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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP)On Sep 23: 18.97  Up 0.26 (1.39%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:8.08B
Enterprise Value (Sep 25, 2011)3:16.56B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):15.85
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:15.55
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:2.62
Price/Sales (ttm):0.95
Price/Book (mrq):2.40
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.96
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:7.66
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Jun 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):6.10%
Operating Margin (ttm):15.33%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):4.12%
Return on Equity (ttm):16.13%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):8.43B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):19.87
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):4.60%
Gross Profit (ttm):2.49B
EBITDA (ttm)6:2.16B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):514.00M
Diluted EPS (ttm):1.20
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):46.90%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):607.00M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):1.43
Total Debt (mrq):9.09B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):274.28
Current Ratio (mrq):0.87
Book Value Per Share (mrq):7.78
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):1.70B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):-113.25M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.65
52-Week Change3:21.21%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:-1.07%
52-Week High (Sep 20, 2011)3:20.45
52-Week Low (Mar 17, 2011)3:15.09
50-Day Moving Average3:19.29
200-Day Moving Average3:18.67
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:4,618,970
Avg Vol (10 day)3:4,196,540
Shares Outstanding5:425.86M
Float:423.95M
% Held by Insiders1:0.40%
% Held by Institutions1:70.30%
Shares Short (as of Aug 31, 2011)3:5.36M
Short Ratio (as of Aug 31, 2011)3:0.90
Short % of Float (as of Aug 31, 2011)3:1.30%
Shares Short (prior month)3:5.03M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:0.79
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:4.20%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:0.79
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:4.20%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:4.70%
Payout Ratio4:65.00%
Dividend Date3:Sep 8, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Aug 12, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Dec 11, 1995

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Jun 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Jun 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Jun 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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