CNP
StockCenterPoint Energy, Inc.
One email when a drop — in price or in valuation — is historically rare for CNP. Otherwise we stay quiet.
Bigger than its usual dip. Not yet rare.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is 13.9% off its high — deeper than its 4% average pullback, but it has been through 230 drawdowns before. Not historically significant yet — we'll say so if that changes.
But down is not the same as cheap: CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s P/S Severity Score is 0.0 — its valuation sits in or above its typical range.
Elevated
Current Drawdown
-13.9%
Days in Drawdown
42
Avg Max Drawdown
4.0%
Avg Length
62
Drawdown Severity Score™
3.1
CNP - Price & High Water Mark
CNP - Drawdown Timeline
How to read this chart: Negative values indicate drawdowns from all-time highs. Values closer to 0% mean the stock is near its high water mark.
Valuation vs Its Own History
Data as of August 22, 2026 · updated daily
Where today's valuation sits within CNP's own multi-year range, scored with the same Drawdown Severity Score language as price, measured from its typical level rather than its record high — a higher score means it has rarely been cheaper. This is context, not a recommendation.
Price to Sales
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. has been cheaper on this measure only about 94% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
Price to Sales history
EV to EBITDA
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. has been cheaper on this measure only about 91% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
EV to EBITDA history · log scale
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) Analysis: Current Drawdown Insights
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is currently in a drawdown that is unusual by its own historical standards. As of 2026-08-21, the stock is trading at $38.77, which represents a 13.9% decline from its all-time high of $45.04. This drawdown has persisted for 42 days.
Based on its full tracked price history, CenterPoint Energy, Inc. typically experiences drawdowns averaging 4.0% in depth, with an average duration of 62 days. CenterPoint Energy, Inc. has gone through 230 total drawdown events in its tracked history. The largest drawdown on record for CenterPoint Energy, Inc. was 88.4%, beginning in 2001. The longest drawdown duration on record was 4091 days.
The Drawdown Severity Score™ for CenterPoint Energy, Inc. currently stands at 3.05. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. A score between 3.0 and 5.0 indicates an elevated drawdown that's larger than this asset's historical averages.
Understanding Drawdowns: A drawdown measures how far a stock has fallen from its peak price. Every stock experiences drawdowns: periods when the price declines from all-time highs before recovering. By analyzing CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s historical drawdown patterns, investors can identify when the stock is experiencing a typical market fluctuation versus an unusual decline that is rare by that stock's own historical standards.
📜 Historical Drawdown Events
Current drawdown shown in blue. Showing the most recent and the deepest of 230 tracked pullbacks (66 listed).
