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CenterPoint Energy shares outstanding CNP

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over each quarter, from 2009.

Latest quarter, to Jun 30, 2026
666M
On a year earlier
+1.8%
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CenterPoint Energy had 666M diluted shares outstanding on average in Q2 FY26, the quarter to Jun 30, 2026.

That is 1.8% more than a year earlier, so each share owns a little less of the company.

Shares outstanding over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearShares, fourth quarterChange
FY2025659M+1%
FY2024652.4M+3%
FY2023633.6M+0%
FY2022630.6M−1%
FY2021635.3M+16%
FY2020549M+9%
FY2019505M+0%
FY2018505M+16%
FY2017435.2M+0%
FY2016434.5M+1%
FY2015430.3M−1%
FY2014432.6M+0%
FY2013431.8M+0%
FY2012430.2M+0%
FY2011429.5M+0%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter, shown as the fourth quarter's average share count.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedShares outstandingOn a year earlier
Q2 FY26666M+2%
Q1 FY26659M+1%
Q4 FY25659M+1%
Q3 FY25656M+1%
Q2 FY25654M+2%
Q1 FY25653.3M+3%
Q4 FY24652.4M+3%
Q3 FY24648.2M+2%
Q2 FY24641.8M+1%
Q1 FY24634M+0%
Q4 FY23633.6M+0%
Q3 FY23633M−0%

What the shares outstanding tells you

Diluted shares outstanding, averaged over the period. Fewer shares means each one owns more of the company.

A falling count usually means buybacks. A rising one means stock pay, acquisitions paid in shares or new shares sold.

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