Q1 EPS Forecast for CenterPoint Energy Increased by Analyst

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for CenterPoint Energy in a research note issued on Thursday, March 13th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings of $0.58 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.56. 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 Q2 2025 earnings at $0.42 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.45 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.87 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.02 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on CNP. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on CenterPoint Energy from $34.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 11th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on CenterPoint Energy from $32.00 to $31.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Evercore ISI raised CenterPoint Energy from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $36.00 to $37.00 in a research note on Tuesday, March 11th. UBS Group raised CenterPoint Energy from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the company from $31.00 to $37.00 in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Finally, Scotiabank raised CenterPoint Energy from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and upped their target price for the company from $30.00 to $35.00 in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $33.50.

CenterPoint Energy Stock Performance

Shares of CNP stock opened at $35.66 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.27 billion, a PE ratio of 22.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 0.91. CenterPoint Energy has a 52-week low of $25.41 and a 52-week high of $35.88. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $33.21 and its 200 day moving average price is $31.30. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91.

CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The utilities provider reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.40. The business had revenue of $2.26 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.46 billion. CenterPoint Energy had a return on equity of 10.02% and a net margin of 11.79%.

Institutional Trading of CenterPoint Energy

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. First Horizon Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in CenterPoint Energy by 51.3% in the 3rd quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 1,106 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 375 shares in the last quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC increased its holdings in CenterPoint Energy by 9.2% in the 4th quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 4,601 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $146,000 after purchasing an additional 388 shares in the last quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC increased its holdings in CenterPoint Energy by 8.2% in the 4th quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 5,167 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $164,000 after purchasing an additional 390 shares in the last quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC increased its holdings in CenterPoint Energy by 58.9% in the 4th quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 1,079 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. increased its holdings in CenterPoint Energy by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 11,907 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $378,000 after purchasing an additional 416 shares in the last quarter. 91.77% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.