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CenterPoint Energy key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, CenterPoint Energy had return on equity of 9.6% and a net margin of 11.2%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Net margin4.5%5.0%16.1%5.6%3.8%6.6%−9.4%5.7%18.6%5.9%10.5%−10.4%17.8%11.3%10.5%11.8%11.2%11.8%
Return on equity14.1%15.1%36.6%9.8%7.2%13.8%−17.3%12.5%44.0%5.8%9.6%−9.3%16.7%10.9%9.3%10.0%9.6%10.1%
Return on assets1.9%2.2%6.5%1.9%1.4%2.7%−3.1%2.0%8.0%1.5%2.5%−2.2%4.2%2.8%2.3%2.4%2.3%2.4%
Effective tax rate32.1%37.3%34.4%44.9%60.2%31.0%—37.0%—28.1%5.5%14.2%14.1%25.4%15.6%16.1%15.6%20.3%
Dividends ÷ net income74.2%72.2%24.8%83.0%114.1%66.8%—102.5%25.7%135.6%72.9%—25.9%41.6%52.9%51.2%54.6%52.3%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

1 of 6 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $49.5bn
Short-term assets $5.7bnLonger-term assets $43.8bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $16.7bn
Short-term liabilities $4.9bnShareholders' equity $11.7bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $5.7bn of assets due within a year against $4.9bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $132m of cash against $23.7bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 202% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 122% to 202% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $2.8bn of operating cash flow against $23.7bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $2.4bn against $1.0bn of interest.

From CenterPoint Energy's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

43 /100

Weak moat

How hard CenterPoint Energy's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 1 / 20

    Net income has been a median 2.3% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 20 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 98.9%, moving by 1.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.

  • Durability 13 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 16.8%; its worst year was 9.5%.

  • Cash conversion 2 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 2 of 10 years, at a median -14.9% of revenue.

  • Discipline 8 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 11.3% over five years.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from CenterPoint Energy's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 1, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to CenterPoint Energy.