CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP)
NYSE: CNP · Real-Time Price · USD
32.56
-0.24 (-0.73%)
At close: Jan 17, 2025, 4:00 PM
32.83
+0.27 (0.84%)
After-hours: Jan 17, 2025, 5:35 PM EST

CenterPoint Energy Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 14 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for CenterPoint Energy stock have an average target of 30.96, with a low estimate of 28 and a high estimate of 37. The average target predicts a decrease of -4.91% from the current stock price of 32.56.

Analyst Consensus: Hold
Target Low Average Median High
Price $28 $30.96 $30 $37
Change -14.00% -4.91% -7.86% +13.64%
* Price targets were last updated on Dec 12, 2024.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for CNP stock from 15 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating Aug '24Sep '24Oct '24Nov '24Dec '24Jan '25
Strong Buy 111133
Buy 100011
Hold 810101099
Sell 222222
Strong Sell 000000
Total 121313131515

Latest Forecasts

Analyst Firm Rating Rating Action Price Target Upside Date
Ladenburg Thalmann
Ladenburg Thalmann
Strong Buy
Initiates
$35
Strong Buy Initiates $35 +5.96% Dec 12, 2024
Scotiabank
Scotiabank
Buy
Upgrades
$30$35
Buy Upgrades $30$35 +7.49% Dec 12, 2024
UBS
UBS
Strong Buy
Upgrades
$31$37
Strong Buy Upgrades $31$37 +13.64% Dec 3, 2024
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
Hold
Maintains
$32$31
Hold Maintains $32$31 -4.79% Nov 22, 2024
Scotiabank
Scotiabank
Hold
Maintains
$28$30
Hold Maintains $28$30 -7.86% Oct 29, 2024
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
9.02B
from 8.70B
Increased by 3.77%
Revenue Next Year
9.31B
from 9.02B
Increased by 3.21%
EPS This Year
1.63
from 1.37
Increased by 19.27%
EPS Next Year
1.76
from 1.63
Increased by 7.79%
Fiscal Year FY 2019 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 FY 2026
Period Ending Dec 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2026
Revenue
7.56B7.42B8.35B9.32B8.70B9.02B9.31B9.56B
Revenue Growth
20.50%-1.93%12.59%11.60%-6.71%3.77%3.21%2.63%
EPS
1.34-1.792.281.591.371.631.761.89
EPS Growth
81.05%---30.30%-13.84%19.27%7.79%7.22%
Forward PE
-----19.9318.4917.24
No. Analysts -----202018
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue 202420252026202720282029
High 10.1B 10.6B 10.9B
Avg 9.0B 9.3B 9.6B
Low 8.3B 8.4B 8.5B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth 202420252026202720282029
High
16.5%
17.9%
17.0%
Avg
3.8%
3.2%
2.6%
Low
-5.1%
-7.4%
-8.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS 202420252026202720282029
High 1.72 1.85 2.01
Avg 1.63 1.76 1.89
Low 1.55 1.68 1.79

EPS Growth

EPS Growth 202420252026202720282029
High
25.7%
13.1%
13.9%
Avg
19.3%
7.8%
7.2%
Low
13.0%
2.6%
1.7%
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.