XNYS · Utilities - Regulated Electric
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$38.22-0.88%
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TickerWhale Score
38/100
Weak
Score components
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Centerpoint Energy scores 38 out of 100 overall, which we rate weak. Quality & growth is its strongest area and Risk its weakest.
What helps
- Quality & growth
What to watch
- Technical
- Valuation
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%64Positive
- Revenue growth 7.1%
- EPS growth 18.9%
Valuation
25%24Weak
- P/E 22.8
- EV/Sales 5.2
CenterPoint Energy owns a portfolio of businesses. Its regulated electric utilities provide transmission and distribution services to more than 2.5 million customers in the Houston area, southern Indiana, and west central Ohio.
#396 by market cap in our coverage · ~8,794 employees · Listed 1972-06-30 · www.centerpointenergy.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#33 / 49sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 38 vs sector average 41.7 (-3.7)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 52%
Gross margin (industry)Top 20%
Return on equity (industry)Top 43%
P/E (industry)Pricier than 85%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
29/100Weak vs universe
Ranks 29th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 36/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
2 buy · 4 sell · 2 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates CNP's technical setup weak — 29th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
0 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day-7.7%
- vs 50-day-6.6%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)35 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIsell
- Williams %Rbuy
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength14· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.031)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 0 buy vs 9 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 2 buy · 3 sell · 2 neutral.
Result — 2 buy vs 4 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)22.8
- P/S (TTM)2.6
- P/B2.2
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales5.2
- PEG1.21
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin78.6%
- Net margin11.6%
- ROE9.6%
- Debt/Equity2.13
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)7.1%
- EPS growth (YoY)18.9%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $25.5B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Dec '25 | Dec '24 | Dec '23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.4B | $8.6B | $8.7B |
| Gross profit | $3.6B | $3.4B | $3.2B |
| Operating income | $2.1B | $2.0B | $1.8B |
| Net income | $1.1B | $1.0B | $917M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.60 | $1.58 | $1.37 |
| Free cash flow | -$2.4B | -$2.4B | -$524M |
| Cash | $38M | $24M | $90M |
| Total debt | $23.5B | $21.6B | $19.2B |
| Equity | $11.2B | $10.7B | $9.7B |
| Net debt | $23.5B | $21.6B | $19.1B |
| Debt / equity | 2.11 | 2.02 | 1.99 |
| Liabilities / assets | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.76 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNPCurrentCenterpoint Energy | 38 | 36 | 22.8 | — | 2.2 | 5.2 | $38.22 | -0.88% | +7.1% | ||
| AESAES | 67 | 62 | 5.5 | — | 2.1 | 3.2 | $14.83 | -0.13% | +8.5% | ||
| SWXSouthwest Gas Holdings | 67 | 46 | 12.0 | — | 1.5 | 5.5 | $85.85 | -0.76% | -15.3% | ||
| SRSpire | 64 | 45 | 8.8 | — | 1.3 | 4.7 | $79.23 | -1.38% | +10.7% | ||
| EDConsolidated Edison | 62 | 50 | 17.6 | — | 1.5 | 3.7 | $105.43 | -1.54% | +9.5% | ||
| EIXEdison International | 60 | 18 | 5.7 | — | 1.1 | 3.3 | $55.31 | -0.34% | +10.7% |
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