CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP)
NYSE: CNP · Real-Time Price · USD
38.29
+0.99 (2.65%)
At close: Jul 29, 2025, 4:00 PM
38.29
0.00 (0.00%)
After-hours: Jul 29, 2025, 7:00 PM EDT

CenterPoint Energy Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 14 analysts that cover CenterPoint Energy stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $36.81, which forecasts a -3.87% decrease in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $29 and the highest is $42.

Price Target: $36.81 (-3.87%)
Analyst Consensus: Buy
TargetLowAverageMedianHigh
Price$29$36.81$39$42
Change-24.26%-3.87%+1.85%+9.69%

Analyst Ratings

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

Recommendation Trends

RatingFeb '25Mar '25Apr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25
Strong Buy323333
Buy122222
Hold878889
Sell110000
Strong Sell000000
Total131213131314

Latest Forecasts

AnalystFirmRatingRatingActionPrice TargetUpsideDate
Barclays
Barclays
Hold
Maintains
$38$39
HoldMaintains$38$39+1.85%Jul 29, 2025
Scotiabank
Scotiabank
Buy
Maintains
$40$42
BuyMaintains$40$42+9.69%Jul 25, 2025
Mizuho
Mizuho
Hold
Maintains
$38$39
HoldMaintains$38$39+1.85%Jul 25, 2025
BMO Capital
BMO Capital
Hold
Maintains
$36$39
HoldMaintains$36$39+1.85%Jul 22, 2025
JP Morgan
JP Morgan
Hold
Maintains
$39$40
HoldMaintains$39$40+4.47%Jul 15, 2025
More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year
9.27B
from 8.64B
Increased by 7.24%
Revenue Next Year
9.63B
from 9.27B
Increased by 3.93%
EPS This Year
1.77
from 1.58
Increased by 11.86%
EPS Next Year
1.91
from 1.77
Increased by 7.81%
Fiscal YearFY 2020FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026FY 2027
Period EndingDec 31, 2020Dec 31, 2021Dec 31, 2022Dec 31, 2023Dec 31, 2024Dec 31, 2025Dec 31, 2026Dec 31, 2027
Revenue
7.42B8.35B9.32B8.70B8.64B9.27B9.63B10.08B
Revenue Growth
-1.93%12.59%11.60%-6.71%-0.61%7.24%3.93%4.64%
EPS
-1.792.281.591.371.581.771.912.07
EPS Growth
---30.30%-13.84%15.33%11.86%7.81%8.43%
Forward PE
-----21.6620.1018.53
No. Analysts
-----202017
Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue20252026202720282029
High9.9B10.5B11.3B
Avg9.3B9.6B10.1B
Low8.8B8.7B8.7B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth20252026202720282029
High
14.2%
13.0%
16.8%
Avg
7.2%
3.9%
4.6%
Low
1.5%
-5.8%
-9.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS20252026202720282029
High1.852.002.21
Avg1.771.912.07
Low1.701.831.97

EPS Growth

EPS Growth20252026202720282029
High
17.0%
13.2%
15.8%
Avg
11.9%
7.8%
8.4%
Low
7.7%
3.7%
3.4%
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.