CenterPoint Energy Read from its own SEC filings · nothing written, nothing inferred
🫧 Edgar looked up CenterPoint Energy, Inc.. Last filing: 8-K (2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets), 2026-10-01. 7 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.
🔖 Exposure: revenue $6.6B (FY2017), total debt $2.5B. Experience: revenue up 48.2% on the year, up 4.6% a year over 4 years; operating margin 6.7%, down from 7.1%. Soundness: equity 30.7% of assets, return on equity 24.0%, payout 80.7% of profit. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $5.8B and $11.2B next year (method v4.1: its own 6-year record of growth weighed at 63% against $1B–10B filers; across 2019–2025, 69.0% landed inside, 83.4% on the one year the method never saw). In a shock year the stress range is $4.6B to $14.2B. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (29 filers, $50M+ revenue, its industry group): operating margin 6.7% against a 27.5% median; growth 48.2% against 13.0%.
Next year, 80%$5.8B–$11.2B
Growth, on the year48.2%
Operating margin6.7%
Equity of assets30.7%
Credibility63%
Track record2 of 5
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. against its own record and its peersHanded back now, or kept to compound · of each dollar of profit
Gold paid out, navy kept. Kept share × return on equity = the growth it can fund itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.
Cash
Cash flow (op · inv · fin · free)
$278M · −$346M · $79M · −$235M
Investment book (cash · short · long)
$12M · — · — · current ratio 0.96
The figures, as filed
Fiscal year end
2017-12-31
Revenue
$6.6B
Revenue, on the year
48.2%
Revenue, a year over the record
4.6%
Operating margin
6.7%
Operating margin, prior year
7.1%
Net margin
11.3%
Research and development
not filed separately
Total debt
$2.5B
Equity of assets
30.7%
Return on equity
24.0%
Payout of profit
80.7%
Dividend per share
—
Earnings per share
—
Book value per share
—
Revenue per share
—
Shares outstanding
—
Audited years read
5
Peers: the median of 29 filers with $50M+ revenue in natural gas transmisison & distribution.
Health HarborCenterPoint Energy sails as: Sound ship
Boat condition = number of warning signs: a serious warning filing in 12 months; liabilities over assets; slow and jumpy; negative operating cash; an 80% revenue range of ±25% or wider. A picture of the signs, not a rating and not investment advice.
Recent filings
8-K · 2026-10-01 · 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets; 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
8-K · 2026-09-09 · 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement; 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement; 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation; 8.01 Other Events; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
8-K · 2026-02-23 · 5.02 Departure or Election of Directors; Appointment of Officers
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