CenterPoint Energy vs PPL
CNP and PPL side by side, both in electric services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CNP and PPL compare
CenterPoint Energy and PPL are about the same size, with market caps of $28.0B and $26.8B.
On earnings, PPL is cheaper: it trades at 21.1× trailing earnings, against 25.0× for CenterPoint Energy.
PPL keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.5% compared with 11.6% at CenterPoint Energy.
Both pay dividends: CenterPoint Energy yields 2.2% and PPL 3.2%.
PPL scores higher on the StockData Score (9 against 6 for CenterPoint Energy), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CNP | PPL |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $28.0B | $26.8B |
| Share price | $42.44 | $35.65 |
| Change, 1 year | 9.0% | −2.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 59.1% | 24.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.40 | 0.41 |
| Employees | 3,712 | 6,546 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 9 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 2 |
| Health score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 25.0× | 21.1× (better) |
| P/S | 2.9× | 2.9× (better) |
| P/B | 2.4× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.9× (better) | 20.7× |
| PEG | 119.33 | 1.32 (better) |
| FCF yield | −9.6% | −7.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $36.12 | $35.02 |
| Margin of safety | −17.5% | −1.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.1% | – |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.8% | 10.6% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 19.3% | 28.1% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 18.9% | 27.1% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −3.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 100.0% | – |
| Operating margin | 23.2% | 24.1% (better) |
| Net margin | 11.6% | 13.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | −28.0% | −21.2% (better) |
| Return on equity | 9.8% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 5.8% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.95 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.76 (better) | 8.83 |
| Interest coverage | 2.2× | 2.6× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.12 (better) | 0.91 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.90 | 0.98 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | 3.2% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 52.7% | 64.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | 3 | 3 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | −8.1% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.2% | 3.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 106% | 91.2% |
| Held by insiders | 0.30% | 0.17% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$200K (better) | −$251K |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.4% | – |
Go deeper
- CNP stock overview
- CNP income statement
- CNP valuation and score
- PPL stock overview
- PPL income statement
- PPL valuation and score
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