CenterPoint Energy Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 12 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for CenterPoint Energy stock have an average target of 42.42, with a low estimate of 38 and a high estimate of 47. The average target predicts a decrease of -2.56% from the current stock price of 43.54.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$38	$42.42	$42	$47
Change	-12.71%	-2.56%	-3.53%	+7.96%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for CenterPoint Energy stock from 12 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	3	3	2	2	2	2
Buy	3	3	4	5	5	5
Hold	6	6	6	5	5	5
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	12	12	12	12	12	12

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Nicholas Amicucci Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Hold Maintains $42 → $44	Hold	Maintains	$42 → $44	+1.07%	Mar 5, 2026
Sophie Karp Keybanc	Keybanc	Buy Maintains $41 → $47	Buy	Maintains	$41 → $47	+7.96%	Mar 4, 2026
Shahriar Pourreza Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy Maintains $44 → $47	Buy	Maintains	$44 → $47	+7.96%	Jan 20, 2026
Nicholas Campanella Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $41 → $38	Hold	Maintains	$41 → $38	-12.71%	Jan 15, 2026
James Thalacker BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Hold → Buy Upgrades $42	Hold → Buy	Upgrades	$42	-3.53%	Jan 13, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

9.97B

from 9.36B

6.55%

from 9.36B

Revenue Next Year

10.45B

from 9.97B

4.83%

from 9.97B

EPS This Year

1.93

from 1.60

20.51%

from 1.60

EPS Next Year

2.10

from 1.93

9.02%

from 1.93

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	8.35B	9.32B	8.70B	8.64B	9.36B	9.97B	10.45B
Revenue Growth	12.59%	11.60%	-6.71%	-0.61%	8.26%	6.55%	4.83%
EPS	2.28	1.59	1.37	1.58	1.60	1.93	2.10
EPS Growth	-	-30.30%	-13.84%	15.33%	1.27%	20.51%	9.02%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	22.58	20.71
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	20	18

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	12.1B	12.5B
Avg	10.0B	10.5B
Low	8.8B	9.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	28.8%	25.1%
Avg	6.6%	4.8%
Low	-5.5%	-8.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	2.02	2.21
Avg	1.93	2.10
Low	1.86	2.03

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	26.0%	14.4%
Avg	20.5%	9.0%
Low	16.1%	5.1%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.