Q1 EPS Forecast for CenterPoint Energy Increased by Analyst

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) – Analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of CenterPoint Energy in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, March 13th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will earn $0.58 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast 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.

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

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. UBS Group raised shares of CenterPoint Energy from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $31.00 to $37.00 in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Evercore ISI raised shares of CenterPoint Energy from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $36.00 to $37.00 in a report on Tuesday, March 11th. Guggenheim cut shares of CenterPoint Energy from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of CenterPoint Energy from $34.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 11th. Finally, Scotiabank raised shares of CenterPoint Energy from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $30.00 to $35.00 in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $33.50.

CenterPoint Energy Stock Performance

NYSE:CNP opened at $35.66 on Monday. 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 has a 50-day moving average of $33.21 and a two-hundred day moving average of $31.30. The stock has a market cap of $23.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.43, a PEG ratio of 2.71 and a beta of 0.91. CenterPoint Energy has a 1-year low of $25.41 and a 1-year high of $35.88.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 20.5% during the fourth quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 35,816 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,136,000 after acquiring an additional 6,084 shares during the period. Park Square Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of CenterPoint Energy during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $68,000. Menard Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of CenterPoint Energy during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $137,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH acquired a new position in shares of CenterPoint Energy during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $10,453,000. Finally, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio increased its stake in shares of CenterPoint Energy by 34.3% during the fourth quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 309,063 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $9,807,000 after acquiring an additional 78,969 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.