CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) is a Utilities stock trading at $43.30 (as of 2026-07-09), with a market capitalization of $28.32B and a trailing P/E of 26.4. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates through Electric and Natural Gas segments. The Electric segment includes electric transmission and distribution services to electric customers and electric generation assets, as well as assets in the wholesale power market. The Natural Gas segment provides natural gas distribution services, as well as home appliance maintenance and repair services to customers in Minnesota; and home repair protection plans to natural gas customers in Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Texas and Louisiana through a third party. This segment also engages in the sale of regulated intrastate natural gas, and transportation and storage of natural gas for residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation customers. As of December 31, 2021, it served approximately 2.7 million metered customers; owned 239 substation sites with a total installed rated transformer capacity of 71,241 megavolt amperes; operated approximately 1,00,000 linear miles of natural gas distribution and transmission mains; and owned and operated 285 miles of intrastate pipeline in Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
CenterPoint Energy provides electricity transmission and distribution (plus generation and wholesale power activities) and natural gas distribution, along with certain home appliance maintenance and repair services and repair protection plans, and it earns money through utility service revenue tied to regulatory revenue requirements and related tracker mechanisms.
A large share of the profit engine is recurring, regulated revenue recovery that management pursues through revenue requirement requests and tracker mechanisms for resiliency and reliability investments (for example, Houston Electric DCRF and TCOS, and Texas Gas and Ohio gas GRIP or rate case outcomes).
Business quality (Solid): Regulated revenue requirements and investment trackers are clearly central to CenterPoint Energy's operating model, but the same structure also means results can depend on the timing and outcome of regulatory requests and rate cases.
Valuation: At 26× earnings, CNP trades 19% above the Utilities average (22×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.
| Price | $43.30 |
| Market Cap | $28.32B |
| P/E Ratio | 26.4 |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.5 |
| Price / Book | 2.47 |
| Price / Sales | 3.01 |
| FCF Yield | -9.4% |
| DCF Value (model) | $15.04 |
| DCF Upside vs Price | -65.3% |
| Revenue (TTM) | $9.36B |
| Net Margin | 11.2% |
| Revenue Growth (YoY) | 1.9% |
| EPS Growth (YoY) | 6.7% |
| FCF Growth (YoY) | 45.9% |
| Altman Z-Score | 0.88 (distress) |
| Piotroski F-Score | 4/9 (moderate) |
| Stock P/E | 26.4 |
| Sector P/E (Utilities) | 21.0 |
| Industry P/E (Utilities) | 20.8 |
| vs Sector | 25.7% |
| vs Industry | 27.4% |
| Top Institutional Holder | VANGUARD GROUP INC ($3.16B) |
| Institutional Holders Tracked | 10 |
| Congressional Trades (recent) | 3 |
| Sector | Utilities |
| Industry | Utilities |
| CEO | Jason Wells |
| Employees | 8,872 |
| Country | US |
| IPO Date | 1970-01-02 |
Data as of 2026-07-09.
Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.