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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) stock score

Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric · United States

$38.60 ▲ +0.47% today

37.9
Dad Score, out of 100
weak

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) is a Utilities - Regulated Electric company in the Utilities sector, listed in the United States. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 37.9 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a weak reading that places the business ahead of 38% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Utilities it ranks #81 of 114. Its strongest axes are quality, growth and liquidity; its weakest are valuation and risk.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Below average
Quality
Strong
Growth
Above average
Price action
Average
Risk
Weak
Conviction
Below average
Liquidity
Strong
Macro
Strong

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)22.5×
P/E (forward)18.1×
Dividend yield2.42%
Return on capital5.3%
Operating margin24.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.3%
FCF yield-5.0%
Net debt / EBITDA6.28×
Piotroski F-Score5 / 9
52-week change-2.0%
Market cap$24.9B
Next earningsOct 27, 2026

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Utilities - Regulated Electric peers

StockCompanyDad ScoreBandMarket cap
NEENextEra Energy, Inc.86.5strong$160.2B
SOThe Southern Company39.8weak$96.3B
DUKDuke Energy Corporation80.4good$89.0B
NGGNational Grid plc71.8good$76.5B
AEPAmerican Electric Power Company, I43.7middling$65.1B
DDominion Energy, Inc.82.4good$53.9B
ETREntergy Corporation42.7middling$48.2B
XELXcel Energy Inc.34.3weak$44.6B

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.