Utilities
Live Price
Offline$44.22
+0.82% today
1Y Change
+17.37%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 22, 2026
Coverage: 245 bars · Jun 30, 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 $44.22 and up 17.4% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 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.
Relative Read
CNP is 3.12 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
CNP had 1.95 pts shallower max drawdown than SPY.
CNP beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.
CNP
+17.37%
Normalized return
SPY
+20.48%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-3.12 pts
Relative to SPY
CNP Max Drawdown
-7.19%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for CNP and SPY.
| Year | CNP | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +11.33% | +6.71% | +4.63 pts | CNP |
| 2025 | +5.09% | +11.19% | -6.10 pts | SPY |
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