TTM
22.5%
YoY change
−0.47pp
Trough year (1999)
8.3%
Peak year (1985)
100.0%
Latest annual
22.5%
Operating Margin history chart for CenterPoint Energy (CNP) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 22.5%
Operating Margin change chart for CenterPoint Energy (CNP) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: −0.47pp
Operating Margin history table for CenterPoint Energy (CNP) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 22.5% | -0.47pp | ||
| 2024 | 23.0% | +2.79pp | ||
| 2023 | 20.2% | +3.44pp | ||
| 2022 | 16.8% | +0.48pp | ||
| 2021 | 16.3% | +2.31pp | ||
| 2020 | 14.0% | -0.15pp | ||
| 2019 | 14.2% | +0.33pp | ||
| 2018 | 13.8% | +2.01pp | ||
| 2017 | 11.8% | -1.77pp | ||
| 2016 | 13.6% | +0.96pp | ||
| 2015 | 12.6% | +2.50pp | ||
| 2014 | 10.1% | -2.33pp | ||
| 2013 | 12.5% | -1.47pp | ||
| 2012 | 13.9% | -1.43pp | ||
| 2011 | 15.4% | +1.14pp | ||
| 2010 | 14.2% | +0.64pp | ||
| 2009 | 13.6% | +2.33pp | ||
| 2008 | 11.2% | -1.40pp | ||
| 2007 | 12.6% | +1.43pp | ||
| 2006 | 11.2% | +0.31pp | ||
| 2005 | 10.9% | -2.71pp | ||
| 2004 | 13.6% | -3.79pp | ||
| 2003 | 17.4% | -4.96pp | ||
| 2002 | 22.4% | +10.73pp | ||
| 2001 | 11.6% | +1.50pp | ||
| 2000 | 10.1% | +1.86pp | ||
| 1999 | 8.3% | -3.12pp | ||
| 1998 | 11.4% | -2.31pp | ||
| 1997 | 13.7% | -8.16pp | ||
| 1996 | 21.9% | -2.41pp | ||
| 1995 | 24.3% | -1.49pp | ||
| 1994 | 25.8% | -74.23pp | ||
| 1993 | 100.0% | 0.00pp | ||
| 1992 | 100.0% | 0.00pp | ||
| 1991 | 100.0% | 0.00pp | ||
| 1990 | 100.0% | 0.00pp | ||
| 1989 | 100.0% | 0.00pp | ||
| 1988 | 100.0% | 0.00pp | ||
| 1987 | 100.0% | 0.00pp | ||
| 1986 | 100.0% | 0.00pp | ||
| 1985 | 100.0% | — |
- 202522.5%-0.47pp
- 202423.0%+2.79pp
- 202320.2%+3.44pp
- 202216.8%+0.48pp
- 202116.3%+2.31pp
- 202014.0%-0.15pp
- 201914.2%+0.33pp
- 201813.8%+2.01pp
- 201711.8%-1.77pp
- 201613.6%+0.96pp
- 201512.6%+2.50pp
- 201410.1%-2.33pp
- 201312.5%-1.47pp
- 201213.9%-1.43pp
- 201115.4%+1.14pp
- 201014.2%+0.64pp
- 200913.6%+2.33pp
- 200811.2%-1.40pp
- 200712.6%+1.43pp
- 200611.2%+0.31pp
- 200510.9%-2.71pp
- 200413.6%-3.79pp
- 200317.4%-4.96pp
- 200222.4%+10.73pp
- 200111.6%+1.50pp
- 200010.1%+1.86pp
- 19998.3%-3.12pp
- 199811.4%-2.31pp
- 199713.7%-8.16pp
- 199621.9%-2.41pp
- 199524.3%-1.49pp
- 199425.8%-74.23pp
- 1993100.0%0.00pp
- 1992100.0%0.00pp
- 1991100.0%0.00pp
- 1990100.0%0.00pp
- 1989100.0%0.00pp
- 1988100.0%0.00pp
- 1987100.0%0.00pp
- 1986100.0%0.00pp
- 1985100.0%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at CenterPoint Energy (CNP)
According to CenterPoint Energy's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 22.5%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of CenterPoint Energy (CNP) operating margin is 22.55% – contracted 0.5 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, operating margin reached its high of 100.00% in 1985 and its low of 8.28% in 1999.
CenterPoint Energy Operating Margin by Year
CenterPoint Energy Operating Margin 2025: 22.5%
CenterPoint Energy operating margin in 2025 was 22.55%, contracted 0.5 percentage points from 2024.
CenterPoint Energy Operating Margin 2024: 23.0%
2024's operating margin for CenterPoint Energy came in at 23.02%, expanded 2.8 percentage points from 2023.
CenterPoint Energy Operating Margin 2023: 20.2%
CenterPoint Energy posted operating margin of 20.24% in 2023, expanded 3.4 percentage points from 2022.
CenterPoint Energy Operating Margin 2022: 16.8%
In 2022, CenterPoint Energy reported operating margin of 16.80%, expanded 0.5 percentage points from 2021.
CenterPoint Energy Operating Margin 2021: 16.3%
CenterPoint Energy operating margin in 2021 was 16.32%.
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