Centerpoint Energy Inc (CNP) volume exceeds 3.16 million: A new investment opportunity for investors

Centerpoint Energy Inc (NYSE: CNP) kicked off on Monday, down -1.80% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $37.16. Over the past 52 weeks, CNP has traded in a range of $25.41-$37.70.

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Annual sales at Utilities sector company grew by 3.58% over the past five years. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 7.98%. With a float of $648.85 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $651.73 million.

Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 8872 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 46.0%, operating margin of 23.02%, and the pretax margin is 14.05%.

Centerpoint Energy Inc (CNP) Insider Updates

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Utilities – Regulated Electric Industry. The insider ownership of Centerpoint Energy Inc is 0.44%, while institutional ownership is 97.64%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 03 ’25, was worth 210,554. In this transaction Director of this company sold 6,103 shares at a rate of $34.50, taking the stock ownership to the 46,803 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 24 ’25, when Company’s SVP and CAO sold 16,357 for $34.10, making the entire transaction worth $557,855. This insider now owns 118,882 shares in total.

Centerpoint Energy Inc (CNP) Performance Highlights and Predictions

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.41 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 7.98% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.85% during the next five years compared to 3.47% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Centerpoint Energy Inc (NYSE: CNP) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at Centerpoint Energy Inc’s (CNP) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.91. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.75.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.58, a number that is poised to hit 0.54 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.88 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Centerpoint Energy Inc (CNP)

Centerpoint Energy Inc (NYSE: CNP) saw its 5-day average volume 5.16 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 5.2 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 77.14%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.86.

During the past 100 days, Centerpoint Energy Inc’s (CNP) raw stochastic average was set at 82.98%, which indicates a significant increase from 59.46% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 24.12% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 18.56% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $35.04, while its 200-day Moving Average is $31.12. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $37.04 in the near term. At $37.60, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $38.04. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $36.04, it is likely to go to the next support level at $35.60. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $35.04.

Centerpoint Energy Inc (NYSE: CNP) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 23.78 billion has total of 652,727K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 8,643 M in contrast with the sum of 1,019 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 2,262 M and last quarter income was 248,000 K.