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

CNP POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where CNP ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 95.07% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CNP is in Stability, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
• CNP's current lowest rank is in the Quality metric (where it is better than 25.02% of US stocks).

CNP Stock Summary

• CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 93.22% of US equities in our set.
• Of note is the ratio of CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; only 0.45% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• For CNP, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 93.42% of US equities we're observing.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to CNP, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are CMS, LNT, OKE, DTE, and AEE.
• 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 EV/EBIT ratio is 36.63% lower, now standing at 14.1.
• Over the past 243 months, CNP's price/sales ratio has gone up 2.2.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CNP.

CNP Growth Metrics

The year over year revenue growth rate now stands at 9.87%.
• Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -14.38%.
• Its 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 12.78%.

Over the past 33 months, CNP's revenue has gone down $3,337,000,000.

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
2022-06-30	8,770	2,076	1,533
2022-03-31	8,568	2,283	1,575
2021-12-31	8,352	22	1,391
2021-09-30	8,092	5	901
2021-06-30	7,965	-262	775
2021-03-31	7,798	-348	613

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.