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CenterPoint Energy (CNP)

(Delayed Data from NYSE)

$38.60 USD

38.60
3,909,846

-0.33 (-0.85%)

Updated Aug 6, 2025 04:00 PM ET

After-Market: $38.60 0.00 (0.00%) 4:56 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

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Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy23.75%
2Buy17.82%
3Hold9.58%
4Sell5.28%
5Strong Sell2.61%
S&P50011.30%

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2-Buy of 5   2      

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  • Growth Score A
  • Momentum Score A
  • VGM Score A

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C Value D Growth D Momentum D VGM

Industry Rank:

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The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 35% (86 out of 246)

Industry: Utility - Electric Power

Zacks News

Incorporated in 2002, Houston, TX-based CenterPoint Energy Inc. is a domestic energy delivery company that provides electric transmission & distribution, natural gas distribution and competitive natural gas sales and services operations. The company maintains the wires, poles and electric infrastructure serving more than 2.5 million metered customers in the greater Houston area and in southwestern Indiana. CenterPoint Energy also owns and operates nearly 1,300 megawatts of electric generation capacity in Indiana. The company also owns a 54.1% limited partner interest in Enable Midstream Partners, a publicly traded master limited partnership it jointly controls with OGE Energy Corp.

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                              What's in Store for Xcel Energy (XEL) This Earnings Season?

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                                NiSource (NI) Rewards Shareholders With 11.4% Dividend Hike

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                                  What's in the Cards for WEC Energy (WEC) in Q4 Earnings?

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                                    American Electric (AEP) Tops Q4 Earnings Estimates, Keeps View

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                                        What's in the Offing for NextEra Energy's (NEE) Q4 Earnings?

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                                          Southern Company (SO) Slips to a 52-Week Low: Here's Why

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                                              What's in Store for American Electric (AEP) in Q4 Earnings?

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                                                ONEOK Entices Investors with 3.3% Quarterly Dividend Hike

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                                                  CenterPoint Energy Up on Capex Plan, Hiked View: Time to Buy?

                                                  CenterPoint Energy (CNP) recently unveiled a capital expenditure plan for the 2018-2022 period, wherein the energy provider plans to invest $8.3 billion.