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CenterPoint Energy, Inc.Evidence as of 2026-09-02Overview · CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates through Electric and Natural Gas segments. 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, natu…
Management team
- Mr. Jason Michael Ryan · Executive Vice President of Regulatory Services & Government AffairsFind on LinkedIn
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- Ms. Monica Karuturi · Executive VP & General CounselFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Christopher A. Foster · Executive VP & CFOFind on LinkedIn
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Moneyta sentiment
Where the published evidence leans after the desk debated it — not a rating or a recommendation.
+0.2 on a −2 to +2 scale.
What builds the score
Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.
Editor's note
Written after the debate settled — the rest of the page is the evidence behind it.
The evidence balance is Mixed (+0.2 of a possible +2; was +0.2 before debate) · confidence high. CenterPoint reported revenues of $2,920,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2025 (fiscal quarter ended 2025-04-21) and $2,975,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-04-15), an increase of $55,000,000. Net income rose from $297,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2025 to $316,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2026, a quarter-to-quarter increase of $19,000,000, while operating income increased by $9,000,000 from $649,000,000 to $658,000,000 over the same comparisons.
Point-in-time balances show long-term noncurrent debt increased from $20,397,000,000 as of 2024-12-31 to $22,476,000,000 as of 2026-03-31, and cash and cash equivalents increased from $24,000,000 to $639,000,000 over that interval. Trailing twelve-month metrics in the packet show EPS of $1.68 (P/E 23.49), negative free cash flow of −$465,000,000 (FCF per share −$0.7052), trailing twelve-month net cash from operations of $2,943,000,000, and EV/EBITDA of 12.12 on an enterprise value of $45,747,069,376. Market signals include price below both the 50-day and 200-day SMAs (−6.3% and −4.3%), a golden_cross flagged true (cross_age_days = 464), three‑month momentum −5.4% (21st percentile), and 12‑month net-of-most-recent-month momentum +10.4% (47th percentile). Dividend yield (TTM) is 2.33% with three‑year dividend growth at +7.0%.
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
Mercer, Oakes, Nash, Ellis, Yates, Talbot and Archer. The desk: named AI agents, not people. Each reads one slice of the evidence and nothing else — no outside knowledge, no browsing — so every finding traces to a source you can open.
Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC — revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter — and reports which way the trend is running.
CenterPoint reported revenues of $2,920,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2025 (2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31, 3mo) and $2,975,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo), an increase of $55,000,000 between those quarter-to-quarter comparisons.
XBRL companyfacts · 0001130310-25-000079Net income was $297,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2025 (2025-01-01 to 2025-03-31, 3mo) and $316,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo), a quarter-to-quarter increase of $19,000,000.
XBRL companyfacts · 0001130310-26-000028Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full — its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet — its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
A Form 4 filing with the 4 filed 18 August 2026 was filed on 2026-08-18.
4 filed 2026-08-18The filing record provided shows the parse_status as "skipped" for the 4 filed 18 August 2026.
4 filed 2026-08-18Reads the signal panel above — momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta — and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
Three-month momentum is -5.4% (cross-sectional rank: 21st percentile of 547) while six-month momentum is -8.5% (rank: 21st percentile of 547), indicating short- and medium-term price momentum are weak relative to the research universe on the date shown.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01weakened in debateThe 12-month, net-of-most-recent-month momentum (momentum_12_1) is +10.4% with a cross-sectional rank at the 47th percentile of 547, showing a roughly middling 12-month relative performance when the most recent month is excluded.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-01weakened in debateReads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
As of 2026-09-02T01:55:23.601495+00:00, the ETF Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF (VO) held CNP at 0.25% of the fund.
ETF constituents · market dataAs of 2026-09-02T01:55:40.515768+00:00, the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) held CNP at 0.14% of the fund.
ETF constituents · market dataReads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
Two distinct institutional 13F-based stories report new purchases of CenterPoint Energy shares during the second quarter, citing Two Sigma Securities LLC and United Capital Financial Advisors LLC as buyers.
News · thelincolnianonline.com · 2026-08-31A company press release says CenterPoint Energy activated its Emergency Operations Center and is preparing for potential impacts from Invest 97L across Southeast Texas, including Greater Houston.
News · prnewswire.com · 2026-08-31Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5 — who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
Fitch Laurie Lee (Director) reported an open-market purchase of 1000 shares for "$41k" on 2026-08-17 in a Form 4 filing.
Form 4 · Fitch Laurie Lee (Director) · $41k bought · 2026-08-17Aggregate insider activity in the past 180 days shows total insider purchases of "$41k" for a net 1000 shares and total insider sales of "$0".
Form 4 · Fitch Laurie Lee (Director) · $41k bought · 2026-08-17Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
As of the price date 2026-09-01, the share price in the evidence is $39.47 and market capitalization is $25,820,069,376.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeTrailing twelve-month free cash flow (FCF) is negative $465,000,000 and FCF per share is -$0.7052, while trailing twelve-month net cash from operations is $2,943,000,000 and capital expenditures are $3,408,000,000.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score — the argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
Several company-specific signals in the evidence support a favorable read: year-over-year quarterly revenue, net income, and operating income all rose modestly between Q1 2025 and Q1 2026, while cash and cash equivalents showed a large point-in-time increase. Income-oriented metrics (2.33% dividend yield, 3-year dividend growth +7%) plus allocation by multiple ETFs and recent 13F buys indicate institutional/income-investor interest. Valuation multiples (EV/EBITDA ~12.1 and trailing EPS of $1.68 giving a P/E ~23.5) show operational earnings and enterprise value that can be used to contextualize the company versus peers. These items jointly mitigate some concerns about share count growth and higher reported long-term debt because the business generated positive net income and reported strong operating cash from operations on a trailing basis.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
balanced0.34
34 surviving claims rest on 15 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 18% of them, and 97% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The read rests on a moderate breadth of sources but a sizable share of claims trace back to a small set of contributors, and one analyst accounts for a meaningful slice of surviving items — this raises analyst-dependence risk. Also, because 97% of raised points survived the internal debate, the set reflects little internal contention but may therefore carry unchallenged assumptions; treat the collective weight as informative but moderately fragile.
Peer context · computed, not argued
12-1 momentum ranks 6th of 10 in Utilities—Regulated Electric (as of 2026-09-01).
90-day volatility ranks 6th of 10 in Utilities—Regulated Electric (as of 2026-09-01).
dividend yield ranks 10th of 10 in Utilities—Regulated Electric (as of 2026-09-01).
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
Context
Outside consensus, and where this name already sits in your own portfolio.
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What this was built from
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15 filings· 2 cited
SEC XBRL filings
Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data — not retyped or estimated.
Read by Mercer+0.3 to the score
1 document
SEC filing documents
The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.
Read by Oakes+0.0 to the score
1 signal set
Moneyta signal set
Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.
Read by Nash−0.3 to the score
2 holdings records· 1 cited
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis+0.5 to the score
8 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
1 filing
Insider filings
Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state — stated and inferred flags kept apart.
Read by Talbot+0.7 to the score
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
Sector, industry and company details.
1 record· 0 cited
Analyst consensus
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Written by AI, checked against sources
The analysts, the bull–bear debate and the editor's note are AI agents reading only the evidence listed on this page. They can misread a filing or a headline, which is why every claim cites a source you can open and check yourself. The sentiment score is arithmetic over the claims that survived the debate, not a language model's opinion.
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