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

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) – Research analysts at Zacks Research upped their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of CenterPoint Energy in a report released on Wednesday, June 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the utilities provider will post earnings per share of $1.75 for the year, up from their prior forecast of $1.74. 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 $0.44 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.47 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.88 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.04 EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently commented on CNP. Scotiabank reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $40.00 target price (up from $35.00) on shares of CenterPoint Energy in a research report on Friday, April 25th. Barclays raised shares of CenterPoint Energy from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and increased their target price for the company from $30.00 to $37.00 in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. BMO Capital Markets raised their price objective on shares of CenterPoint Energy from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, March 17th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on shares of CenterPoint Energy from $35.00 to $34.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 22nd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group initiated coverage on shares of CenterPoint Energy in a research report on Wednesday, April 2nd. They set a “buy” rating and a $42.00 price objective on the stock. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $36.04.

CenterPoint Energy Trading Up 1.0%

NYSE CNP opened at $36.38 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.91, a current ratio of 1.08 and a quick ratio of 0.92. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $37.27 and its 200 day moving average price is $34.61. The company has a market capitalization of $23.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 0.59. CenterPoint Energy has a 12 month low of $25.41 and a 12 month high of $39.31.

CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The utilities provider reported $0.53 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.55 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $2.92 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.73 billion. CenterPoint Energy had a net margin of 11.79% and a return on equity of 10.02%. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.55 earnings per share.

CenterPoint Energy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 15th were issued a $0.22 dividend. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.42%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, May 15th. CenterPoint Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 59.06%.

Institutional Trading of CenterPoint Energy

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Private Trust Co. NA boosted its stake in CenterPoint Energy by 21.5% in the first quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 1,653 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $60,000 after acquiring an additional 293 shares during the period. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. increased its position in CenterPoint Energy by 17.8% in the first quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 2,014 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $73,000 after buying an additional 304 shares during the period. Fulton Bank N.A. lifted its stake in CenterPoint Energy by 2.7% in the first quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. now owns 13,718 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $497,000 after buying an additional 362 shares during the last quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC boosted its holdings in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 9.2% during the fourth quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 4,601 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $146,000 after acquiring an additional 388 shares during the period. Finally, Quadrant Capital Group LLC grew its position in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 8.2% during the fourth quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 5,167 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $164,000 after acquiring an additional 390 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.77% of the company’s stock.

CenterPoint Energy Company Profile

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.