CNP

CenterPoint Energy
Multi-Utilities · Utilities · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$37.75
-0.1% on the session
1-year return
+0.9%
-12.4% over six months
Volatility
17.2%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-18.2%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

CenterPoint Energy is a multi-utilities name in the utilities sector. Over the past year it returned +0.9%, against -14.6% over three months and -5.6% over one. It trades 7.9% below its 200-day average, so recent moves have not repaired the longer downtrend. Annualized volatility of 17.2% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -18.2%, and it has traded a median $255M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate -0.10 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Utilities#13 of 31
Stronger than 60% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#350 of 496

How CNP scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 11 others in Multi-Utilities.

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Full metrics
1 day-0.1%
1 week+3.1%
1 month-5.6%
3 months-14.6%
6 months-12.4%
1 year+0.9%
12-1 momentum+6.8%
Volatility (1y, annualized)17.2%
Max drawdown (1y)-18.2%
Distance vs 200-day average-7.9%
Return per unit of risk0.05
Median daily dollar volume$255M
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