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FCF Margin for CenterPoint Energy (CNP)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

-28.4%

YoY change

+1.99pp

Trough year (2021)

-37.6%

Peak year (1994)

18.5%

FCF Margin history chart for CenterPoint Energy (CNP) from 1994 to 2025

Latest: -25.5%

FCF Margin change chart for CenterPoint Energy (CNP) from 1994 to 2025

Latest: +1.99pp

FCF Margin history table for CenterPoint Energy (CNP) from 1994 to 2025

  • 2025-25.5%+1.99pp
  • 2024-27.5%-21.44pp
  • 2023-6.0%+21.96pp
  • 2022-28.0%+9.63pp
  • 2021-37.6%-29.52pp
  • 2020-8.1%+3.37pp
  • 2019-11.5%-19.20pp
  • 20187.7%+7.78pp
  • 2017-0.1%-6.88pp
  • 20166.8%+3.02pp
  • 20153.8%+3.53pp
  • 20140.3%-3.76pp
  • 20134.0%-4.66pp
  • 20128.7%+1.77pp
  • 20116.9%+8.32pp
  • 2010-1.4%-9.62pp
  • 20098.2%+9.72pp
  • 2008-1.5%+2.04pp
  • 2007-3.5%-3.36pp
  • 2006-0.2%+6.31pp
  • 2005-6.5%-5.80pp
  • 2004-0.7%-4.35pp
  • 20033.7%+12.15pp
  • 2002-8.5%-5.29pp
  • 2001-3.2%+1.59pp
  • 2000-4.8%-4.67pp
  • 1999-0.1%-3.59pp
  • 19983.5%+16.20pp
  • 1997-12.7%-15.20pp
  • 19962.5%-10.93pp
  • 199513.4%-5.11pp
  • 199418.5%—

FCF Margin values are taken from CenterPoint Energy's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at CenterPoint Energy (CNP)

According to CenterPoint Energy's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is -28.4%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

2025's annual free cash flow margin for CenterPoint Energy (CNP) came in at -25.48% – expanded 2.0 percentage points year-over-year.

The highest annual free cash flow margin of 18.51% was reported in 1994. The lowest in the available history was -37.62% in 2021.

CenterPoint Energy FCF Margin by Year

CenterPoint Energy FCF Margin 2025: -25.5%

CenterPoint Energy free cash flow margin in 2025 was -25.48%, expanded 2.0 percentage points from 2024.

CenterPoint Energy FCF Margin 2024: -27.5%

2024's free cash flow margin for CenterPoint Energy came in at -27.47%, contracted 21.4 percentage points from 2023.

CenterPoint Energy FCF Margin 2023: -6.0%

CenterPoint Energy posted free cash flow margin of -6.03% in 2023, expanded 22.0 percentage points from 2022.

CenterPoint Energy FCF Margin 2022: -28.0%

In 2022, CenterPoint Energy reported free cash flow margin of -27.99%, expanded 9.6 percentage points from 2021.

CenterPoint Energy FCF Margin 2021: -37.6%

CenterPoint Energy free cash flow margin in 2021 was -37.62%.

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