CenterPoint Energy Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 12 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for CenterPoint Energy stock have an average target of 34.96, with a low estimate of 29 and a high estimate of 42. The average target predicts a decrease of -6.40% from the current stock price of 37.35.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$29	$34.96	$36	$42
Change	-22.36%	-6.40%	-3.61%	+12.45%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for CenterPoint Energy stock from 13 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25	Apr '25
Strong Buy	1	3	3	3	2	3
Buy	0	1	1	1	2	2
Hold	10	9	8	8	7	8
Sell	2	2	1	1	1	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	13	15	13	13	12	13

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Nicholas Campanella Barclays	Barclays	Sell → Hold Upgrades $30 → $37	Sell → Hold	Upgrades	$30 → $37	-0.94%	Apr 22, 2025
Julien Dumoulin-Smith Jefferies	Jefferies	Strong Buy Initiates $42	Strong Buy	Initiates	$42	+12.45%	Apr 2, 2025
David Arcaro Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $32 → $34	Hold	Maintains	$32 → $34	-8.97%	Mar 20, 2025
James Thalacker BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Hold Maintains $35 → $36	Hold	Maintains	$35 → $36	-3.61%	Mar 17, 2025
Jeremy Tonet JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $34 → $36	Hold	Maintains	$34 → $36	-3.61%	Mar 11, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

9.38B

from 8.64B

8.50%

from 8.64B

Revenue Next Year

9.75B

from 9.38B

3.98%

from 9.38B

EPS This Year

1.77

from 1.58

11.78%

from 1.58

EPS Next Year

1.90

from 1.77

7.47%

from 1.77

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	7.42B	8.35B	9.32B	8.70B	8.64B	9.38B	9.75B	10.22B
Revenue Growth	-1.93%	12.59%	11.60%	-6.71%	-0.61%	8.50%	3.98%	4.80%
EPS	-1.79	2.28	1.59	1.37	1.58	1.77	1.90	2.05
EPS Growth	-	-	-30.30%	-13.84%	15.33%	11.78%	7.47%	8.20%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	21.15	19.68	18.19
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	21	21	17

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	11.3B	11.7B	12.2B
Avg	9.4B	9.8B	10.2B
Low	8.6B	8.8B	8.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	30.9%	25.2%	25.0%
Avg	8.5%	4.0%	4.8%
Low	-0.6%	-5.8%	-9.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	1.85	2.00	2.20
Avg	1.77	1.90	2.05
Low	1.70	1.81	1.96

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	17.0%	13.0%	16.1%
Avg	11.8%	7.5%	8.2%
Low	7.8%	2.7%	3.3%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.