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

CNP POWR Grades

• CNP scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 87.7% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CNP is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 177 days.
• CNP ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 7th percentile.

CNP Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 0.51% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC is higher than it is for about 93.97% of US stocks.
• The volatility of CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC's share price is greater than that of just 6.49% 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, LNT, DTE, WEC, and AEE.
• 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 2.1; this is 19.23% lower than that of the median Utilities stock.
• Over the past 243 months, CNP's price/sales ratio has gone up 2.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CNP.

CNP Growth Metrics

The year over year price growth rate now stands at 25.27%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 25.79%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -13.39%.

Over the past 33 months, CNP's revenue has gone down $3,377,000,000.

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
2022-09-30	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
2021-06-30	7,965	-262	775

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.