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CenterPoint Energy (FRA:HOU) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of Jun. 04, 2025)


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What is CenterPoint Energy Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

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CenterPoint Energy Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for CenterPoint Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

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CenterPoint Energy Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

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Competitive Comparison of CenterPoint Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, CenterPoint Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


CenterPoint Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, CenterPoint Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CenterPoint Energy's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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CenterPoint Energy Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

CenterPoint Energy's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, CenterPoint Energy's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=-0.889/134.9266*134.9266
=-0.889

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

CenterPoint Energy Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.175 100.684 0.235
201509 -0.048 100.392 -0.065
201512 -0.216 99.792 -0.292
201603 0.633 100.470 0.850
201606 0.153 101.688 0.203
201609 0.060 101.861 0.079
201612 0.219 101.863 0.290
201703 0.011 102.862 0.014
201706 0.047 103.349 0.061
201709 0.012 104.136 0.016
201712 -0.084 104.011 -0.109
201803 0.228 105.290 0.292
201806 0.543 106.317 0.689
201809 0.319 106.507 0.404
201812 -0.127 105.998 -0.162
201903 -0.467 107.251 -0.588
201906 -0.577 108.070 -0.720
201909 -0.254 108.329 -0.316
201912 -0.235 108.420 -0.292
202003 -0.004 108.902 -0.005
202006 -0.159 108.767 -0.197
202009 -0.547 109.815 -0.672
202012 -0.226 109.897 -0.277
202103 -3.029 111.754 -3.657
202106 -0.256 114.631 -0.301
202109 -0.288 115.734 -0.336
202112 -0.663 117.630 -0.760
202203 -0.383 121.301 -0.426
202206 -0.952 125.017 -1.027
202209 -1.359 125.227 -1.464
202212 -1.280 125.222 -1.379
202303 0.870 127.348 0.922
202306 -0.535 128.729 -0.561
202309 -0.706 129.860 -0.734
202312 -0.391 129.419 -0.408
202403 -0.446 131.776 -0.457
202406 -0.342 132.554 -0.348
202409 -0.984 133.029 -0.998
202412 -1.641 133.157 -1.663
202503 -0.889 134.927 -0.889

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


CenterPoint Energy  (FRA:HOU) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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CenterPoint Energy Business Description

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Address
1111 Louisiana, Houston, TX, USA, 77002
CenterPoint Energy owns a portfolio of businesses. Its regulated electric utilities provide transmission and distribution services to more than 2.5 million customers in the Houston area, southern Indiana, and west central Ohio. The company has natural gas distribution systems serving approximately 4 million customers.

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