CenterPoint Energy, Inc (Holdin — Earnings Quality Grade F
CNP · Utilities
Major red flags
Screening Summary
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
DSO 31 days, change +1 days YoY
AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years
Revenue 8.3%, CFFO 16.2%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
Inventory 2.5% vs COGS 10.2%. Normal
CapEx growth 7.9% vs revenue 8.3%. Normal
Insufficient data
Gross margin 45.1%, change -0.9pp. Stable
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = 2.36. Profits backed by cash
FCF < 50% of Net Income for 3 years
Accruals ratio = -3.1%. Low accruals
Cash $0.5B covers only 2% of debt $23.0B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $3.5B = 32% of equity
Debt/EBITDA = 6.2x (>4x). Financial stress
Other assets -10.1% vs revenue 8.3%. Normal
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions negative for 3 years
Goodwill+Intangibles change -10% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
Insufficient data
Altman Z-Score
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-10