CenterPoint Energy dividend yield CNP
Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1970.
- Today, Oct 23, 2026
- 2.24%
- 10-year median
- 2.7%
- Against its 10-year history
- 13th
- percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
- 10-year range
- 2.0% to 9.2%
- Peer median
- 3.5%
CenterPoint Energy pays 2.24% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.
That is below its ten-year median of 2.7%, lower than on 87% of days in the last ten years.
Over that time it ranged from 2.0% in Jun 2026 to 9.2% in Mar 2020.
The median for 10 electric utilities of a similar size is 3.5%.
Dividend yield over time
The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.
Year by year
| Year | End of year | Low | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.5% |
| 2025 | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.6% |
| 2024 | 2.5% | 2.5% | 3.1% |
| 2023 | 2.7% | 2.2% | 2.8% |
| 2022 | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.7% |
| 2021 | 2.3% | 2.3% | 3.6% |
| 2020 | 3.4% | 3.1% | 9.2% |
| 2019 | 4.3% | 3.6% | 4.7% |
| 2018 | 4.0% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| 2017 | 3.8% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 4.2% | 4.1% | 5.7% |
| 2015 | 5.4% | 4.0% | 6.0% |
| 2014 | 4.0% | 3.5% | 4.3% |
| 2013 | 3.6% | 3.3% | 4.1% |
| 2012 | 4.3% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| 2011 | 3.9% | 3.7% | 5.0% |
| 2010 | 5.0% | 4.6% | 5.9% |
| 2009 | 5.2% | 5.1% | 8.3% |
| 2008 | 6.0% | 4.0% | 7.9% |
| 2007 | 3.9% | 3.1% | 4.1% |
Against its peers
Companies in Regulated Electric nearest CenterPoint Energy's size, closest first, today.
| Company | Dividend yield |
|---|---|
| CNPCenterPoint Energy | 2.24% |
| FEFirstEnergy | 3.94% |
| DTEDTE Energy | 3.53% |
| PPLPPL | 3.22% |
| ESEversource Energy | 4.62% |
| AEEAmeren | 2.74% |
| EIXEdison International | 6.12% |
| CMSCMS Energy | 3.24% |
| PCGPG&E | 1.58% |
| PEGPublic Service Enterprise | 3.67% |
| WECWEC Energy | 3.38% |
| Peer median | 3.45% |
Where CenterPoint Energy ranks
What the dividend yield tells you
Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.
A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.
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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.