 2025, so a cash-flow reverse DCF doesn't give a meaningful answer. The Modeling tab works from revenue and margins instead.

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from CNP's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability6
Growth4
Financial health2
Cash efficiency0

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)23.2x
P/E (forward)20.0x
Price / free cash flow—
EV / EBITDA12.7x
Price / sales2.63x
Price / book2.18x
Revenue growth+1.9%
Operating margin22.5%
Net margin11.4%
Return on equity9.3%
Dividend yield2.3%
Debt / equity3.18x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from CenterPoint Energy's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$8.4B$9.3B$8.7B$8.6B$9.4B
Net income$1.5B$1.1B$917M$1.0B$1.1B
Free cash flow-$3.1B-$2.6B-$524M-$2.4B-$2.4B
EPS (diluted)$2.28$1.59$1.37$1.58$1.60
Operating margin16.3%16.8%20.2%23.0%22.5%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Electric$4.8B52%
Natural Gas$4.5B48%
Corporate and Other$5M0%

Superinvestors who own CNP

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 5 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Added $216M0.18%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $46M0.11%Q2 2026
John Rogers
Ariel Investments
Trimmed $20M0.20%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $12M0.00%Q2 2026
Murray Stahl
Horizon Kinetics LLC
Trimmed $424,5900.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by CenterPoint Energy's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of CNP in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

Are CenterPoint Energy insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of CNP in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own CenterPoint Energy?

5 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold CNP in their latest 13F, including Hersh Cohen, Joel Greenblatt, John Rogers.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.