CenterPoint Energy Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

CenterPoint Energy has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 21%, while the Integrated Utilities industry saw earnings growing at 8.7% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 3.6% per year. CenterPoint Energy's return on equity is 9.1%, and it has net margins of 11.2%.

Key information

21.0%

Earnings growth rate

18.0%

EPS growth rate

Integrated Utilities Industry Growth	8.1%
Revenue growth rate	3.6%
Return on equity	9.1%
Net Margin	11.2%
Last Earnings Update	30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How CenterPoint Energy makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

LSE:0HVF Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses
30 Sep 24	8,563	963	42
30 Jun 24	8,567	1,026	57
31 Mar 24	8,537	904	63
31 Dec 23	8,696	867	63
30 Sep 23	9,225	797	106
30 Jun 23	9,268	730	132
31 Mar 23	9,337	803	150
31 Dec 22	9,321	1,008	187
30 Sep 22	8,924	911	162
30 Jun 22	8,770	849	167
31 Mar 22	8,568	840	152
31 Dec 21	8,352	573	120
30 Sep 21	8,092	635	92
30 Jun 21	7,965	1,721	39
31 Mar 21	7,798	1,640	15
31 Dec 20	7,418	307	6
30 Sep 20	7,383	328	50
30 Jun 20	7,419	-663	92
31 Mar 20	7,502	-631	77
31 Dec 19	7,564	398	57
30 Sep 19	8,581	547	48
30 Jun 19	9,135	478	13
31 Mar 19	9,663	282	34
31 Dec 18	6,277	361	27
30 Sep 18	10,191	1,539	37
30 Jun 18	10,077	1,555	79
31 Mar 18	10,034	1,765	72
31 Dec 17	9,614	1,792	65
30 Sep 17	9,057	597	49
30 Jun 17	8,848	607	0
31 Mar 17	8,279	470	0
31 Dec 16	7,528	432	72
30 Sep 16	7,238	-178	0
30 Jun 16	6,979	-748	0
31 Mar 16	6,937	-669	0
31 Dec 15	7,386	-692	0
30 Sep 15	7,967	-7	0
30 Jun 15	8,144	527	0
31 Mar 15	8,496	557	0
31 Dec 14	9,226	611	0
30 Sep 14	9,038	548	0
30 Jun 14	8,871	556	0
31 Mar 14	8,881	349	0
31 Dec 13	8,106	311	0

Quality Earnings: 0HVF has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: 0HVF's current net profit margins (11.2%) are higher than last year (8.6%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: 0HVF's earnings have grown significantly by 21% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: 0HVF's earnings growth over the past year (20.8%) is below its 5-year average (21% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: 0HVF earnings growth over the past year (20.8%) exceeded the Integrated Utilities industry 3.3%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: 0HVF's Return on Equity (9.1%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/18 03:47
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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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 Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 4/6

Key information

Recent past performance updates

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

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

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

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

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

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

Recent updates

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

Upcoming dividend of US$0.17 per share