What is Zacks Research’s Estimate for CNP FY2025 Earnings?

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) – Zacks Research boosted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for CenterPoint Energy in a research note issued on Thursday, November 13th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the utilities provider will post earnings of $1.77 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $1.75. 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 Q4 2025 earnings at $0.45 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.54 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.47 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.54 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.91 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.57 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.37 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.55 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.08 EPS.

CNP has been the topic of several other reports. Mizuho set a $42.00 price target on shares of CenterPoint Energy in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. Wells Fargo & Company assumed coverage on shares of CenterPoint Energy in a report on Monday, October 27th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $44.00 price target for the company. UBS Group lifted their price objective on shares of CenterPoint Energy from $44.00 to $46.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 10th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of CenterPoint Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, October 25th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of CenterPoint Energy from $37.00 to $39.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $41.50.

CenterPoint Energy Price Performance

CNP stock traded down $0.08 during trading on Friday, hitting $39.51. The company had a trading volume of 334,704 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,184,897. The business has a 50 day moving average of $38.91 and a 200 day moving average of $37.89. The company has a current ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 0.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.76. The firm has a market capitalization of $25.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.99, a P/E/G ratio of 2.79 and a beta of 0.60. CenterPoint Energy has a fifty-two week low of $29.97 and a fifty-two week high of $40.50.

CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 23rd. The utilities provider reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.04. CenterPoint Energy had a return on equity of 10.25% and a net margin of 11.37%.The business had revenue of $1.99 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.04 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.31 earnings per share.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On CenterPoint Energy

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of CNP. Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych PZU SA grew its holdings in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 66.7% during the third quarter. Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych PZU SA now owns 1,250 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $48,000 after buying an additional 500 shares in the last quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC acquired a new stake in CenterPoint Energy in the third quarter valued at approximately $263,000. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. increased its stake in CenterPoint Energy by 96.1% in the third quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 38,018 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,475,000 after purchasing an additional 18,634 shares during the last quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. grew its holdings in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 91.1% during the third quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 6,779 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $263,000 after purchasing an additional 3,232 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Pathstone Holdings LLC lifted its stake in CenterPoint Energy by 5.0% in the third quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC now owns 80,331 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $3,117,000 after buying an additional 3,792 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.77% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Phillip R. Smith sold 6,200 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $38.83, for a total transaction of $240,746.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 65,577 shares in the company, valued at $2,546,354.91. This represents a 8.64% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders own 0.14% of the company’s stock.

CenterPoint Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 20th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. CenterPoint Energy’s dividend payout ratio is 55.70%.

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.