CNP PEER ANALYSIS

CenterPoint Energy Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

CNPCenterPoint Energy Inc

🇺🇸 USA · US · Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Utilities - Regulated Electric

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

CNPIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	CNP	FTS	H	ELE	EMA	RED	Ind. Median
P/E	27.37	23.89	25.56	17.33	22.70	13.23●	22.38
P/B	2.56	1.70	2.73	4.73	1.62	1.53●	2.02
EV/EBITDA	13.79	12.81	16.12	9.34●	15.20	—	12.80
P/S	3.11	3.40	3.78	1.94●	2.84	3.97	3.00

Financial Health
Metric	CNP	FTS	H	ELE	EMA	RED	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.16●	0.49	0.54	1.00	1.07	1.14	0.78
Debt/Equity	215.6%	145.2%	149.2%	135.0%●	168.8%	—	161.2%
NetDebt/EBITDA	6.13	5.86	5.69	2.06●	7.34	—	5.63

Profitability
Metric	CNP	FTS	H	ELE	EMA	RED	Ind. Median
Net Margin	11.4%	14.8%	14.8%	11.2%	13.2%	30.1%●	13.6%
ROE	9.6%	7.4%	10.9%	26.8%●	7.7%	11.5%	9.6%
ROA	2.3%	2.4%	3.6%	6.1%●	2.3%	4.0%	2.8%
EBITDA Margin	40.7%	49.0%	36.2%	26.6%	36.1%	76.4%●	40.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CNP	FTS	H	ELE	EMA	RED	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	5.2%	4.1%	6.4%	-1.6%	3.1%	35.5%●	7.9%
NI Growth	10.9%	4.6%	12.4%	7.4%	13.5%	68.0%●	11.2%
Div. Yield	2.0%	3.1%	2.3%	4.0%	3.8%	5.3%●	3.1%
Payout	54.2%	49.4%	58.3%	58.9%	62.1%	128.5%	58.9%

Valuation
Metric	CNP	EIX	FE	ES	PPL	AEE	Ind. Median
P/E	27.37	8.16●	26.35	16.10	22.60	20.90	22.38
P/B	2.56	1.69●	2.22	1.70	1.83	2.35	2.02
EV/EBITDA	13.79	9.55●	12.50	10.33	12.17	12.70	12.80
P/S	3.11	1.49●	1.81	2.02	2.96	3.59	3.00

Financial Health
Metric	CNP	EIX	FE	ES	PPL	AEE	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.16●	0.74	0.52	0.65	1.00	0.62	0.78
Debt/Equity	215.6%	246.5%	221.7%	183.5%	134.7%●	148.5%	161.2%
NetDebt/EBITDA	6.13	5.65	6.24	5.34	4.97	4.92●	5.63

Profitability
Metric	CNP	EIX	FE	ES	PPL	AEE	Ind. Median
Net Margin	11.4%	18.9%●	6.9%	12.5%	13.1%	17.2%	13.6%
ROE	9.6%	21.8%●	8.4%	11.0%	8.3%	11.8%	9.6%
ROA	2.3%	4.0%●	1.9%	2.8%	2.8%	3.2%	2.8%
EBITDA Margin	40.7%	38.4%	28.9%	40.4%	41.1%	46.1%●	40.4%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	CNP	EIX	FE	ES	PPL	AEE	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	5.2%	13.1%●	11.3%	9.8%	7.5%	12.3%	7.9%
NI Growth	10.9%	26.0%	-1.8%	108.0%●	22.5%	26.0%	11.2%
Div. Yield	2.0%	4.6%●	3.8%	4.2%	3.1%	2.6%	3.1%
Payout	54.2%	36.9%	96.5%	64.1%	66.1%	51.5%	58.9%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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