CNP Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

CMS Energy has a net margin of 10.96% compared to CenterPoint Energy's net margin of 13.32%. CenterPoint Energy's return on equity of 9.95% beat CMS Energy's return on equity of 11.78%.

CenterPoint Energy has a consensus price target of $35.74, signalling downside risk potential of -2.82%. On the other hand CMS Energy has an analysts' consensus of $73.80 which suggests that it could grow by 2.18%. Given that CMS Energy has higher upside potential than CenterPoint Energy, analysts believe CMS Energy is more attractive than CenterPoint Energy.

CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.647, which suggesting that the stock is 35.326% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison CMS Energy has a beta of 0.350, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 64.981%.

CenterPoint Energy has a quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.26%. CMS Energy offers a yield of 2.89% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.54 per share. CenterPoint Energy pays 51.23% of its earnings as a dividend. CMS Energy pays out 62.41% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

CenterPoint Energy quarterly revenues are $2.3B, which are larger than CMS Energy quarterly revenues of $2B. CenterPoint Energy's net income of $248M is lower than CMS Energy's net income of $265M. Notably, CenterPoint Energy's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.13x while CMS Energy's PE ratio is 21.74x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for CenterPoint Energy is 2.74x versus 2.86x for CMS Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Duke Energy has a net margin of 10.96% compared to CenterPoint Energy's net margin of 16.37%. CenterPoint Energy's return on equity of 9.95% beat Duke Energy's return on equity of 8.94%.

CenterPoint Energy has a consensus price target of $35.74, signalling downside risk potential of -2.82%. On the other hand Duke Energy has an analysts' consensus of $124.33 which suggests that it could grow by 3.31%. Given that Duke Energy has higher upside potential than CenterPoint Energy, analysts believe Duke Energy is more attractive than CenterPoint Energy.

CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.647, which suggesting that the stock is 35.326% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Duke Energy has a beta of 0.387, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 61.348%.

CenterPoint Energy has a quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.26%. Duke Energy offers a yield of 3.46% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $1.05 per share. CenterPoint Energy pays 51.23% of its earnings as a dividend. Duke Energy pays out 71.02% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

CenterPoint Energy quarterly revenues are $2.3B, which are smaller than Duke Energy quarterly revenues of $7.4B. CenterPoint Energy's net income of $248M is lower than Duke Energy's net income of $1.2B. Notably, CenterPoint Energy's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.13x while Duke Energy's PE ratio is 21.08x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for CenterPoint Energy is 2.74x versus 3.06x for Duke Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

NRG Energy has a net margin of 10.96% compared to CenterPoint Energy's net margin of 9.43%. CenterPoint Energy's return on equity of 9.95% beat NRG Energy's return on equity of 37.95%.

CenterPoint Energy has a consensus price target of $35.74, signalling downside risk potential of -2.82%. On the other hand NRG Energy has an analysts' consensus of $113.90 which suggests that it could grow by 16.11%. Given that NRG Energy has higher upside potential than CenterPoint Energy, analysts believe NRG Energy is more attractive than CenterPoint Energy.

CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.647, which suggesting that the stock is 35.326% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison NRG Energy has a beta of 1.105, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 10.525%.

CenterPoint Energy has a quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.26%. NRG Energy offers a yield of 1.7% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.44 per share. CenterPoint Energy pays 51.23% of its earnings as a dividend. NRG Energy pays out 36% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

CenterPoint Energy quarterly revenues are $2.3B, which are smaller than NRG Energy quarterly revenues of $6.8B. CenterPoint Energy's net income of $248M is lower than NRG Energy's net income of $643M. Notably, CenterPoint Energy's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.13x while NRG Energy's PE ratio is 20.18x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for CenterPoint Energy is 2.74x versus 0.74x for NRG Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Southern has a net margin of 10.96% compared to CenterPoint Energy's net margin of 8.42%. CenterPoint Energy's return on equity of 9.95% beat Southern's return on equity of 12.19%.

CenterPoint Energy has a consensus price target of $35.74, signalling downside risk potential of -2.82%. On the other hand Southern has an analysts' consensus of $91.29 which suggests that it could grow by 0.9%. Given that Southern has higher upside potential than CenterPoint Energy, analysts believe Southern is more attractive than CenterPoint Energy.

CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.647, which suggesting that the stock is 35.326% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Southern has a beta of 0.386, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 61.409%.

CenterPoint Energy has a quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.26%. Southern offers a yield of 3.18% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share. CenterPoint Energy pays 51.23% of its earnings as a dividend. Southern pays out 67.12% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

CenterPoint Energy quarterly revenues are $2.3B, which are smaller than Southern quarterly revenues of $6.3B. CenterPoint Energy's net income of $248M is lower than Southern's net income of $534M. Notably, CenterPoint Energy's price-to-earnings ratio is 23.13x while Southern's PE ratio is 22.67x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for CenterPoint Energy is 2.74x versus 3.73x for Southern. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.