CenterPoint Energy (CNP) – Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

CenterPoint Energy (NYSE: CNP) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 10/27/2025 – CenterPoint Energy is now covered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company. They set an “overweight” rating and a $44.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/27/2025 – CenterPoint Energy is now covered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company. They set an “overweight” rating and a $44.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/25/2025 – CenterPoint Energy was upgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 10/24/2025 – CenterPoint Energy had its price target raised by analysts at Scotiabank from $42.00 to $45.00. They now have a “sector outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/21/2025 – CenterPoint Energy was given a new $42.00 price target on by analysts at Mizuho.
• 10/21/2025 – CenterPoint Energy had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $37.00 to $39.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 10/21/2025 – CenterPoint Energy had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $40.00 to $41.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 10/10/2025 – CenterPoint Energy had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG from $44.00 to $46.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/8/2025 – CenterPoint Energy had its “buy (b-)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 10/7/2025 – CenterPoint Energy had its price target raised by analysts at Barclays PLC from $39.00 to $40.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 10/6/2025 – CenterPoint Energy is now covered by analysts at Evercore ISI. They set an “in-line” rating and a $42.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/6/2025 – CenterPoint Energy was upgraded by analysts at Evercore ISI to a “hold” rating.
• 10/2/2025 – CenterPoint Energy had its price target raised by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $39.00 to $41.00. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock.
• 9/30/2025 – CenterPoint Energy had its price target raised by analysts at Mizuho from $39.00 to $40.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 9/27/2025 – CenterPoint Energy had its “buy (b-)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 9/25/2025 – CenterPoint Energy had its price target lowered by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $38.00 to $37.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.

CenterPoint Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be issued a $0.22 dividend. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. CenterPoint Energy’s payout ratio is presently 55.70%.

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.