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CenterPoint Energy Analyst Ratings and Price Targets | NYSE:CNP | Benzinga
CenterPoint Energy Corp has a consensus price target of $567.61 based on the ratings of 38 analysts. The high is $1350 issued by HSBC on May 10, 2024<. The low is $100 issued by Deutsche Bank on August 5, 2024. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by New Street Research, Goldman Sachs, and Deutsche Bank on August 6, 2024, August 5, 2024, and August 5, 2024, respectively. With an average price target of $118.33 between New Street Research, Goldman Sachs, and Deutsche Bank, there's an implied 0.21% upside for CenterPoint Energy Corp from these most-recent analyst ratings.
Analyst Firms Making Recommendations1
Morgan Stanley
BMO Capital
JP Morgan
Evercore ISI Group
Barclays
1calculated from analyst ratings
Analyst Ratings for CenterPoint Energy
| Buy Now | Get Alert | |||||||
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| 03/20/2025 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | David Arcaro66% | $32 → $34 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 03/17/2025 | Buy Now | — | BMO Capital | James Thalacker75% | $35 → $36 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 03/11/2025 | Buy Now | — | JP Morgan | Jeremy Tonet66% | $34 → $36 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 03/11/2025 | Buy Now | — | Evercore ISI Group | Durgesh Chopra62% | $36 → $37 | Upgrade | In-Line → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/27/2025 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Nicholas Campanella63% | $29 → $30 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
| 12/12/2024 | Buy Now | — | Ladenburg Thalmann | Paul Fremont62% | → $34.5 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/12/2024 | Buy Now | — | Scotiabank | Andrew Weisel66% | $30 → $35 | Upgrade | Sector Perform → Sector Outperform | Get Alert |
| 12/03/2024 | Buy Now | — | UBS | William Appicelli55% | $31 → $37 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/22/2024 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | David Arcaro66% | $32 → $31 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/29/2024 | Buy Now | — | Scotiabank | Andrew Weisel66% | $28 → $30 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 10/16/2024 | Buy Now | — | Wells Fargo | Sarah Akers68% | $28 → $32 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 09/25/2024 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | David Arcaro66% | $30 → $32 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 09/12/2024 | Buy Now | — | B of A Securities | Ross Fowler54% | → $29 | Reinstates | → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 08/26/2024 | Buy Now | — | BMO Capital | James Thalacker75% | $28 → $28 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 08/23/2024 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $29 → $30 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | — | Scotiabank | Andrew Weisel66% | $29 → $28 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 08/13/2024 | Buy Now | — | Wells Fargo | Sarah Akers68% | $32 → $28 | Downgrade | Overweight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 08/02/2024 | Buy Now | — | Keybanc | Sophie Karp60% | — | Downgrade | Overweight → Sector Weight | Get Alert |
| 08/02/2024 | Buy Now | — | JP Morgan | Jeremy Tonet66% | $32 → $29 | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 08/02/2024 | Buy Now | — | BMO Capital | James Thalacker75% | $31 → $28 | Downgrade | Outperform → Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 07/31/2024 | Buy Now | — | BMO Capital | James Thalacker75% | $32 → $31 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/23/2024 | Buy Now | — | BMO Capital | James Thalacker75% | $33 → $32 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/22/2024 | Buy Now | — | Keybanc | Sophie Karp60% | $33 → $31 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/17/2024 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $30 → $29 | Downgrade | Overweight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 06/26/2024 | Buy Now | — | BMO Capital | James Thalacker75% | $32 → $33 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 06/24/2024 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $31 → $30 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 05/28/2024 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $29 → $31 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 05/20/2024 | Buy Now | — | Keybanc | Sophie Karp60% | $31 → $33 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/22/2024 | Buy Now | — | Scotiabank | Andrew Weisel66% | $31 → $29 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 03/14/2024 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Nicholas Campanella63% | $28 → $29 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
| 02/21/2024 | Buy Now | — | Guggenheim | Shahriar Pourreza66% | $33 → $32 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 02/21/2024 | Buy Now | — | Mizuho | Anthony Crowdell64% | $30 → $29 | Reiterates | Neutral → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/23/2024 | Buy Now | — | Evercore ISI Group | Durgesh Chopra62% | $29 → $30 | Downgrade | Outperform → In-Line | Get Alert |
| 01/22/2024 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Eric Beaumont70% | $27 → $28 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
| 01/04/2024 | Buy Now | — | Keybanc | Sophie Karp60% | $29 → $31 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2023 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $28 → $27 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/25/2023 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $29 → $28 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2023 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Eric Beaumont70% | $28 → $27 | Maintains | Underweight | Get Alert |
| 10/17/2023 | Buy Now | — | JP Morgan | Jeremy Tonet66% | $34 → $32 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/16/2023 | Buy Now | — | BMO Capital | James Thalacker75% | $34 → $30 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/05/2023 | Buy Now | — | Keybanc | Sophie Karp60% | → $29 | Upgrade | Sector Weight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 09/06/2023 | Buy Now | — | RBC Capital | Shelby Tucker66% | $34 → $33 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/23/2023 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $30 → $29 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/23/2023 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Eric Beaumont70% | → $28 | Initiates | → Underweight | Get Alert |
