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CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC (CNP)

As-reported financials and recent SEC filings for CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC, latest fiscal period FY2025. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC

CenterPoint Energy is a public utility holding company that owns and operates electric transmission, distribution, and generation facilities, as well as natural gas distribution systems. Its subsidiaries serve electric transmission customers and retail electric providers in the Texas Gulf Coast area, operate natural gas distribution systems in Minnesota, Texas, Indiana, and Ohio, and provide energy delivery services to electric and natural gas customers in southwestern Indiana. The company serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers primarily through its Houston Electric and CERC subsidiaries.

Snapshot

Revenue
$9.34B
Revenue growth (YoY)
9.2%
Net income
$1.05B
Diluted EPS
$1.60
Gross margin
Operating margin
22.6%
Net margin
11.3%
FCF margin
-25.5%
ROE
9.4%
P/E (TTM)
27.0×
Market cap
$28.79B
Debt / equity
1.8×

Fundamentals are from SEC filings. P/E and market cap are derived from recent market prices, refreshed on a rolling basis (typically within the past week).

What changed at Centerpoint Energy

  • Revenue grew 9.2% to $9.3B in FY2025, after a 0.7% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 22.6% in FY2025, +6.1 pp against 16.5% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $3.0B, up 0.6% from Q1 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was negative $2.4B in FY2025.
  • Net income rose 3.2% to $1.1B in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Centerpoint Energy’s fundamentals sit among the 98 Utilities companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Operating margin22.6%
58th percentile of 86
Net margin11.3%
46th percentile of 91
FCF margin-25.5%
12th percentile of 76
Revenue growth (YoY)+9.2%
51st percentile of 94
ROE9.4%
60th percentile of 89
P/E (TTM)27.0×
76th percentile of 83
Debt / equity1.84×
89th percentile of 84
Short interest6.63d
60th percentile of 98

Centerpoint Energy’s debt to equity of 1.84 ranks in the 89th percentile of the 84 Utilities companies reporting it. Centerpoint Energy’s FCF margin of -25.5% ranks in the 12th percentile of the 76 Utilities companies reporting it.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F (latest Q1 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
5
0 new, 5 added
Reduced / exited
2
2 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$522.8M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ1 2026$283.5M6.6MAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ1 2026$97.9M2.3MAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ1 2026$57.1M1.3MReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ1 2026$44.2M1.0MAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ1 2026$23.6M547.7KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ1 2026$16.3M380.8KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ1 2026$229,2665.3KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
44.7M
settled 2026-07-15
Change vs prior
+0.2%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
6.63
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
6.7M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-07-1544.7M+0.2%6.63
2026-06-3044.7M+5.0%5.43
2026-06-1542.5M+9.3%9.20
2026-05-2938.9M+5.9%6.56
2026-05-1536.7M-6.8%7.28
2026-04-3039.4M-4.8%7.21
2026-04-1541.4M+1.0%11.38
2026-03-3141.0M+4.3%8.66

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$9.34B$8.55B$8.61B$9.32B$8.26B
Gross profit
Operating income$2.11B$1.99B$1.76B$1.57B$1.36B
Net income$1.05B$1.02B$917.0M$1.06B$1.49B
Diluted EPS$1.60$1.58$1.37$1.59$2.28

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$38.0M$24.0M$90.0M$74.0M$230.0M
Current assets$5.70B$4.38B$3.03B$4.70B$7.36B
Total assets$46.53B$43.77B$39.72B$38.55B$37.68B
Current liabilities$6.26B$4.04B$3.86B$5.11B$4.29B
Long-term debt$20.57B$20.40B$17.56B$14.84B$15.56B
Total liabilities$35.38B$33.10B$30.05B$28.50B$28.26B
Total equity$11.15B$10.67B$9.67B$10.04B$9.41B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$2.49B$2.14B$3.88B$1.81B$22.0M
Capital expenditure$4.87B$4.51B$4.40B$4.42B$3.16B
Free cash flow$-2.38B$-2.37B$-524.0M$-2.61B$-3.14B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2026$2.98B0.6%$316.0M$0.48
Q4 FY2025$2.44B10.7%$264.0M$0.40
Q3 FY2025$1.99B7.6%$293.0M$0.45
Q2 FY2025$1.95B2.5%$198.0M$0.30
Q1 FY2025$2.96B14.0%$297.0M$0.45
Q4 FY2024$2.20B4.2%$248.0M$0.38
Q3 FY2024$1.85B-0.8%$193.0M$0.30
Q2 FY2024$1.91B1.8%$228.0M$0.36

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorUtilities
SIC industryElectric Services
Fiscal year endDecember 31
Latest fiscal periodFY2025
SEC filings since2015
SEC CIK1130310

Recent SEC filings

10-K2026-02-19
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10-K2025-02-20
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10-Q2026-07-28
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10-Q2026-04-23
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10-Q/A2025-11-07
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10-Q2025-10-23
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8-K2026-07-28
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8-K2026-05-15
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR (public domain). Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.