Bears Are Back On The Defensive As Centerpoint Energy Inc. (CNP) swung 0.21%

Centerpoint Energy Inc. (NYSE:CNP) has a beta value of 0.93 and has seen 4.47 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $17.86B, closed the last trade at $28.28 per share which meant it gained $0.06 on the day or 0.21% during that session. The CNP stock price is -11.14% off its 52-week high price of $31.43 and 10.11% above the 52-week low of $25.42. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 4.76 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 4.26 million shares.

Centerpoint Energy Inc. (NYSE:CNP) trade information

Sporting 0.21% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, when the CNP stock price touched $28.28 or saw a rise of 0.77%. Year-to-date, Centerpoint Energy Inc. shares have moved -1.02%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -0.56%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Centerpoint Energy Inc. (NYSE:CNP) have changed -0.18%. Short interest in the company has seen 12.38 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.88.

Centerpoint Energy Inc. (CNP) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Centerpoint Energy Inc. shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 5.25% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 8.00%, compared to 6.80% for the industry. Other than that, the company has, however, increased its growth outlook for the 2024 fiscal year revenue. Growth estimates for the current quarter are 2.00% and 14.30% for the next quarter. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 5.90%.

5 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of $2.69 billion for the current quarter. 5 have an estimated revenue figure of $1.86 billion for the next quarter concluding in Jun 2024. Year-ago sales stood $2.78 billion and $1.85 billion respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -3.10% for the current quarter and 0.40% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 13.22% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest 7.79% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 7.70%.

CNP Dividends

Centerpoint Energy Inc. is expected to release its next earnings report between April 25 and April 29 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.78 at a share yield of 2.76%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.

Centerpoint Energy Inc. (NYSE:CNP)’s Major holders

Insiders own 0.34% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 93.11% with a share float percentage of 93.42%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Centerpoint Energy Inc. having a total of 902 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are Vanguard Group Inc with over 77.01 million shares worth more than $2.24 billion. As of Jun 29, 2023, Vanguard Group Inc held 12.20% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is Capital International Investors, with the holding of over 69.93 million shares as of Jun 29, 2023. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $2.04 billion and represent 11.08% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are American Mutual Fund Inc and American Balanced Fund. As of Sep 29, 2023, the former fund manager holds about 6.86% shares in the company for having 43.3 million shares of worth $1.16 billion while later fund manager owns 27.01 million shares of worth $725.24 million as of Sep 29, 2023, which makes it owner of about 4.28% of company’s outstanding stock.