CenterPoint Energy, Inc (Holding Co) (CNP): Price and Financial Metrics

CNP POWR Grades

• CNP scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 61.33% of US stocks.
• CNP's strongest trending metric is Value; it's been moving down over the last 52 weeks.
• CNP's current lowest rank is in the Quality metric (where it is better than 11.94% of US stocks).

CNP Stock Summary

• The price/operating cash flow metric for Centerpoint Energy Inc is higher than 99.84% of stocks in our set with a positive cash flow.
• Of note is the ratio of Centerpoint Energy Inc's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; merely 0.35% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• In terms of twelve month growth in earnings before interest and taxes, Centerpoint Energy Inc is reporting a growth rate of -393.16%; that's higher than just 5.13% of US stocks.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to CNP, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are LNT, CMS, ETR, DTE, and WEC.
• CNP's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Centerpoint Energy Inc's official web site, go to www.centerpointenergy.com.

CNP Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Utilities stock, CNP's price/sales ratio is 34.48% lower, now standing at 1.9.
• CNP's price/earnings ratio has moved up 5.2 over the prior 243 months.
• CNP's price/sales ratio has moved up 1.7 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CNP.

CNP Growth Metrics

• The 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at 10.69%.
• Its year over year revenue growth rate is now at -28.7%.
• Its 5 year revenue growth rate is now at 48.08%.

Over the past 52 months, CNP's revenue has gone down $756,000,000.

The table below shows CNP's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-09-30	8,092	5	901
2021-06-30	7,965	-262	775
2021-03-31	7,798	-348	613
2020-12-31	7,418	1,995	-949
2020-09-30	8,594	1,991	-972
2020-06-30	9,714	2,245	-800

CNP's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• CNP has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 10.27% of graded US stocks.
• CNP's asset turnover comes in at 0.23 -- ranking 43rd of 105 Utilities stocks.
• DUK, LNT, and ED are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with CNP.

The table below shows CNP's key quality metrics over time.