CenterPoint Energy (CNP)

20.18 +0.15  +0.75%  May 25, 11:00PM Go Pro
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CenterPoint Energy Valuation

No matter how good a company is, if the price that you pay to buy it is too high, you won't make much money. These valuation metrics should give you a sense of reasonable prices, but be careful with them. Always seek to understand why a valuation is changing over time.

Price Multiples

Price Multiples show how much you get for the price you pay. They can fluctuate drastically over time. Looking at price multiples over time and comparing to those of competitors will help to triangulate a reasonable valuation.

Price to Sales Ratio

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of sales.

CNP 1.082
AEE 1.068
TEG 0.9889
NU 1.488

Price to Earnings Ratio

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of earnings.

CNP 6.386
AEE 160.30
TEG 21.38
NU 16.99

Price to Book

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of net assets (net assets is total assets - total liabilities).

CNP 2.007
AEE 1.026
TEG 1.430
NU 1.582

Enterprise Valuation

Enterprise Value (EV) multiples tell you what you would get if you were to buy the whole company (including paying off all debt). Similar to price multiples, they can be compared across time and with peers.

EV / EBITDA Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization if you were buying the whole company.

EV / Revenue Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of sales if you were buying the whole company.

EV / EBIT Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of earnings before interest and taxes if you were buying the whole company.

EV / Free Cash Flow Pro

Tells how much you are paying for one dollar of current free cash flow if you were buying the whole company.

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CNP News

$$ $SPY 3DayCharts: Good: $AMD $NFX $CNP $PDCO $DLTR Bad: $ACN $CTXS $CSCO $TIF $RRC $STUDY
about 3 days ago by stockspot
HIGH $CALL VOLU $DDS 391% $JWN 309% $CVS 266% $DKS 245% $VWO 232% $RRC 192% $EWZ 175% $STT 166% $CNP 156% $ESI 151%
about 17 days ago by livevol_pro
Ex-Dividend Stocks http://stks.co/3meL My story via @TheStreet $TGT $ED $AFL $AMGN $CNP $MRO #ExDividend #Dividend
about 17 days ago by azendrian
Weekly. Doji for the week, should see a nice B/O move soon. $CNP http://chart.ly/taycmov
about 24 days ago by 1nvestor
So.. Utilities aren't sucking so bad. $SO $DUK $POM $CNP
about 24 days ago by AffluenzaVirus
Mixed Q1 for OGE Energy
May 03, 2:25PM
Listen to $CNP Q1 2012 earnings call - live at 11:30 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3eSc
about 25 days ago by earningscast
$CNP filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3dyV
about 25 days ago by MarketBrief
IV30(TM) GAINER $FSIN +84.18% $AVP +40.14% $YPF +19.39% $BSFT +18.83% $CNP +17.1% $HUN +15.21% $LOGI +13.8% $TQNT +11.67% $ILMN +11.65%
about 56 days ago by livevol_pro
IV30(TM) GAINER $FSIN +89.08% $AVP +41% $CNP +19.04% $BSFT +15.97% $YPF +15.91% $RENN +13.56% $MBI +11.8% $HUN +10.19% $TQNT +9.94%
about 56 days ago by livevol_pro
HIGH $PUT VOLU $CCOI 2933% $PCS 2471% $JOSB 2466% $LEAP 2219% $CNP 2051% $CXDC 2043% $GLUU 1685% $AMLN 1666% $GEN 1608% $PCYC 750%
about 61 days ago by livevol_pro
IV30(TM) GAINER $CXDC +44.21% $AMLN +34.95% $PVR +27.85% $FMCN +27.63% $ABV +27.1% $CNP +24.68% $PSS +21.16% $VAL +19.94% $LNG +18.7%
about 61 days ago by livevol_pro
IV30(TM) GAINER $AMLN +35.78% $FMCN +23.49% $CNP +21.24% $LNG +19.35% $XLB +18.03% $ALXN +17.19% $MHR +17.11% $MMR +17.02% $NYX +16.29%
about 61 days ago by livevol_pro
HIGH $CALL VOLU $FUN 1401% $IRM 756% $RDC 719% $VMED 693% $BID 471% $TSCO 448% $CNP 441% $JNK 413% $AGN 411% $PII 404%
about 63 days ago by livevol_pro
HIGH $CALL VOLU $NKE 666% $TSM 549% $CSC 508% $LXK 458% $IRM 360% $CAH 316% $KMI 293% $KBH 282% $CNP 260% $NI 257%
about 66 days ago by livevol_pro
$CNP looking to break here
about 66 days ago by Lookatthesky
Trading down to MA support: 50d: $WRC $STR $CNP $ACE $SXC $PLCE $ACHN $F 20d: $ORCL $SAH $SKS $SWI $URI $ICE $CMCSA $MENT
about 71 days ago by TheEquitiesRoom
$CNP filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/2uc1
about 73 days ago by MarketBrief
5 Electric Utilities With Healthy Yields http://stks.co/2uTb $DUK $CNP $CMS $AEP $AEE
about 73 days ago by waterburyresearch
$CNP Bull flag following high volume day...breakout to the upside coming?
about 75 days ago by Lookatthesky
$CNP http://stks.co/2pne 2/3 Long at avg. 18.47. Hoping for break out or small pull back to add final 1/3
about 76 days ago by Conner306

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