CenterPoint Energy Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 12 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for CenterPoint Energy stock have an average target of 31.38, with a low estimate of 28 and a high estimate of 37. The average target predicts a decrease of -8.49% from the current stock price of 34.29.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$28	$31.38	$31	$37
Change	-18.34%	-8.49%	-9.59%	+7.90%

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	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25
Strong Buy	1	1	1	3	3	3
Buy	0	0	0	1	1	1
Hold	10	10	10	9	8	8
Sell	2	2	2	2	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	13	13	13	15	13	13

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Nicholas Campanella Barclays	Barclays	Sell Maintains $29 → $30	Sell	Maintains	$29 → $30	-12.51%	Jan 27, 2025
Paul Fremont Ladenburg Thalmann	Ladenburg Thalmann	Strong Buy Initiates $35	Strong Buy	Initiates	$35	+0.61%	Dec 12, 2024
Andrew Weisel Scotiabank	Scotiabank	Hold → Buy Upgrades $30 → $35	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$30 → $35	+2.07%	Dec 12, 2024
William Appicelli UBS	UBS	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $31 → $37	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$31 → $37	+7.90%	Dec 3, 2024
David Arcaro Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold Maintains $32 → $31	Hold	Maintains	$32 → $31	-9.59%	Nov 22, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

9.08B

from 8.70B

4.37%

from 8.70B

Revenue Next Year

9.39B

from 9.08B

3.43%

from 9.08B

EPS This Year

1.64

from 1.37

19.40%

from 1.37

EPS Next Year

1.76

from 1.64

7.81%

from 1.64

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	7.56B	7.42B	8.35B	9.32B	8.70B	9.08B	9.39B	9.66B
Revenue Growth	20.50%	-1.93%	12.59%	11.60%	-6.71%	4.37%	3.43%	2.93%
EPS	1.34	-1.79	2.28	1.59	1.37	1.64	1.76	1.89
EPS Growth	81.05%	-	-	-30.30%	-13.84%	19.40%	7.81%	7.33%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	20.96	19.44	18.12
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	19	19	17

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2024	2025	2026
High	10.1B	10.6B	10.9B
Avg	9.1B	9.4B	9.7B
Low	8.4B	8.6B	8.8B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2024	2025	2026
High	16.5%	17.3%	16.1%
Avg	4.4%	3.4%	2.9%
Low	-3.0%	-5.3%	-6.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2024	2025	2026
High	1.72	1.84	2.02
Avg	1.64	1.76	1.89
Low	1.56	1.70	1.79

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2024	2025	2026
High	25.7%	12.6%	14.3%
Avg	19.4%	7.8%	7.3%
Low	13.5%	3.7%	1.5%

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.