How does HOU's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

HOU is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.9x) compared to the peer average (19x).

How does HOU's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Integrated Utilities Industry?

HOU is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.9x) compared to the Global Integrated Utilities industry average (17.6x).

What is HOU's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HOU is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.5x).

What is the Fair Price of HOU when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

HOU (€28) is trading above our estimate of [[fair value]] (€24.84)

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

CenterPoint Energy (DB:HOU) - Stock Price, News & Analysis

HOU Stock Overview

Operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. More details

HOU fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	0/6
Future Growth	1/6
Past Performance	4/6
Financial Health	1/6
Dividends	2/6

Rewards

Earnings are forecast to grow 9.72% per year

Earnings grew by 20.8% over the past year

Risk Analysis

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings

Dividend of 2.72% is not well covered by free cash flows

Shareholders have been diluted in the past year

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Competitors

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XTRA:EOAN

€30.4b

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DB:MNV6

€1.9b

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DB:WWG

€1.7b

MVV Energie

XTRA:MVV1

€2.0b

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for CenterPoint Energy
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$28.00
52 Week High	US$28.80
52 Week Low	US$23.00
Beta	0.92
11 Month Change	2.19%
3 Month Change	20.69%
1 Year Change	12.00%
33 Year Change	19.66%
5 Year Change	25.00%
Change since IPO	16.79%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	HOU	DE Integrated Utilities	DE Market
7D	0%	0.08%	-0.5%
1Y	12.0%	-1.9%	8.3%

Return vs Industry: HOU exceeded the German Integrated Utilities industry which returned -1.9% over the past year.

Return vs Market: HOU exceeded the German Market which returned 8.3% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is HOU's price volatile compared to industry and market?
HOU volatility
HOU Average Weekly Movement	3.3%
Integrated Utilities Industry Average Movement	2.4%
Market Average Movement	4.8%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	11.0%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	2.4%

Stable Share Price: HOU has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the German market.

Volatility Over Time: HOU's weekly volatility (3%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1866	8,827	Jason Wells	www.centerpointenergy.com

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.

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do CenterPoint Energy's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
HOU fundamental statistics
Market cap	€19.10b
Earnings (TTM)	€914.75m
Revenue (TTM)	€8.13b

20.9x

P/E Ratio

2.3x

P/S Ratio

Is HOU overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
HOU income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$8.56b
Cost of Revenue	US$4.74b
Gross Profit	US$3.83b
Other Expenses	US$2.86b
Earnings	US$963.00m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	1.48
Gross Margin	44.69%
Net Profit Margin	11.25%
Debt/Equity Ratio	188.7%

How did HOU perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

2.7%

Current Dividend Yield

53%

Payout Ratio

Does HOU pay a reliable dividends?

See HOU dividend history and benchmarks

When do you need to buy HOU by to receive an upcoming dividend?
CenterPoint Energy dividend dates
Ex Dividend Date	Nov 21 2024
Dividend Pay Date	Dec 12 2024
Days until Ex dividend	3 days
Days until Dividend pay date	24 days

Does HOU pay a reliable dividends?

See HOU dividend history and benchmarks

HOU Stock Overview

Rewards

Risk Analysis

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Competitors

XTRA:EOAN

€30.4b

DB:MNV6

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DB:WWG

€1.7b

XTRA:MVV1

€2.0b

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Centerpoint Energy Completes All 42 of Its Initial Post-Beryl Commitments to Improve Resiliency and Strengthen Emergency Operations

Centerpoint Energy Completes All 42 of Its Initial Post-Beryl Commitments to Improve Resiliency and Strengthen Emergency Operations

Upcoming dividend of US$0.21 per share

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.30 (vs US$0.41 in 3Q 2023)

Second quarter dividend of US$0.21 announced

Centerpoint Energy, Inc. Appoints Keith Stephens as Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer

Recent updates

Centerpoint Energy Completes All 42 of Its Initial Post-Beryl Commitments to Improve Resiliency and Strengthen Emergency Operations

Centerpoint Energy Completes All 42 of Its Initial Post-Beryl Commitments to Improve Resiliency and Strengthen Emergency Operations

Upcoming dividend of US$0.21 per share

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.30 (vs US$0.41 in 3Q 2023)

Second quarter dividend of US$0.21 announced

Centerpoint Energy, Inc. Appoints Keith Stephens as Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer

Second quarter dividend of US$0.20 announced

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of $249.999992 million.

New minor risk - Shareholder dilution

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. has completed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of $249.999992 million.

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.36 (vs US$0.17 in 2Q 2023)

Now 20% overvalued

Now 21% overvalued after recent price rise

First quarter dividend of US$0.20 announced

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.55 (vs US$0.50 in 1Q 2023)

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on June 13, 2024

Now 21% overvalued after recent price rise

Now 20% overvalued after recent price rise

CenterPoint Energy, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Apr 26, 2024

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$1.37 (vs US$1.60 in FY 2022)

Upcoming dividend of US$0.20 per share at 2.9% yield

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of $500 million.

Centerpoint Energy, Inc. Announces Board Appointments

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on March 14, 2024

CEO & Director recently bought €938k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.20 per share at 2.9% yield

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Announces Board Changes

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.41 (vs US$0.30 in 3Q 2022)

High number of new directors

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Announces Board Appointments

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend , Payable on December 14, 2023

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Appoints Earl M. Cummings as Its Independent Board Chair

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Names Bertha Villatoro as Senior Vice President of Human Resources

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Announces Executive Changes, effective August 11, 2023

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Declares Quarterly Regular Common Stock Dividend, Payable on September 14, 2023

ESG Holdings Group, LLC completed the acquisition of Energy Systems Group, LLC from CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP).

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Plans to Retire A.B. Brown Coal Units 1 and 2 in October 2023

Independent Director recently sold €77k worth of stock

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.50 (vs US$0.82 in 1Q 2022)

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$1.68 (vs US$0.97 in FY 2021)

Upcoming dividend of US$0.19 per share at 2.6% yield

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Announces Organizational Changes

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Declares Regular Common Stock Dividend, Payable on March 9, 2023

High number of new directors

Independent Director recently bought €227k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.18 per share

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.30 (vs US$0.21 in 3Q 2021)

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Announces Promotion of Jason P. Wells from Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to the Role of President and Chief Operating Officer, Effective from January 1, 2023

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend, Payable on December 8, 2022

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Announces Management Changes

Upcoming dividend of US$0.18 per share

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.28 (vs US$0.38 in 2Q 2021)

CenterPoint Energy Declares Common Stock Quarterly Dividend, Payable on September 8, 2022

Independent Director recently sold €486k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.17 per share

Independent Director recently sold €486k worth of stock

First quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.82 (vs US$0.60 in 1Q 2021)

High number of new directors

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Declares Regular Common Stock Dividend, Payable on June 9, 2022