CenterPoint Energy Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

We currently do not have sufficient information about the CEO.

Key information

Jason Wells

Chief executive officer

US$7.1m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	13.7%
CEO tenure	2yrs
CEO ownership	0.04%
Management average tenure	2yrs
Board average tenure	2.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Jason Wells's remuneration changed compared to CenterPoint Energy's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Sep 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$963m
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$1b
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	US$904m
Dec 31 2023	US$7m	US$969k	US$867m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$797m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$730m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$803m
Dec 31 2022	US$3m	US$667k	US$1b
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$911m
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$849m
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$840m
Dec 31 2021	US$3m	US$665k	US$573m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$635m
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Dec 31 2020	US$4m	US$170k	US$307m

Compensation vs Market: Jason's total compensation ($USD7.08M) is about average for companies of similar size in the UK market ($USD5.59M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Jason's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Jason Wells (46 yo)

2yrs

Tenure

US$7,081,465

Compensation

Mr. Jason P. Wells serves as the President, CEO & Director of CenterPoint Energy Resources. Mr. Jason serves as the Chief Executive Officer at CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC. He serves as Executi...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Jason Wells	President	2yrs	US$7.08m	0.035% $ 7.4m
Christopher Foster	Executive VP & CFO	1.7yrs	US$7.82m	0.0067% $ 1.4m
Monica Karuturi	Executive VP & General Counsel	4.5yrs	US$3.65m	0.014% $ 3.0m
Jason Ryan	Executive Vice President of Regulatory Services & Government Affairs	4.5yrs	US$3.06m	0.016% $ 3.4m
Russell Wright	Vice President	1.4yrs	no data	0% $ 0
Kenneth Coleman	Senior VP & Chief Information Officer	4.2yrs	no data	no data
Jacqueline Richert	Vice President of Investor Relations & Treasurer	no data	no data	no data
Carol Helliker	Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer	no data	no data	no data
Keith Stephens	Senior VP & Chief Communications Officer	less than a year	no data	no data
Bertha Villatoro	Senior VP & Chief Human Resources Officer	no data	no data	no data
Darin Carroll	Senior Vice President of Natural Gas Business	2yrs	no data	0.0021% $ 441.4k
Tony Gardner	Senior VP & Chief Customer Officer	2yrs	no data	no data

2.0yrs

Average Tenure

45yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 0HVF's management team is considered experienced (2 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Jason Wells	President	less than a year	US$7.08m	0.035% $ 7.4m
Thaddeus Malik	Independent Director	1.3yrs	US$144.65k	0.0015% $ 311.9k
Barbara Duganier	Independent Director	less than a year	no data	0.00089% $ 188.9k
Theodore Pound	Independent Director	9.8yrs	US$311.95k	0.0080% $ 1.7m
Phillip Smith	Independent Chair of the Board	10.8yrs	US$311.95k	0.010% $ 2.2m
Dean Seavers	Director	less than a year	no data	0.00027% $ 57.3k
Ricky Raven	Independent Director	1.3yrs	US$133.05k	0.0015% $ 311.9k
Christopher Franklin	Independent Director	2.8yrs	US$341.95k	0.0025% $ 536.9k
Earl Cummings	Independent Director	4.5yrs	US$391.83k	0.0047% $ 1.0m
Wendolynn Cloonan	Independent Director	3.9yrs	US$324.52k	0.0035% $ 742.7k
Raquelle Lewis	Independent Director	3.3yrs	US$308.91k	0.0031% $ 653.6k

2.8yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 0HVF's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/18 10:59
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/17 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is covered by 35 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Gary Hovis	Argus Research Company
Nicholas Campanella	Barclays
Daniel Ford	Barclays

CenterPoint Energy Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Appoints Dean Seavers to its Board of Directors, Effective December 31, 2024

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Announces Resignation of Barry T. Smitherman from the Board Effective December 31, 2024

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

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

Centerpoint Energy, Inc. Announces Board Appointments

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes

Recent updates

Third quarter dividend of US$0.22 announced

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Appoints Dean Seavers to its Board of Directors, Effective December 31, 2024

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Declares Regular Quarterly Common Stock Cash Dividend, Payable on March 13, 2025

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Announces Resignation of Barry T. Smitherman from the Board Effective December 31, 2024

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 22% overvalued after recent price rise

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 21% overvalued after recent price rise

Now 20% overvalued

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

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

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes

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 US$84k 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

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

Upcoming dividend of US$0.17 per share

Independent Director recently sold US$511k 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

Independent Director recently sold US$57k worth of stock

Independent Director recently sold US$57k worth of stock

Full year 2021 earnings: EPS in line with analyst expectations despite revenue beat

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Appoints Scott E. Doyle as Executive Vice President, Utility Operations

Upcoming dividend of US$0.17 per share

Summit Utilities, Inc. completed the acquisition of Arkansas and Oklahoma gas distribution assets of CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

Energy Transfer LP (NYSE:ET) completed the acquisition of Enable Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE:ENBL) from OGE Energy Corp. (NYSE:OGE), CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) and others.

Independent Director recently sold US$448k worth of stock