Centerpoint Energy (CNP) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Centerpoint Energy (CNP) reported Operating Margin of 30.44% for Q3 2026, up 5.19 percentage points from 25.25% a year earlier and up 5.63 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Centerpoint Energy (CNP) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Sep 30, 2026, Centerpoint Energy's Operating Margin came in at 24.44%, up 1.94 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 22.55%, down 0.47 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin has a five-year change of +8.54 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Operating Margin came in at 23.02% in FY2024 (+2.79 pp), 20.24% in FY2023 (+3.44 pp), 16.80% in FY2022 (+0.48 pp) and 16.32% in FY2021 (+2.31 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Operating Margin in data going back to Q1 2009.
- Year over year, Operating Margin gained in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.68 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was Q3 2023 (a gain of 7.67 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2024 (a drop of 5.00 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 24.81% (Q2 2026), 22.12% (Q1 2026) and 21.64% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enel Chile | 299.49 Bn | 296.88 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Nextera Energy | 179.92 Bn | 166.66 Bn | - | 32.44% |
| 3 | Southern | 105.56 Bn | 96.61 Bn | 5.92 Bn | 25.46% |
| 4 | Duke Energy | 99.44 Bn | 95.69 Bn | 5.66 Bn | 26.99% |
| 5 | National Grid | 82.69 Bn | 64.32 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | American Electric Power | 68.52 Bn | 66.31 Bn | 4.75 Bn | 26.52% |
| 7 | Dominion Energy | 59.67 Bn | 57.66 Bn | - | 7.34% |
| 8 | Entergy | 52.06 Bn | 38.50 Bn | - | 33.93% |
| 9 | Sempra | 51.32 Bn | 50.45 Bn | 2.89 Bn | 17.45% |
| 10 | Centerpoint Energy | 27.01 Bn | 24.26 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 30.44% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 30.44% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 24.81% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 22.12% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 21.64% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 25.25% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 21.45% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 22.23% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 21.35% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 22.84% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 24.51% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 23.51% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 14.71% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 27.85% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 20.27% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 19.47% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 13.06% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 20.18% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 18.06% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 17.26% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 15.89% |
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Centerpoint Energy Operating Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=CNP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "CNP", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=CNP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();