CenterPoint Energy Inc. (CNP): Price and Financial Metrics

CNP POWR Grades

• CNP scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 55.24% of US stocks.
• CNP's strongest trending metric is Quality; it's been moving down over the last 177 days.
• CNP's current lowest rank is in the Quality metric (where it is better than 19.69% of US stocks).

CNP Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; only 0.17% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• For CNP, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 94.95% of US equities we're observing.
• The volatility of CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC's share price is greater than that of only 2.76% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to CNP, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are CMS, ETR, AEE, ES, and DTE.
• Visit CNP's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.centerpointenergy.com.

CNP Valuation Summary

• CNP's price/sales ratio is 1.9; this is 9.52% lower than that of the median Utilities stock.
• CNP's price/earnings ratio has moved up 13.5 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CNP.

CNP Growth Metrics

Its 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 411.36%.
• The 3 year revenue growth rate now stands at -21.86%.
• Its 4 year revenue growth rate is now at 32.11%.

CNP's revenue has moved down $1,616,000,000 over the prior 34 months.

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
2022-12-31	9,321	1,810	1,008
2022-09-30	8,924	1,898	1,527
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

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.