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CenterPoint Energy forward PE CNP

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
20.5×
10-year median
19.6×
Against its 10-year history
67th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
11.0× to 24.9×
Peer median
16.1×

CenterPoint Energy's forward PE is 20.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 19.6×, higher than on 67% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 11.0× in Mar 2020 to 24.9× in Sep 2022.

The median for 10 electric utilities of a similar size is 16.1×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far20.5×18.4×23.5×
202520.6×18.4×22.2×
202419.1×16.6×19.7×
202319.2×17.6×22.9×
202221.9×19.6×24.9×
202120.9×14.4×20.9×
202017.2×11.0×20.6×
201920.4×18.1×21.8×
201817.7×15.4×19.0×
201718.9×18.7×23.8×
201620.0×16.0×21.5×
201517.0×15.3×22.1×
201422.4×19.0×23.6×
201319.3×16.0×20.9×
201215.3×15.3×18.1×
201118.4×14.0×20.5×
201014.0×11.2×14.9×
200912.7×7.6×13.0×
200810.7×8.8×18.0×
200716.8×14.2×20.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Regulated Electric nearest CenterPoint Energy's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
CNPCenterPoint Energy20.5×
FEFirstEnergy16.1×
DTEDTE Energy16.2×
PPLPPL16.9×
ESEversource Energy14.3×
AEEAmeren19.6×
EIXEdison International9.2×
CMSCMS Energy16.8×
PCGPG&E7.5×
PEGPublic Service Enterprise16.1×
WECWEC Energy20.7×
Peer median16.1×

Where CenterPoint Energy ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.