CenterPoint Energy - CNP Stock Price Target and Predictions

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Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $30.18
Forecasted Upside: 2.87%
Number of Analysts: 11
Breakdown:
1 Sell Ratings
4 Hold Ratings
6 Buy Ratings
0 Strong Buy Ratings

^$29.34 As of 04/25/2024 05:00 PM ET

▲ +0.27 (0.93%)

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Analyst Price Target for CNP

^$30.18

▲ +2.87% Upside Potential

This price target is based on 11 analysts offering 12 month price targets for CenterPoint Energy in the last 3 months. The average price target is $30.18, with a high forecast of $33.00 and a low forecast of $27.00. The average price target represents a 2.87% upside from the last price of $29.34.

Current Consensus is Hold

The current consensus among 11 investment analysts is to hold stock in CenterPoint Energy. This Hold consensus rating has held steady for over two years.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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0 strong buy ratings
6 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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11/2/2022

0 strong buy ratings
6 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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1/31/2023

0 strong buy ratings
6 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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5/1/2023

0 strong buy ratings
6 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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7/30/2023

0 strong buy ratings
6 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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10/28/2023

0 strong buy ratings
6 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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1/26/2024

0 strong buy ratings
6 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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3/26/2024

0 strong buy ratings
6 buy ratings
4 hold ratings
1 sell ratings

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4/25/2024

Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price
4/22/2024	Scotiabank	Lower Target	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$31.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
3/14/2024	Barclays	Boost Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$28.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
2/21/2024	Guggenheim	Lower Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$33.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
2/21/2024	Mizuho	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$30.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
1/23/2024	Evercore ISI	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ In-Line	$29.00 ➝ $30.00	Low
1/22/2024	Barclays	Boost Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$27.00 ➝ $28.00	Low
1/4/2024	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$29.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
11/21/2023	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$28.00 ➝ $27.00	Low
10/25/2023	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$29.00 ➝ $28.00	Low
10/24/2023	Barclays	Lower Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$28.00 ➝ $27.00	Low
10/17/2023	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$34.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
10/16/2023	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$34.00 ➝ $30.00	Low
10/9/2023	Guggenheim	Lower Target		$34.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
9/6/2023	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$34.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
8/23/2023	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$30.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
8/23/2023	Barclays	Initiated Coverage	Underweight	$28.00	Low
8/17/2023	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$33.00 ➝ $34.00	Low
7/28/2023	Mizuho	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$33.00	Low
7/21/2023	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$30.00	Low
7/14/2023	Mizuho	Boost Target	Buy	$32.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
7/7/2023	Guggenheim	Boost Target		$32.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
6/12/2023	Guggenheim	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$32.00	Low
6/6/2023	UBS Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$33.00 ➝ $30.00	Low
4/20/2023	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$28.00 ➝ $30.00	Low
4/14/2023	Bank of America	Boost Target	Buy	$30.00 ➝ $35.00	Low
3/21/2023	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$30.00 ➝ $28.00	Low
3/6/2023	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$33.00	Low
2/22/2023	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$31.00 ➝ $30.00	Low
1/23/2023	Guggenheim	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$31.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
12/15/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$29.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
12/14/2022	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target		$35.00	Low
11/11/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$27.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
10/24/2022	Guggenheim	Lower Target		$35.00 ➝ $30.00	Low
10/21/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$33.00 ➝ $27.00	Low
10/20/2022	KeyCorp	Lower Target	Overweight	$34.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
10/19/2022	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Overweight	$35.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
9/22/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$34.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
8/23/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$31.00 ➝ $34.00	Low
8/9/2022	Evercore ISI	Boost Target		$33.00	N/A
7/21/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$29.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
7/19/2022	KeyCorp	Lower Target	Overweight	$34.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
7/18/2022	Barclays	Lower Target	Overweight	$36.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
6/23/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$33.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
5/23/2022	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Overweight	$34.00 ➝ $33.00	Low
4/25/2022	Credit Suisse Group	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$34.00	Medium
4/20/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$31.00 ➝ $34.00	Low
4/20/2022	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$33.00 ➝ $34.00	Medium
4/19/2022	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Overweight	$31.00 ➝ $36.00	Low
4/7/2022	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$30.00 ➝ $33.00	Medium
4/6/2022	Mizuho	Boost Target	Buy	$31.00 ➝ $34.00	High
3/31/2022	Barclays	Boost Target	Overweight	$30.00 ➝ $32.00	Medium
3/23/2022	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Overweight	$30.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
2/23/2022	Citigroup	Boost Target	Neutral	$26.00 ➝ $29.00	Medium
2/17/2022	Morgan Stanley	Initiated Coverage	Overweight	$30.00	Medium
2/15/2022	UBS Group	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$27.00 ➝ $30.00	Medium
