Centerpoint Energy dividend and valuation
$37.75Change from previous close: −0.11%Absolute change: −$0.04
Valuation
Centerpoint Energy paid $0.92 per share in dividends over the last 12 months (yield 2.4%). Last ex-dividend date: August 20, 2026. The P/E ratio is 22.4. The average price target of 17 analysts is $45.06.
Data as of October 5, 2026
Valuation multiples
- Market cap
- $24.89B
- Enterprise value
- $49.08B
- P/E (trailing 12 months)
- 22.4
- Forward P/E
- 18.1
- PEG
- 1.91
- Price/book
- 2.12
- Price/sales
- 2.59
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.7
- EV/revenue
- 5.10
Profitability and growth
- Gross margin
- 47.0%
- Operating margin
- 24.5%
- Net margin
- 11.6%
- ROE
- 9.8%
- ROA
- 3.0%
- ROIC
- 4.0%
- Revenue growth (year over year)
- 10.7%
- Earnings growth (year over year)
- 23.3%
Financial health
- Total cash
- $453M
- Total debt
- $24.64B
- Debt/equity
- 2.10
- Current ratio
- 1.12
- Quick ratio
- 0.35
- Piotroski F-Score
- 5.00
Dividends
- Annual dividend per share
- $0.92
- Dividend yield
- 2.4%
- Payout ratio
- 54.4%
- Ex-dividend date
- August 20, 2026
Analysts and estimates
- Average price target
- $45.06
- Median price target
- $46.00
- High price target
- $50.00
- Low price target
- $38.00
- Analysts with a price target
- 17
- Consensus
- Buy
- Forward EPS
- $2.09
- EPS estimate, current year
- $1.91
Shares and trading
- Beta
- 0.45
- Average volume
- 6.4M
- Shares outstanding
- 658.72M
- Float
- 656.26M
- Institutional ownership
- 107.3%
- Insider ownership
- 0.2%
- Short interest (% of float)
- 9.1%
- Short ratio (days)
- 7.87