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CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC CNP

NYSE · stock · Electric Services · website · IPO 1943-08-16 · LEI

CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC dividends

Dividend payout54.6%
Paid from FCF-24.1%
Safetymoderate
Per share (TTM)$1.27
Years paying (in our data)10 · rising

Dividends by year

Per share ($)
$1.02 $1.06 $1.00 $1.14 $0.71 $0.61 $0.70 $0.77 $0.80 $0.88 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Dividend yield (%)
3.90% 3.77% 3.22% 4.31% 3.37% 2.16% 2.31% 2.74% 2.46% 2.21% 2016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Yield by year = that fiscal year's dividend per share over the share price around year-end — approximate, not the yield on today's price.

By fiscal year

FY2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Total dividends paid$574.0M$522.0M$485.0M$440.0M$385.0M$392.0M$577.0M$499.0M$461.0M$443.0M
Per share$0.88$0.80$0.77$0.70$0.61$0.71$1.14$1.00$1.06$1.02
Yield then (approx)2.21%2.46%2.74%2.31%2.16%3.37%4.31%3.22%3.77%3.90%

Annual dividend per share = total paid ÷ shares. “Yield then” is the per-share dividend over the share price at that fiscal year-end — approximate.

Per-share dividends by quarter · as declared

Period endDividend / shareYield then (approx)
2025-09-30$0.444.60%
2025-06-30$0.222.27%
2024-09-30$0.415.55%
2024-06-30$0.22.88%
2023-09-30$0.395.80%
2020-09-30$0.152.84%
2020-06-30$0.153.16%
2020-03-31$0.296.81%
2019-09-30$0.28753.96%
2019-06-30$0.28753.96%
2018-09-30$0.27754.11%
2018-06-30$0.27753.90%

Per-share amounts are declared dividends tagged to each fiscal quarter (exact ex-/pay-dates aren't in the filings). “Yield then” annualises that quarter's dividend over the month-end share price at the time — approximate.

Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.