1/13/2022	The Goldman Sachs Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$31.00 ➝ $30.00	Medium
1/10/2022	BMO Capital Markets	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$27.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
12/15/2021	Scotiabank	Initiated Coverage	Sector Perform	$29.00	High
12/10/2021	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Initiated Coverage	Overweight		Low
10/19/2021	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Overweight	$28.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
10/1/2021	Barclays	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$28.00 ➝ $30.00	Low
8/6/2021	Evercore ISI	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$26.00	Medium
6/14/2021	Citigroup	Initiated Coverage	Neutral		Low
5/25/2021	Barclays	Boost Target	Average ➝ Equal Weight	$25.00 ➝ $28.00	Low
5/24/2021	Bank of America	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$27.00	Low
5/13/2021	Mizuho	Boost Target	Buy	$25.50 ➝ $27.00	Medium
4/16/2021	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$25.00 ➝ $28.00	Low
2/26/2021	Credit Suisse Group	Lower Target	Outperform	$26.00 ➝ $25.00	High
2/26/2021	Evercore ISI	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ In-Line		High
1/21/2021	Evercore ISI	Upgrade	In-Line ➝ Outperform		Low
1/14/2021	The Goldman Sachs Group	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$26.00 ➝ $27.00	Medium
1/6/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$25.00 ➝ $24.00	N/A
12/9/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$21.00 ➝ $24.00	Low
11/18/2020	Barclays	Boost Target	Positive ➝ Equal Weight	$21.00 ➝ $27.00	High
11/17/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$20.00 ➝ $21.00	Low
11/6/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$22.00 ➝ $24.00	Medium
11/6/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Boost Target	Market Perform	$21.00 ➝ $23.00	Low
11/5/2020	KeyCorp	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Sector Weight		Medium
10/26/2020	Mizuho	Boost Target	Positive ➝ Buy	$20.00 ➝ $25.00	Low
10/19/2020	KeyCorp	Lower Target	Underweight	$17.00 ➝ $16.00	Low
10/5/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$19.00 ➝ $20.00	Low
9/18/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$21.00 ➝ $19.00	High
8/14/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$20.00 ➝ $21.00	Low
8/10/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Lower Target	Outperform	$23.00 ➝ $22.00	Medium
8/7/2020	Bank of America	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Neutral	$19.00 ➝ $21.00	Low
7/21/2020	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Underweight	$16.00 ➝ $17.00	Medium
7/6/2020	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$20.00	Low
6/26/2020	Mizuho	Lower Target	Buy	$22.00 ➝ $20.00	High
6/17/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$19.00 ➝ $20.00	Low
6/1/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Boost Target	Overweight	$20.00 ➝ $21.00	Low
5/15/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$20.00 ➝ $19.00	High
5/13/2020	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$18.00	Low
5/11/2020	The Goldman Sachs Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$21.00 ➝ $22.00	Medium
5/11/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$17.00 ➝ $20.00	Medium
5/8/2020	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Underweight	$12.00 ➝ $16.00	High
5/8/2020	Bank of America	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Underperform	$18.00	High
5/7/2020	Cfra	Boost Target	Hold	$16.00 ➝ $18.00	High
4/20/2020	Evercore ISI	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ In-Line	$21.00 ➝ $17.00	High
4/16/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Outperform	$21.00 ➝ $23.00	Low
4/15/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$15.00 ➝ $17.00	High
4/3/2020	Wolfe Research	Upgrade	Peer Perform ➝ Outperform	$19.00	Low
4/3/2020	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Target	Overweight	$25.00 ➝ $21.00	High
4/3/2020	Morgan Stanley	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$26.00 ➝ $15.00	High
4/2/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$17.00	Medium
4/1/2020	UBS Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$27.00 ➝ $17.00	High
3/31/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$25.00 ➝ $18.00	High
3/26/2020	Barclays	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$20.00 ➝ $15.00	Medium
3/13/2020	Barclays	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$20.00	High
3/13/2020	KeyCorp	Downgrade	Sector Weight ➝ Underweight		High
3/2/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
2/28/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform		High
2/28/2020	Cfra	Lower Target	Strong-Buy	$34.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
2/28/2020	Mizuho	Lower Target	Buy	$28.00 ➝ $26.00	High
2/20/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Boost Target	Neutral	$27.00 ➝ $28.00	Medium
2/19/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform	$28.00	High
1/27/2020	Evercore ISI	Upgrade	In-Line ➝ Outperform	$28.00	Low
1/23/2020	Mizuho	Lower Target	Buy	$31.00 ➝ $30.00	Medium
1/14/2020	Guggenheim	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$29.00	Medium
12/13/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$28.00	High
12/4/2019	UBS Group	Lower Target	Buy	$32.00 ➝ $29.00	High
11/27/2019	Barclays	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight		N/A
11/25/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$26.00	Low
11/21/2019	Barclays	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$32.00 ➝ $26.00	Low
11/18/2019	Morgan Stanley	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$31.00 ➝ $27.00	Medium
11/18/2019	The Goldman Sachs Group	Lower Target	Conviction-Buy ➝ Buy	$33.00 ➝ $29.00	Medium
11/15/2019	Bank of America	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$27.00	High
11/15/2019	Guggenheim	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$32.00 ➝ $29.00	High
11/15/2019	SunTrust Banks	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$27.00	High
11/14/2019	Credit Suisse Group	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$31.00 ➝ $28.00	High
10/17/2019	UBS Group	Lower Target	Buy	$35.00 ➝ $34.00	Low
9/18/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Outperform	$33.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
9/6/2019	Stifel Nicolaus	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$30.00 ➝ $32.00	Medium
9/6/2019	SunTrust Banks	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$30.00 ➝ $32.00	Medium
8/13/2019	Barclays	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$33.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
7/2/2019	The Goldman Sachs Group	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$31.00 ➝ $32.00	Medium
6/14/2019	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$30.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
6/13/2019	Bank of America	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$29.32	Low
6/5/2019	Morgan Stanley	Initiated Coverage	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$30.00	Low
6/4/2019	KeyCorp	Initiated Coverage	Sector Weight ➝ Sector Weight		Low
6/3/2019	Mizuho	Initiated Coverage	Buy ➝ Buy	$31.00	Medium
5/15/2019	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Lower Target	Overweight	$33.00 ➝ $32.00	Low