| Start Date | End Date | Duration | Max Depth | Start Price | Lowest Price | Recovery Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | Ongoing | 42 days | -13.9% | $45.04 | $38.77 | n/a |
| 2026-03-17 | 2026-06-25 | 100 days | -6.5% | $44.14 | $41.29 | $44.22 |
| 2026-03-05 | 2026-03-16 | 11 days | -2.4% | $44.02 | $42.95 | $44.14 |
| 2026-03-02 | 2026-03-04 | 3 days | -0.4% | $43.50 | $43.34 | $44.02 |
| 2026-02-26 | 2026-02-27 | 2 days | -0.4% | $43.19 | $43.01 | $43.50 |
| 2026-02-23 | 2026-02-25 | 2 days | -0.5% | $43.00 | $42.80 | $43.19 |
| 2026-02-18 | 2026-02-20 | 3 days | -1.7% | $42.65 | $41.93 | $43.00 |
| 2026-02-05 | 2026-02-10 | 6 days | -0.7% | $40.35 | $40.05 | $40.97 |
| 2025-10-21 | 2026-02-03 | 106 days | -6.7% | $40.00 | $37.33 | $40.19 |
| 2025-10-16 | 2025-10-20 | 5 days | -0.6% | $39.64 | $39.42 | $40.00 |
| 2025-10-09 | 2025-10-15 | 7 days | -1.1% | $39.34 | $38.89 | $39.64 |
| 2025-10-07 | 2025-10-08 | 2 days | -0.1% | $39.24 | $39.21 | $39.34 |
| 2025-09-30 | 2025-10-06 | 7 days | -2.5% | $38.91 | $37.96 | $39.24 |
| 2025-09-25 | 2025-09-29 | 5 days | -1.8% | $38.79 | $38.10 | $38.91 |
| 2025-08-05 | 2025-09-24 | 51 days | -4.2% | $38.72 | $37.11 | $38.79 |
| 2025-08-01 | 2025-08-04 | 4 days | -0.0% | $38.38 | $38.37 | $38.72 |
| 2025-05-08 | 2025-07-31 | 85 days | -8.4% | $38.38 | $35.16 | $38.38 |
| 2025-05-05 | 2025-05-07 | 3 days | -0.3% | $38.32 | $38.21 | $38.38 |
| 2025-05-01 | 2025-05-02 | 2 days | -0.5% | $38.11 | $37.94 | $38.32 |
| 2025-04-04 | 2025-04-24 | 21 days | -5.0% | $36.72 | $34.89 | $37.25 |
| 2025-03-31 | 2025-04-01 | 2 days | -0.1% | $35.63 | $35.61 | $36.17 |
| 2025-03-21 | 2025-03-28 | 8 days | -2.0% | $35.34 | $34.62 | $35.63 |
| 2025-03-04 | 2025-03-13 | 9 days | -3.4% | $33.98 | $32.83 | $34.02 |
| 2025-02-24 | 2025-02-28 | 5 days | -1.6% | $33.70 | $33.16 | $33.79 |
| 2025-02-20 | 2025-02-21 | 2 days | -0.4% | $33.29 | $33.15 | $33.70 |
| 2025-02-14 | 2025-02-18 | 5 days | -0.1% | $32.64 | $32.62 | $33.01 |
| 2025-01-22 | 2025-02-13 | 23 days | -2.8% | $32.28 | $31.39 | $32.64 |
| 2025-01-17 | 2025-01-21 | 5 days | -0.7% | $32.03 | $31.79 | $32.28 |
| 2024-11-29 | 2025-01-16 | 49 days | -5.5% | $31.89 | $30.14 | $32.03 |
| 2022-09-13 | 2024-11-19 | 799 days | -22.8% | $30.38 | $23.45 | $30.46 |
| 2022-08-22 | 2022-09-07 | 17 days | -3.4% | $29.97 | $28.94 | $29.99 |
| 2022-08-17 | 2022-08-19 | 3 days | -0.4% | $29.97 | $29.84 | $29.97 |
| 2022-04-21 | 2022-08-15 | 117 days | -15.9% | $29.73 | $25.01 | $29.84 |
| 2022-04-11 | 2022-04-20 | 10 days | -1.0% | $29.50 | $29.21 | $29.73 |
| 2022-04-04 | 2022-04-06 | 3 days | -0.7% | $28.28 | $28.08 | $28.85 |
| 2022-03-30 | 2022-04-01 | 3 days | -0.5% | $27.96 | $27.82 | $28.28 |
| 2022-03-28 | 2022-03-29 | 2 days | -0.1% | $27.61 | $27.58 | $27.96 |
| 2022-03-18 | 2022-03-21 | 4 days | -0.1% | $26.40 | $26.38 | $26.76 |
| 2022-03-07 | 2022-03-17 | 10 days | -2.1% | $26.32 | $25.77 | $26.40 |
| 2019-02-25 | 2022-03-04 | 1104 days | -59.8% | $25.87 | $10.40 | $26.32 |
| 2019-02-05 | 2019-02-19 | 15 days | -1.1% | $25.25 | $24.98 | $25.48 |
| 2019-02-01 | 2019-02-04 | 4 days | -0.4% | $25.24 | $25.15 | $25.25 |
| 2019-01-25 | 2019-01-30 | 6 days | -1.1% | $24.59 | $24.32 | $24.66 |
| 2019-01-18 | 2019-01-22 | 5 days | -0.3% | $24.11 | $24.03 | $24.17 |
