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

CNP POWR Grades

• Stability is the dimension where CNP ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 42.5% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CNP is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 26 weeks.
• CNP's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 17.1% 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 94.86% of US equities we're observing.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, CNP is more volatile than merely 2.41% of stocks we're observing.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC 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 13.64% lower than that of the median Utilities stock.
• Over the past 243 months, CNP's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 11.

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.