Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of CNP Q1 Earnings

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research increased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of CenterPoint Energy in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, March 13th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the utilities provider will post earnings per share of $0.58 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.56. The consensus estimate for CenterPoint Energy’s current full-year earnings is $1.75 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for CenterPoint Energy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.42 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.45 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.43 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.87 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.02 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently weighed in on CNP. Scotiabank raised CenterPoint Energy from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and raised their target price for the company from $30.00 to $35.00 in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Barclays raised their price objective on CenterPoint Energy from $29.00 to $30.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Monday, January 27th. LADENBURG THALM/SH SH assumed coverage on CenterPoint Energy in a report on Thursday, December 12th. They set a “buy” rating and a $34.50 price objective on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on CenterPoint Energy from $34.00 to $36.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 11th. Finally, Evercore ISI raised CenterPoint Energy from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $36.00 to $37.00 in a report on Tuesday, March 11th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $33.50.

CenterPoint Energy Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of CNP stock opened at $35.59 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $33.12 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $31.24. The company has a market cap of $23.23 billion, a PE ratio of 22.38, a P/E/G ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 0.91. CenterPoint Energy has a fifty-two week low of $25.41 and a fifty-two week high of $35.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 1.08.

CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The utilities provider reported $0.40 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.40. The firm had revenue of $2.26 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.46 billion. CenterPoint Energy had a return on equity of 10.02% and a net margin of 11.79%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Capital Research Global Investors raised its position in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 156.4% in the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 45,573,115 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,446,036,000 after acquiring an additional 27,799,744 shares in the last quarter. BROOKFIELD Corp ON bought a new position in shares of CenterPoint Energy in the 4th quarter worth about $164,350,000. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of CenterPoint Energy in the 4th quarter worth about $158,232,000. American Century Companies Inc. raised its position in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 1,431.1% in the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 3,408,551 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $108,153,000 after acquiring an additional 3,185,932 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of CenterPoint Energy in the 4th quarter valued at about $97,348,000. 91.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About CenterPoint Energy

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.