CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP – Get Free Report) was the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Tuesday. Traders acquired 3,664 call options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 837% compared to the average volume of 391 call options.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of brokerages have recently commented on CNP. Guggenheim dropped their price target on CenterPoint Energy from $33.00 to $32.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 21st. KeyCorp increased their price target on CenterPoint Energy from $29.00 to $31.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 4th. Mizuho reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $29.00 price objective (down from $30.00) on shares of CenterPoint Energy in a research note on Wednesday, February 21st. Evercore ISI downgraded shares of CenterPoint Energy from an “outperform” rating to an “in-line” rating and increased their target price for the company from $29.00 to $30.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 23rd. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on shares of CenterPoint Energy from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 14th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $30.30.
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CenterPoint Energy Price Performance
CenterPoint Energy stock opened at $27.70 on Thursday. CenterPoint Energy has a 52 week low of $25.42 and a 52 week high of $31.43. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $27.88 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $27.92. The stock has a market cap of $17.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.36, a P/E/G ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.92. The company has a quick ratio of 0.58, a current ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.82.
CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 20th. The utilities provider reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.32. The business had revenue of $2.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.83 billion. CenterPoint Energy had a return on equity of 10.44% and a net margin of 10.55%. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.28 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts predict that CenterPoint Energy will post 1.62 earnings per share for the current year.
CenterPoint Energy Company Profile
CenterPoint Energy, Inc operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Electric and Natural Gas. The Electric segment includes electric transmission and distribution services to electric customers and electric generation assets, as well as optimizes assets in the wholesale power market.
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