Centerpoint Energy Inc (CNP) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $37.18, with 15.08 million shares of worth about $560.62 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 17.18% during that period and on Wednesday the price saw a loss of about -1.46%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 652.73M shares, out of which, 649.57M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -0.75% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -2.77%. Year-to-date (YTD), CNP shares are showing a performance of 17.18% which increased to 26.68% 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 $39.31 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Centerpoint Energy Inc shares is 5.66 million. The stock is currently trading -1.58% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 0.34% for SMA50 and it goes to 15.05% higher than SMA200.
Centerpoint Energy Inc (NYSE: CNP) currently have 652.73M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 98.63% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $24.27B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.58. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 25.00, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.49 in the same period. Its PEG reads 3.11 and has Quick Ratio of 0.79 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 2.09. 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 1.11% while standing at 1.13% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 7.95% while it is estimated to increase by 7.76% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 8.05% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 3.47% 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 Barclays on April 22, 2025 offering an Equal weight rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $37 to it. Coverage by Jefferies stated Centerpoint Energy Inc (CNP) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on April 02, 2025, suggesting a price target of $42 for the stock. Stock get a Buy rating from Ladenburg Thalmann on December 12, 2024.
