Centerpoint Energy Inc (CNP) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $31.41, with 4.36 million shares of worth about $136.94 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 1.36% during that period and on December 11, 2024 the price saw a gain of about 0.10%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 651.72M shares, out of which, 649.08M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -2.76% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 4.49%. Year-to-date (YTD), CNP shares are showing a performance of 9.94% which increased to 8.12% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $25.41 but also hit the highest price of $33.00 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Centerpoint Energy Inc shares is 5.25 million. The stock is currently trading -0.84% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 2.98% for SMA50 and it goes to 7.92% higher than SMA200.
Centerpoint Energy Inc (NYSE: CNP) currently have 651.72M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 93.40% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $20.47B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.95. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 20.81, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.51 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.79 and has Quick Ratio of 0.92 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.94. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for CNP, volatility over the week remained 1.85% while standing at 1.92% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 7.82% while it is estimated to increase by 7.83% in next year. EPS is likely to shrink at an annualized rate of 7.47% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 13.22% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by UBS on December 03, 2024 offering a Buy rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $31 and $37 to it. Coverage by BofA Securities stated Centerpoint Energy Inc (CNP) stock as a Neutral in their note to investors on September 12, 2024, suggesting a price target of $29 for the stock. Stock get a Neutral rating from JP Morgan on August 02, 2024.
