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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. — Intrinsic Value & Fair Price

CNP
NYSEUtilitiesRegulated ElectricCIK 0001130310centerpointenergy.comAbout CNP
Last close · Oct 16, 202640.55+0.75 (+1.88%)
Market cap$26.7B
Model value · P/E · own history
36.04
CenterPoint Energy closed at $40.55 — overvalued by 13% vs model.
30.71the model's range41.80

P/E · own history leads for a regulated utility. From its own five-year median P/E applied to its earnings.

Other models
20.27 – 86.96
Wall St. target
43.50 7% below
Above model, 1y
17 of 20 days

Price and model value

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Daily close

Dividends

Quarterly · as of Oct 16, 2026
Yield, trailing 12 months
2.27%
Past 2 years
low 2.00%high 3.10%
Dividends per share, a year at a time
$0.63Aug ’21$0.69Aug ’22$0.75Aug ’23$0.80Aug ’24$0.87Aug ’25$0.92TTM
Coverage
—
Raised
5 years in a row
Growth, 5 yrs
7.9% a year
Last change
+4.3% · Aug 2026
Every payment, with ex-dates · latest $0.24, paid Sep 10, 2026

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How it is valued

Valued asRegulated utility
Low/slowing growth (~4% recent)Moderate margins (11% net margin)Pays dividendsHighly cyclical earningsHigh leverage (D/E 2.1x)Negative free cash flow
What growth the price implies: the reverse DCF

Key figures

FY2025 · chosen for utilities
P/E
25.3×
EV / EBITDA
13.5×
FCF yield
-9.0%
Dividend yield, TTM
2.27%
Beta
0.46
Cost of capital (WACC)
6.14%
On the lists: #50 Insider buying
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Analyst actions

third-party, quoted
10-13KeyBanc · target44.00
10-12Truist Financial · target44.00
09-15RBC Capital · target40.00
01-13BMO Capital · “Outperform” from “Market Perform”upgrade
Ratings, targets and estimates

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About CenterPoint Energy

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. operates as a public utility holding enterprise across the United States, primarily through its Electric and Natural Gas divisions. The Electric segment manages power generation assets, alongside the transmission and distribution networks that supply electricity to consumers, and actively participates in the wholesale power market. Its Natural Gas segment delivers natural gas distribution services, provides home appliance maintenance and repair in Minnesota, and extends home repair protection plans to natural gas customers in Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana through a third-party partner. This segment is also engaged in the sale of regulated intrastate natural gas, as well as its transportation and storage for residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation clients. As of December 31, 2021, CenterPoint Energy served approximately 2.7 million metered customers. Its substantial infrastructure included 239 substation sites with a total installed transformer capacity of 71,241 megavolt amperes, roughly 100,000 linear miles of natural gas distribution and transmission mains, and 285 miles of intrastate pipelines across Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. The company was established in 1866 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

CEO
Jason Wells
Headquarters
Houston, TX
Employees
8,794
IPO
1970-01-02
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