CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

CNP stock score: 61/100

$41.20 · +2.18% · Scored Oct 22, 2026

Technical
64
Fundamental
58
News
37

The reading

CenterPoint Energy (CNP) scores 61 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 65% of Utilities stocks and 78% of the 4,161 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 64, fundamentals 58.

Among the fundamentals, Fund Ownership at 100 and Institutional Ownership at 100 score highest, while Free Cash Flow Yield at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 67 and contrarian oscillators 25 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is negative at 37; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 51 to 74, and it is down 13 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward CNP’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

58

Pulling it up

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Institutional Ownership100

    Institutional ownership measures the percentage held by professional investors.

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)99

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

Holding it back

  • Free Cash Flow Yield0

    Free cash flow yield is free cash flow divided by market value: the cash a business generates for each dollar of its price.

  • Earnings Estimates20

    Earnings estimates score evaluates analyst projections for future profitability.

  • Quick Ratio22

    Quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet short-term obligations with liquid assets.

40 weighted scorers; 1 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

Technical · daily

60

Pulling it up

  • Know Sure Thing (KST)100

    Know Sure Thing (KST) combines multiple rate-of-change calculations to identify long-term trend reversals.

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

Holding it back

  • Money Flow Index (14)0

    Money Flow Index (14-period) is a volume-weighted RSI that identifies overbought and oversold conditions.

  • Williams %R (28)0

    Williams %R (28-period) places the close within the last 28 periods' high-low range.

  • Williams %R (14)1

    Williams %R (14-period) measures where the current price sits within the recent high-low range.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
37

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly581
Daily603
Weekly612
Monthly682
Quarterly692

Composite score, last 90 days

05010061Jul 25, 2026Oct 22, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 74Jul 26, 2026: 74Jul 27, 2026: 73Jul 28, 2026: 73Jul 29, 2026: 67Jul 30, 2026: 66Jul 31, 2026: 66Aug 2, 2026: 54Aug 3, 2026: 53Aug 5, 2026: 51Aug 6, 2026: 51Aug 7, 2026: 55Aug 8, 2026: 55Aug 9, 2026: 55Aug 10, 2026: 55Aug 11, 2026: 55Aug 12, 2026: 57Aug 13, 2026: 55Aug 14, 2026: 56Aug 15, 2026: 56Aug 16, 2026: 56Aug 17, 2026: 55Aug 18, 2026: 56Aug 19, 2026: 56Aug 20, 2026: 55Aug 22, 2026: 54Aug 23, 2026: 54Aug 24, 2026: 54Aug 25, 2026: 54Aug 26, 2026: 55Aug 27, 2026: 55Aug 28, 2026: 55Aug 29, 2026: 54Aug 30, 2026: 54Aug 31, 2026: 55Sep 1, 2026: 57Sep 2, 2026: 57Sep 3, 2026: 57Sep 4, 2026: 56Sep 5, 2026: 57Sep 6, 2026: 57Sep 7, 2026: 56Sep 8, 2026: 58Sep 9, 2026: 56Sep 10, 2026: 54Sep 11, 2026: 54Sep 12, 2026: 54Sep 13, 2026: 55Sep 14, 2026: 54Sep 15, 2026: 52Sep 16, 2026: 54Sep 17, 2026: 54Sep 18, 2026: 54Sep 19, 2026: 54Sep 20, 2026: 54Sep 21, 2026: 53Sep 22, 2026: 53Sep 23, 2026: 54Sep 24, 2026: 54Sep 25, 2026: 53Sep 26, 2026: 53Sep 27, 2026: 53Sep 28, 2026: 52Sep 29, 2026: 53Sep 30, 2026: 53Oct 1, 2026: 54Oct 2, 2026: 55Oct 3, 2026: 55Oct 4, 2026: 55Oct 5, 2026: 55Oct 6, 2026: 57Oct 7, 2026: 56Oct 8, 2026: 56Oct 9, 2026: 56Oct 10, 2026: 56Oct 11, 2026: 56Oct 12, 2026: 57Oct 13, 2026: 58Oct 14, 2026: 58Oct 15, 2026: 59Oct 16, 2026: 60Oct 17, 2026: 59Oct 18, 2026: 59Oct 19, 2026: 58Oct 20, 2026: 58Oct 21, 2026: 59Oct 22, 2026: 61
Show the daily numbers
DateComposite
Oct 22, 202661
Oct 21, 202659
Oct 20, 202658
Oct 19, 202658
Oct 18, 202659
Oct 17, 202659
Oct 16, 202660
Oct 15, 202659
Oct 14, 202658
Oct 13, 202658
Oct 12, 202657
Oct 11, 202656
Oct 10, 202656
Oct 9, 202656
Oct 8, 202656
Oct 7, 202656
Oct 6, 202657
Oct 5, 202655
Oct 4, 202655
Oct 3, 202655
Oct 2, 202655
Oct 1, 202654
Sep 30, 202653
Sep 29, 202653
Sep 28, 202652
Sep 27, 202653
Sep 26, 202653
Sep 25, 202653
Sep 24, 202654
Sep 23, 202654
Sep 22, 202653
Sep 21, 202653
Sep 20, 202654
Sep 19, 202654
Sep 18, 202654
Sep 17, 202654
Sep 16, 202654
Sep 15, 202652
Sep 14, 202654
Sep 13, 202655
Sep 12, 202654
Sep 11, 202654
Sep 10, 202654
Sep 9, 202656
Sep 8, 202658
Sep 7, 202656
Sep 6, 202657
Sep 5, 202657
Sep 4, 202656
Sep 3, 202657
Sep 2, 202657
Sep 1, 202657
Aug 31, 202655
Aug 30, 202654
Aug 29, 202654
Aug 28, 202655
Aug 27, 202655
Aug 26, 202655
Aug 25, 202654
Aug 24, 202654
Aug 23, 202654
Aug 22, 202654
Aug 20, 202655
Aug 19, 202656
Aug 18, 202656
Aug 17, 202655
Aug 16, 202656
Aug 15, 202656
Aug 14, 202656
Aug 13, 202655
Aug 12, 202657
Aug 11, 202655
Aug 10, 202655
Aug 9, 202655
Aug 8, 202655
Aug 7, 202655
Aug 6, 202651
Aug 5, 202651
Aug 3, 202653
Aug 2, 202654
Jul 31, 202666
Jul 30, 202666
Jul 29, 202667
Jul 28, 202673
Jul 27, 202673
Jul 26, 202674
Jul 25, 202674

Key facts

Market cap
$27.1B
Sector
Utilities
Industry
Utilities - Regulated Electric
Beta
0.46
Risk grade (1–10)
7
Next earnings
Oct 27, 2026

Utilities - Regulated Electric peers

CompanyMarket capScore
AEE Ameren$30.2B65
FTS Fortis$29.6B62
DTE DTE Energy Company$27.7B57
FE FirstEnergy$26.9B60
PPL PPL$26.6B62
ES Eversource Energy$25.6B55

Questions

What is CNP's stock score today?

CNP scores 61/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 22, 2026: technical 64, fundamental 58, and news sentiment 37, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is CNP a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 61 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the CNP score calculated?

102 weighted scorers feed it today: 40 fundamental, scored against Utilities ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.