A share price of Centerpoint Energy Inc [CNP] is currently trading at $38.60, down -0.46%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The CNP shares have gain 1.85% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 4.89%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Centerpoint Energy Inc [NYSE: CNP] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 22, 2025, when Barclays upgraded its rating to a Equal Weight but kept the price target unchanged to $37 for it. Previously, Jefferies started tracking the stock with Buy rating on April 02, 2025, and set its price target to $42. On March 11, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform and revised its price target to $37 on the stock. Guggenheim downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Ladenburg Thalmann initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $34.50 as its price target on December 12, 2024. UBS upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on December 03, 2024, and upped its price target to $37.
Centerpoint Energy Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $25.41 and $38.86. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $37 within the next 12 months. Centerpoint Energy Inc [NYSE: CNP] shares were valued at $38.60 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -4.15% based on the average CNP price forecast.
Analyzing the CNP fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Centerpoint Energy Inc [NYSE:CNP] were 8.94B which represents 11.45% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.45% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.23%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.11%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.05. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.03.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 38.31 points at the first support level, and at 38.01 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 38.95, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 39.29.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Centerpoint Energy Inc [NYSE:CNP] is 0.93. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.79, while the Cash Ratio is 0.28. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.82, the price to book ratio is 2.30 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 25.95.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Pound Ted, Director, that happened on Mar 03 ’25 when 6103.0 shares were sold. SVP and CAO, Colvin Kristie completed a deal on Feb 24 ’25 to sell 16357.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP and CAO Colvin Kristie sold 179.0 shares on Feb 24 ’25.
