CenterPoint Energy
0
Funds holding %
of 7,390 funds
0
Analysts bullish %
of 5 analysts
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
252% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $55.1M | Put options by funds: $15.7M
55% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 102 | Existing positions closed: 66
38% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 246 | Existing positions reduced: 178
13% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $17.7B [Q3] → $20B (+$2.33B) [Q4]
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 611 [Q3] → 635 (+24) [Q4]
3.04% more ownership
Funds ownership: 95.3% [Q3] → 98.34% (+3.04%) [Q4]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q3] → 3 (+0) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$30
16%
downside
Avg. target
$35
3%
downside
High target
$37
4%
upside
5 analyst ratings
1 positive
20%
3 neutral
60%
1 negative
20%
Morgan Stanley David Arcaro 56% 1-year accuracy 28 / 50 met price target | 4%downside $34 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 20 Mar 2025 |
BMO Capital James Thalacker 79% 1-year accuracy 56 / 71 met price target | 1%upside $36 | Market Perform Maintained | 17 Mar 2025 |
JP Morgan Jeremy Tonet 74% 1-year accuracy 23 / 31 met price target | 1%upside $36 | Neutral Maintained | 11 Mar 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group Durgesh Chopra 54% 1-year accuracy 13 / 24 met price target | 4%upside $37 | Outperform Upgraded | 11 Mar 2025 |
Barclays Nicholas Campanella 61% 1-year accuracy 45 / 74 met price target | 16%downside $30 | Underweight Maintained | 27 Jan 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 12 articles about CNP published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
6 days ago
5 Low-Beta Defensive Stocks to Buy as Fed Adopts Cautious Approach
Defensive stocks like CMS, NI, CNP, TAP and CSV are safe bets during times of market volatility.

Neutral
PRNewsWire
6 days ago
Osmose and Neara Partner to Help Utilities Strengthen Transmission and Distribution Infrastructure with AI-Powered Data Insights
Osmose and Neara are teaming up to enable utilities like CenterPoint Energy to evaluate asset risk with greater precision and improve underlying network data quality and utilization. ATLANTA , March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Osmose, the leading provider of utility infrastructure asset assessment, restoration, and life extension solutions, and Neara, an AI-powered predictive modeling platform for utility networks, have announced a strategic partnership to help utilities better assess risk, improve data accuracy, and strengthen power grids.

Positive
Zacks Investment Research
1 week ago
NI or CNP: Which is a Better Utility Electric Power Stock?
NI and CNP work efficiently and continue to provide reliable services to their expanding customer base.

Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 week ago
CenterPoint Energy returns to normal operations as NWS Red Flag Warning expires, weather and wind threat ends for Greater Houston region
Approximately 99% of customers experienced no outages during fire weather conditions HOUSTON , March 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy is returning to normal operations as the National Weather Service's Red Flag Warning and risks of fire weather and strong wind end for the Greater Houston area. The company's system performed well, with less than one percent of customers experiencing an outage throughout today's high wind gusts.

Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 week ago
CenterPoint Energy Taking Safety Actions to Address Increased Wildfire Risk in Parts of the Greater Houston Area
Red Flag Warning in effect for large portions of Texas and the Greater Houston area from noon to 9 p.m. on Saturday; high wind gusts, low humidity and fire risk anticipated CenterPoint has taken a series of actions to prepare equipment and approximately 1,000 workers ready to respond today Company continues to communicate with customers about the potential for temporary outages in some areas due to wildfire conditions HOUSTON , March 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy is taking a series of precautionary actions to help protect customers and communities and address elevated wildfire risk in parts of the Greater Houston area, as the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning from noon until 9 p.m.

Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 week ago
CenterPoint Energy Continues to Closely Monitor the Weather and Take Actions to Prepare for Potential Wildfire Risk Weather
National Weather Service has issued a "Fire Weather Watch" for large portions of Texas with the risk of strong winds and fire danger in the Greater Houston area from noon to 9 p.m. on Saturday CenterPoint working closely with local emergency partners and will communicate with customers about the risk of potential outages due to wildfire conditions HOUSTON , March 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CenterPoint Energy continues to closely monitor evolving weather conditions and is taking precautionary measures to mitigate wildfire risk as the National Weather Service issued a Fire Weather Watch for large portions of Texas including in the Greater Houston area on Saturday from noon to 9 p.m.

Positive
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
4 Safe-Haven Stocks to Buy Amid Growing Recession Fears
Consumer staples and utility stocks such as TAP, CSV, AWK and CNP are a safe bet during times of market volatility.

Neutral
Zacks Investment Research
2 weeks ago
Is CenterPoint Energy (CNP) Stock Outpacing Its Utilities Peers This Year?
Here is how CenterPoint Energy (CNP) and Grupo Televisa (TV) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.

Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 weeks ago
Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative Update: CenterPoint Energy surpasses 50% completion milestone for several key resiliency actions; Company on track to complete commitments ahead of 2025 hurricane season
More than 14,200 stronger, storm-resilient poles installed; 2,200+ miles of high-risk vegetation cleared; 2,170+ automated reliability devices installed; and 280+ miles of power lines undergrounded When completed by June 1, GHRI Phase Two actions will improve reliability and reduce outages by more than 125 million minutes annually HOUSTON , March 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, as part of Phase Two of the Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative (GHRI), CenterPoint Energy shared its latest monthly progress update, which showed the company is on track to strengthen the resiliency of the grid in key areas ahead of the 2025 hurricane season. To date, CenterPoint announced that it has completed more than 50 percent of several of its planned near-term critical resiliency actions and grid improvements since Fall 2024.

Neutral
GlobeNewsWire
2 weeks ago
CNP INVESTIGATION ALERT: Johnson Fistel LLP Investigates the Directors and Officers of CenterPoint Energy for Breach of Fiduciary Duties
SAN DIEGO, March 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Johnson Fistel, LLP, a shareholder rights law firm, announces it is investigating potential breaches of fiduciary duties by certain directors and officers of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP) in relation to their obligations to the company's shareholders.

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