--- title: CenterPoint Energy (CNP) — intrinsic value and fair price canonical: https://sweetvaluelab.com/stocks/cnp ticker: CNP as_of: 2026-10-17 sector: Utilities industry: Regulated Electric --- # CenterPoint Energy (CNP) CenterPoint Energy (CNP) closed at $40.55 on Oct 16, 2026, overvalued by 13% vs its model value of $36.04 (from its own five-year median P/E applied to its earnings). ## Key figures | Figure | Value | | --- | ---: | | Last close | $40.55 (Oct 16, 2026) | | Model value (from its own five-year median P/E applied to its earnings) | $36.04 | | Price vs model | overvalued by 13% vs model | | Range of that model | $30.71 – $41.80 | | Market value | $26.7B | | P/E (fiscal 2025) | 25.3 | | Net margin (fiscal 2025) | 11.2% | | Free cash flow (fiscal 2025) | -$2.4B | | Dividend yield (trailing twelve months) | 2.27% | | Beta | 0.46 | | Cost of capital (WACC) | 6.14% | | Business classification | Dividend Payer (Low/slowing growth (~4% recent), Moderate margins (11% net margin), Pays dividends, Highly cyclical earnings, High leverage (D/E 2.1x), Negative free cash flow) | ## On the stock lists | List | Place | Figure | Page | | --- | ---: | ---: | --- | | Insider buying | #50 | $40,700 | https://sweetvaluelab.com/lists/insider-buying | ## Dividends | Figure | Value | | --- | ---: | | Trailing dividend yield | 2.27% | | Dividends per share, last 12 months | $0.92 | | Coverage | — | | Raised | 5 years in a row | | Growth over 5 years | 7.9% a year | | Latest payment | $0.24, ex-date Aug 20, 2026, paid Sep 10, 2026 | | Year of payments | Dividends per share | | --- | ---: | | To Aug 18, 2021 | $0.63 | | To Aug 17, 2022 | $0.69 | | To Aug 16, 2023 | $0.75 | | To Aug 15, 2024 | $0.80 | | To Aug 21, 2025 | $0.87 | | Trailing twelve months (to Aug 20, 2026) | $0.92 | ## Valuation models Each model's value per share and the role the engine gave it for this business. The headline above is one model's value; every other model is listed with its own, and each has a page of its own under the valuation. Computed Oct 17, 2026. | Model | Role | Value per share | Low | High | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | | DCF · Perpetuity growth · 5y | cross check | $26.00 | $0.06 | $99.84 | | DCF · Perpetuity growth · 10y | cross check | $33.25 | $4.78 | $118.06 | | DCF · EBITDA exit · 5y | cross check | $86.43 | $42.98 | $137.98 | | DCF · EBITDA exit · 10y | cross check | $86.96 | $39.94 | $151.02 | | P/E · peers | cross check | $32.48 | $30.82 | $33.29 | | P/E · own history | primary | $36.04 | $30.71 | $41.80 | | PEG | sanity check | $24.93 | $24.93 | $24.93 | | EV/EBITDA · peers | cross check | $33.83 | $30.54 | $39.20 | | EV/Revenue · peers | cross check | $21.62 | $17.29 | $39.43 | | Earnings power value | cross check | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | | Dividend discount | cross check | $20.27 | $13.41 | $36.06 | ## Insider activity (SEC Form 4) Past 90 days: 1 open-market buy ($40,700) and 0 open-market sales ($0); 10b5-1 plan sales included. | Date | Insider | Relationship | Transaction | Shares | Value | | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | | Oct 1, 2026 | Clark Lauren Chesley | EVP and CHRO | Grant / award | 32,249 | $0 | | Aug 17, 2026 | Fitch Laurie Lee | Director | Open-market buy | 1,000 | $40,700 | | Aug 11, 2026 | Wright Russell Keith | VP and CAO | Tax withholding | 211 | $8,478 | | Aug 11, 2026 | Soto Jesus Jr. | EVP and COO | Tax withholding | 15,151 | $608,767.2 | | Aug 11, 2026 | Soto Jesus Jr. | EVP and COO | Tax withholding | 1,924 | $77,306.3 | ## Recent SEC filings | Filed | Form | What | Filing | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 1, 2026 | 8-K | 2.01 Completion of Acquisition/Disposition; 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000110465926112565/tm2626684d1_8k.htm | | Sep 14, 2026 | 8-K | 8.01 Other Events | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000110465926107560/tm2625326d1_8k.htm | | Sep 9, 2026 | 8-K | 1.01 Entry into a Material Agreement; 1.02 Termination of a Material Agreement; 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation; 8.01 Other Events; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000110465926106356/tm2625073d1_8k.htm | | Jul 31, 2026 | 8-K | 1.01 Entry into a Material Agreement; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000110465926089263/tm2621799d1_8k.htm | | Jul 30, 2026 | 424B5 | Prospectus supplement | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1130310/000110465926088494/tm2621389-1_424b5.htm | ## Superinvestors holding it (latest 13F) | Manager | Quarter | Shares | Value | | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | | John Rogers | 2026-06-30 | 460,132 | $20.3M | 1 tracked managers in all. ## About 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 app… --- Source: https://sweetvaluelab.com/stocks/cnp (SweetValueLab, free, no account). Prices and statements from Financial Modeling Prep; filings from SEC EDGAR. 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