Utilities
Live Price
Offline$44.08
+0.50% today
1Y Change
+17.88%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026
Coverage: 247 bars · Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
CenterPoint Energy Inc. (CNP) is a Utilities stock with a market cap of $28.48B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $44.08 and up 17.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +8.3%, EPS growth of +1.9%, a dividend yield of 2.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +8.3%, EPS +1.9%, free cash flow -0.4% with operating margin 22.5% and ROIC 4.0%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 26.5 and price/sales 3.0. Stock Foundry combines CNP price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Utilities peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
CNP
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
CNP Max Drawdown
-7.19%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for CNP and SPY.
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
2.04%
Trailing 12M Payout
$0.67
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2026 | Feb 19, 2026 | Mar 12, 2026 | $0.23 | $0.23 | Quarterly |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | Dec 11, 2025 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Aug 21, 2025 | Sep 11, 2025 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| May 15, 2025 | May 15, 2025 | Jun 12, 2025 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Feb 20, 2025 | Mar 13, 2025 | $0.22 | $0.22 | Quarterly |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Nov 21, 2024 | Dec 12, 2024 | $0.21 | $0.21 | Quarterly |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Aug 15, 2024 | Sep 12, 2024 | $0.20 | $0.20 | Quarterly |
| May 15, 2024 | May 16, 2024 | Jun 13, 2024 | $0.20 | $0.20 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2024 | Feb 15, 2024 | Mar 14, 2024 | $0.20 | $0.20 | Quarterly |
| Nov 15, 2023 | Nov 16, 2023 | Dec 14, 2023 | $0.20 | $0.20 | Quarterly |
| Aug 16, 2023 | Aug 17, 2023 | Sep 14, 2023 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| May 17, 2023 | May 18, 2023 | Jun 8, 2023 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Feb 15, 2023 | Feb 16, 2023 | Mar 9, 2023 | $0.19 | $0.19 | Quarterly |
| Nov 16, 2022 | Nov 17, 2022 | Dec 8, 2022 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Quarterly |
| Aug 17, 2022 | Aug 18, 2022 | Sep 8, 2022 | $0.18 | $0.18 | Quarterly |
| May 18, 2022 | May 19, 2022 | Jun 9, 2022 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Feb 16, 2022 | Feb 17, 2022 | Mar 10, 2022 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Nov 17, 2021 | Nov 18, 2021 | Dec 9, 2021 | $0.17 | $0.17 | Quarterly |
| Aug 18, 2021 | Aug 19, 2021 | Sep 9, 2021 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| May 19, 2021 | May 20, 2021 | Jun 10, 2021 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| Feb 17, 2021 | Feb 18, 2021 | Mar 11, 2021 | $0.16 | $0.16 | Quarterly |
| Nov 18, 2020 | Nov 19, 2020 | Dec 10, 2020 | $0.15 | $0.15 | Quarterly |
| Aug 19, 2020 | Aug 20, 2020 | Sep 10, 2020 | $0.15 | $0.15 | Quarterly |
| May 20, 2020 | May 21, 2020 | Jun 11, 2020 | $0.15 | $0.15 | Quarterly |
| Feb 19, 2020 | Feb 20, 2020 | Mar 12, 2020 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Nov 20, 2019 | Nov 21, 2019 | Dec 12, 2019 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Aug 14, 2019 | Aug 15, 2019 | Sep 12, 2019 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| May 15, 2019 | May 16, 2019 | Jun 13, 2019 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Feb 20, 2019 | Feb 21, 2019 | Mar 14, 2019 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Nov 14, 2018 | Nov 15, 2018 | Dec 13, 2018 | $0.28 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| Aug 15, 2018 | Aug 16, 2018 | Sep 13, 2018 | $0.28 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| May 16, 2018 | May 17, 2018 | Jun 14, 2018 | $0.28 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2018 | Feb 15, 2018 | Mar 8, 2018 | $0.28 | $0.28 | Quarterly |
| Nov 15, 2017 | Nov 16, 2017 | Dec 8, 2017 | $0.27 | $0.27 | Quarterly |
| Aug 14, 2017 | Aug 16, 2017 | Sep 8, 2017 | $0.27 | $0.27 | Quarterly |
| May 12, 2017 | May 16, 2017 | Jun 9, 2017 | $0.27 | $0.27 | Quarterly |
| Feb 14, 2017 | Feb 16, 2017 | Mar 10, 2017 | $0.27 | $0.27 | Quarterly |
| Nov 14, 2016 | Nov 16, 2016 | Dec 9, 2016 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Aug 12, 2016 | Aug 16, 2016 | Sep 9, 2016 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| May 12, 2016 | May 16, 2016 | Jun 10, 2016 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
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