| 08/17/2023 | Buy Now | — | JP Morgan | Jeremy Tonet66% | $33 → $34 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/28/2023 | Buy Now | — | Mizuho | Anthony Crowdell64% | → $33 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/21/2023 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $30 → $30 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/14/2023 | Buy Now | — | Mizuho | Anthony Crowdell64% | $32 → $33 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/07/2023 | Buy Now | — | Guggenheim | Shahriar Pourreza66% | $32 → $33 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 06/12/2023 | Buy Now | — | Guggenheim | Shahriar Pourreza66% | → $32 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert |
| 06/06/2023 | Buy Now | — | UBS | Ross Fowler54% | $33 → $30 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 04/20/2023 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $28 → $30 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/18/2023 | Buy Now | — | JP Morgan | Jeremy Tonet66% | $32 → $34 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/14/2023 | Buy Now | — | B of A Securities | Julien Dumoulin-Smith66% | $30 → $35 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 03/21/2023 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $30 → $28 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 03/06/2023 | Buy Now | — | RBC Capital | Shelby Tucker66% | → $33 | Reiterates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 02/22/2023 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $31 → $30 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/23/2023 | Buy Now | — | Guggenheim | Shahriar Pourreza66% | $31 → $32 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/17/2023 | Buy Now | — | Keybanc | Sophie Karp60% | — | Downgrade | Overweight → Sector Weight | Get Alert |
| 12/15/2022 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $29 → $31 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 11/11/2022 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $27 → $29 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/21/2022 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $33 → $27 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/20/2022 | Buy Now | — | Keybanc | Sophie Karp60% | $34 → $31 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/19/2022 | Buy Now | — | Wells Fargo | Sarah Akers68% | $35 → $31 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 09/22/2022 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $34 → $33 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/23/2022 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $31 → $34 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/21/2022 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $29 → $31 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/19/2022 | Buy Now | — | Keybanc | Sophie Karp60% | $34 → $32 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/18/2022 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Eric Beaumont70% | $36 → $33 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 06/23/2022 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $33 → $29 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 05/23/2022 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $34 → $33 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2022 | Buy Now | — | Credit Suisse | Nicholas Campanella63% | → $34 | Initiates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/20/2022 | Buy Now | — | Morgan Stanley | Stephen Byrd58% | $31 → $34 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/20/2022 | Buy Now | — | Keybanc | Sophie Karp60% | $33 → $34 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/19/2022 | Buy Now | — | Wells Fargo | Sarah Akers68% | $31 → $36 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/07/2022 | Buy Now | — | Keybanc | Sophie Karp60% | $30 → $33 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/06/2022 | Buy Now | — | Mizuho | Anthony Crowdell64% | $31 → $34 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 03/31/2022 | Buy Now | — | Barclays | Eric Beaumont70% | $30 → $32 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
FAQ
What is the target price for CenterPoint Energy (CNP) stock?
The latest price target for CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) was reported by Morgan Stanley on March 20, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $34.00 expecting CNP to fall to within 12 months (a possible -6.28% downside). 29 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
What is the most recent analyst rating for CenterPoint Energy (CNP)?
The latest analyst rating for CenterPoint Energy (NYSE:CNP) was provided by Morgan Stanley, and CenterPoint Energy maintained their equal-weight rating.
When was the last upgrade for CenterPoint Energy (CNP)?
The last upgrade for CenterPoint Energy Inc happened on March 11, 2025 when Evercore ISI Group raised their price target to $37. Evercore ISI Group previously had an in-line for CenterPoint Energy Inc.
When was the last downgrade for CenterPoint Energy (CNP)?
The last downgrade for CenterPoint Energy Inc happened on August 13, 2024 when Wells Fargo changed their price target from $32 to $28 for CenterPoint Energy Inc.
When is the next analyst rating going to be posted or updated for CenterPoint Energy (CNP)?
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of CenterPoint Energy, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for CenterPoint Energy was filed on March 20, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around March 20, 2026.
Is the Analyst Rating CenterPoint Energy (CNP) correct?
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest CenterPoint Energy (CNP) rating was a maintained with a price target of $32.00 to $34.00. The current price CenterPoint Energy (CNP) is trading at is $36.28, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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