(Data available from 4/25/2019 forward)

News Sentiment Rating

1.19 (Buy)

Our news sentiment rating is based on the average sentiment of articles about this company published in the media in the last 30 days of headlines and can range from 2 (very positive sentiment) to -2 (very negative sentiment).

News Sentiment Over Time

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16 very positive mentions
2 positive mentions
0 negative mentions
0 very negative mentions

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9/28/2023

23 very positive mentions
12 positive mentions
0 negative mentions
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10/28/2023

3 very positive mentions
4 positive mentions
1 negative mentions
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11/27/2023

14 very positive mentions
5 positive mentions
0 negative mentions
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12/27/2023

15 very positive mentions
13 positive mentions
0 negative mentions
2 very negative mentions

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1/26/2024

31 very positive mentions
18 positive mentions
1 negative mentions
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2/25/2024

21 very positive mentions
8 positive mentions
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3/26/2024

16 very positive mentions
7 positive mentions
1 negative mentions
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4/25/2024

Current Sentiment

Recent Stories by Sentiment

Very Negative

No very negative mentions tracked during this time.

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Electric and Natural Gas. The Electric segment includes electric transmission and distribution services to electric customers and electric generation assets, as well as optimizes assets in the wholesale power market. The Natural Gas segment engages in the intrastate natural gas sales, and natural gas transportation and distribution for residential, commercial, industrial and institutional customers in Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas; permanent pipeline connections through interconnects with various interstate and intrastate pipeline companies; and provides maintenance and repair services of home appliances to customers in Minnesota and home repair protection plans to natural gas customers in Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas through a third party. It serves approximately 2,534,730 metered customers; owned 348 substations with transformer capacity of 79,719 megavolt amperes; and owned and operated 217 miles of intrastate pipeline in Louisiana and Texas. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Today's Range

Now: $29.34

$28.86

$29.43

50 Day Range

MA: $27.99

$27.21

$29.07

52 Week Range

Now: $29.34

$25.42

$31.43

Volume

5,573,720 shs

Average Volume

4,223,555 shs

Market Capitalization

$18.57 billion

P/E Ratio

21.57

Dividend Yield

2.78%

Beta

0.92

Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of CenterPoint Energy?: The following equities research analysts have issued research reports on CenterPoint Energy in the last twelve months: Barclays PLC, BMO Capital Markets, Evercore ISI, Guggenheim, JPMorgan Chase & Co., KeyCorp, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank, StockNews.com, TheStreet, and UBS Group AG.
View the latest analyst ratings for CNP.
What is the current price target for CenterPoint Energy?: 11 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for CenterPoint Energy in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $30.18, suggesting a possible upside of 3.0%. Royal Bank of Canada has the highest price target set, predicting CNP will reach $33.00 in the next twelve months. Morgan Stanley has the lowest price target set, forecasting a price of $27.00 for CenterPoint Energy in the next year.
View the latest price targets for CNP.
What is the current consensus analyst rating for CenterPoint Energy?: CenterPoint Energy currently has 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Hold." A "hold" rating indicates that analysts believe investors should keep any existing positions they have in CNP, but not buy more shares or sell existing shares.
View the latest ratings for CNP.
What other companies compete with CenterPoint Energy?: Other companies that are similar to CenterPoint Energy include DTE Energy, Dominion Energy, Fortis, Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás and PPL. Learn More about companies similar to CenterPoint Energy.
How do I contact CenterPoint Energy's investor relations team?: CenterPoint Energy's physical mailing address is 1111 Louisiana Street, Houston TX, 77002. The utilities provider's listed phone number is (713) 207-1111. The official website for CenterPoint Energy is www.centerpointenergy.com. Learn More about contacing CenterPoint Energy investor relations.

CenterPoint Energy - CNP Stock Price Target and Predictions

Analyst Price Target for CNP

Current Consensus is Hold

Past Monthly Recommendations

Latest Recommendations

News Sentiment Rating

1.19 (Buy)

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