Centerpoint Energy Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

CNP Stock  USD 36.25  0.58  1.63%   
Considering the 90-day investment horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding CenterPoint Energy is 'Buy'. A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated analysis based on historical performance and your stated risk tolerance. It serves as guidance on whether to purchase or sell CenterPoint Energy within the specified time frame.
  
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Time Horizon

3  Months

Risk Tolerance

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Market Performance

GoodDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

Low keyDetails

Current Valuation

Fairly ValuedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Slowly supersedes the marketDetails

Investor Sentiment

ImpartialDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

HealthyDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon CenterPoint Energy has a Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.176, Jensen Alpha of 0.2077, Total Risk Alpha of 0.2871, Sortino Ratio of 0.2574 and Treynor Ratio of (1.28)
CenterPoint Energy advice module can be used to check and cross-verify current investment recommendation provided by analysts analyzing the company's potential to grow using all of fundamental, technical, data market data available at the time. To make sure CenterPoint Energy is not overpriced, please confirm all CenterPoint Energy fundamentals, including its current ratio, total asset, and the relationship between the net income and price to earnings to growth . Given that CenterPoint Energy has a price to earning of 21.71 X, we suggest you to validate CenterPoint Energy market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your prevailing risk tolerance and investing horizon.

CenterPoint Energy Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

CenterPoint Energy has 564 M in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 1.56, which is OK given its current industry classification. CenterPoint Energy has a current ratio of 0.86, suggesting that it has not enough short term capital to pay financial commitments when the payables are due. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for CenterPoint to invest in growth at high rates of return.
Over 98.0% of CenterPoint Energy shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies
On 13th of March 2025 CenterPoint Energy paid $ 0.22 per share dividend to its current shareholders

CenterPoint Energy Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of CenterPoint Energy's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of CenterPoint Energy's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of CenterPoint Energy daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use CenterPoint Energy price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of CenterPoint Energy returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for CenterPoint Energy.
Mean Return
0.23
Value At Risk
-1.74
Potential Upside
2.51
Standard Deviation
1.12
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       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of CenterPoint Energy historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

CenterPoint Energy Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to CenterPoint Energy or Multi-Utilities sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that CenterPoint Energy's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a CenterPoint stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
0.21
β
Beta against Dow Jones-0.17
σ
Overall volatility
1.12
Ir
Information ratio 0.24

CenterPoint Energy Volatility Alert

CenterPoint Energy has relatively low volatility with skewness of 0.2 and kurtosis of 0.4. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure CenterPoint Energy's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact CenterPoint Energy's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

CenterPoint Energy Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing CenterPoint Energy's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze CenterPoint Energy's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between CenterPoint Energy and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as CenterPoint Energy or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of CenterPoint Energy's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing CenterPoint Energy by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
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FundamentalsCenterPoint EnergyPeer Average
Return On Equity0.1-0.31
Return On Asset0.0296-0.14
Profit Margin0.12 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.22 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation44.04 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding652.73 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders0.42 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions97.85 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted25.83 M4.71 M
Price To Earning21.71 X28.72 X
Price To Book2.22 X9.51 X
Price To Sales2.74 X11.42 X
Revenue8.64 B9.43 B
Gross Profit3.99 B27.38 B
EBITDA3.49 B3.9 B
Net Income1.02 B570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents74 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share0.95 X5.01 X
Total Debt564 M5.32 B
Debt To Equity1.56 %48.70 %
Current Ratio0.88 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share16.37 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations2.14 B971.22 M
Short Ratio4.97 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share1.58 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth2.43 X4.89 X
Target Price34.81
Number Of Employees8.87 K18.84 K
Beta0.9-0.15
Market Capitalization23.66 B19.03 B
Total Asset43.77 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings1.57 B9.33 B
Working Capital336 M1.48 B
Note: Acquisition by Jason Ryan of 9853 shares of CenterPoint Energy subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

CenterPoint Energy Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as CenterPoint . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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