Zacks Research Issues Positive Outlook for CNP Earnings

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of CenterPoint Energy in a research report issued on Thursday, August 14th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings of $0.44 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.34. 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 Q4 2025 earnings at $0.49 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.37 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.52 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.50 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.89 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.63 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.43 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.05 EPS.

CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The utilities provider reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.44 by ($0.15). CenterPoint Energy had a return on equity of 9.16% and a net margin of 10.42%.The business had revenue of $1.94 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.20 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.36 EPS. CenterPoint Energy has set its FY 2025 guidance at 1.740-1.760 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on CNP. Evercore ISI lifted their target price on shares of CenterPoint Energy from $37.00 to $41.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, April 28th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of CenterPoint Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday, July 18th. Mizuho set a $39.00 target price on shares of CenterPoint Energy and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th. Scotiabank increased their target price on CenterPoint Energy from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Friday, July 25th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on CenterPoint Energy from $36.00 to $39.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $37.38.

CenterPoint Energy Stock Up 1.2%

CenterPoint Energy stock opened at $38.1850 on Monday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $37.10 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $36.33. The company has a current ratio of 0.79, a quick ratio of 0.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.87. The stock has a market cap of $24.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.70, a PEG ratio of 2.76 and a beta of 0.58. CenterPoint Energy has a 52 week low of $25.68 and a 52 week high of $39.39.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CenterPoint Energy

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its stake in CenterPoint Energy by 8.6% during the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 80,229 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $2,907,000 after buying an additional 6,377 shares during the last quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 8.8% in the 1st quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 19,913 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $721,000 after acquiring an additional 1,615 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its position in CenterPoint Energy by 3.1% during the 1st quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 864,175 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $31,309,000 after acquiring an additional 26,153 shares during the last quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. increased its holdings in CenterPoint Energy by 32.6% during 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 purchasing an additional 569,389 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in CenterPoint Energy by 5.6% during the 1st quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 166,743 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $6,041,000 after purchasing an additional 8,914 shares in the last quarter. 91.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

CenterPoint Energy Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 21st. CenterPoint Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 61.54%.

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.