| 2019-01-11 | 2019-01-16 | 6 days | -1.1% | $24.09 | $23.84 | $24.10 |
| 2019-01-09 | 2019-01-10 | 2 days | -1.2% | $23.95 | $23.66 | $24.09 |
| 2018-12-14 | 2019-01-08 | 26 days | -7.2% | $23.95 | $22.22 | $23.95 |
| 2017-09-12 | 2018-12-13 | 458 days | -16.6% | $23.64 | $19.73 | $23.95 |
| 2017-08-29 | 2017-09-07 | 10 days | -1.6% | $23.24 | $22.86 | $23.26 |
| 2017-08-24 | 2017-08-25 | 2 days | -0.3% | $23.08 | $23.01 | $23.08 |
| 2017-08-17 | 2017-08-18 | 2 days | -0.6% | $22.48 | $22.34 | $22.53 |
| 2016-07-25 | 2016-11-28 | 127 days | -10.5% | $18.20 | $16.28 | $18.23 |
| 2014-11-11 | 2016-06-09 | 576 days | -32.5% | $17.17 | $11.59 | $17.24 |
| 2014-07-01 | 2014-11-10 | 133 days | -12.5% | $17.11 | $14.98 | $17.17 |
| 2013-11-18 | 2014-04-25 | 158 days | -9.5% | $16.46 | $14.89 | $16.49 |
| 2012-10-18 | 2013-02-28 | 134 days | -11.7% | $13.64 | $12.04 | $13.71 |
| 2001-05-02 | 2012-07-13 | 4091 days | -88.4% | $12.91 | $1.50 | $13.03 |
| 2000-10-03 | 2001-04-17 | 197 days | -32.1% | $12.21 | $8.30 | $12.63 |
| 1998-11-17 | 2000-07-10 | 601 days | -36.0% | $7.69 | $4.92 | $7.79 |
| 1998-06-25 | 1998-09-29 | 97 days | -13.8% | $7.03 | $6.06 | $7.13 |
| 1996-07-02 | 1997-10-20 | 476 days | -19.9% | $4.90 | $3.92 | $4.92 |
| 1996-01-09 | 1996-07-01 | 174 days | -18.3% | $4.89 | $3.99 | $4.90 |
| 1993-11-02 | 1995-05-26 | 570 days | -36.0% | $3.92 | $2.51 | $3.94 |
| 1993-02-23 | 1993-08-30 | 188 days | -10.9% | $3.72 | $3.31 | $3.72 |
| 1989-12-21 | 1990-08-01 | 223 days | -9.6% | $2.13 | $1.93 | $2.16 |
| 1987-01-29 | 1989-06-13 | 866 days | -20.7% | $1.78 | $1.41 | $1.80 |
| 1986-08-25 | 1986-12-02 | 100 days | -14.3% | $1.64 | $1.40 | $1.65 |
How to read: Each row shows a complete drawdown from peak to recovery. Red rows = most severe drawdowns (worst 20% or 5x+ average), yellow rows = moderate (2x-5x worse than average).
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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) is trading at $38.77 as of Aug 21, 2026. It is 13.9% below its high of $45.04. The drawdown has lasted 42 days. Severity score: 3.1 (Elevated).
CNP Price History and Drawdown Data
Latest price
$38.77
High-water mark
$45.04
Current drawdown
-13.9%
Days in drawdown
42
This CNP page is built around daily price history, the latest high-water mark, current drawdown depth, drawdown duration, and comparable historical drawdown events. The chart above provides the price-history context, while the sections below explain how the current move compares with prior CenterPoint Energy, Inc. drawdowns.
What History Says About CNP
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. has dropped 20%+ from its high 8 times in its tracked history. These events lasted an average of 1101 days with an average max drop of -41.0%.
The current drawdown of -13.9% has lasted 42 days, which is within the typical range for comparable events.
| Period | Max Drop | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| May 2001 to Jul 2012 | -88.4% | 4091 days |
| Feb 2019 to Mar 2022 | -59.8% | 1104 days |
| Nov 1998 to Jul 2000 | -36.0% | 601 days |
| Nov 1993 to May 1995 | -36.0% | 570 days |
| Nov 2014 to Jun 2016 | -32.5% | 576 days |
| Oct 2000 to Apr 2001 | -32.1% | 197 days |
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