CNP Dividend History & Description — CenterPoint Energy, Inc

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is an energy delivery company operating electric and natural gas facilities in several states, including Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, and Texas. The Electric segment includes Houston Electric and Indiana Electric businesses, while the Natural Gas segment handles intrastate sales, transportation, and distribution for various customers in the same states. The table and chart below provide CNP historical dividends for CenterPoint Energy, Inc., including payout dates, dividend amounts and yield data. Together, the profile and dividend table put CNP dividend data in context, including historical payouts, yield information, next dividend date projections and dividend growth trends.

Preferred: CNP.PRB

Name: 
CenterPoint Energy, Inc
Website: 
www.centerpointenergy.com
Sector: 
Electric Utilities
Number of ETFs Holding CNP: 
202 (see which ones)

CNP Stock Dividend History

The CNP dividend history graphic shown above is presented after taking into consideration any known stock split occurrences, in order to present the most directly comparable CNP historical dividend comparison possible. Historical dividends, when charted graphically, can reveal the long-term variability and/or growth within the CNP dividend history record. Also see the CNP stock dividend history data table along the right-hand column below.

CNP Dividend History FAQ

What is the CNP dividend history?
I am following CenterPoint Energy, Inc, under stock symbol CNP, and I would like to know what their dividend history looks like?

Accepted answer: In our Dividend Channel database, the first CNP dividend we cover in our data set is from 08/14/1995, and the latest dividend is from 05/21/2026, those being the historical ex-dividend dates. CenterPoint Energy, Inc is showing 127 total dividends in the CNP dividend history we have available. The last dividend to have gone ex-div was in the amount of 0.23 per share.

  Suggested answer: Are you looking to know how many historical dividends CenterPoint Energy, Inc has had? If so, our database shows 127 historical dividends with the earliest in our data set being from 08/14/1995.

  Suggested answer: The CenterPoint Energy, Inc dividend history is 127 entries long in the Dividend Channel database which goes back to 08/14/1995.


What is the CNP historical dividend amount?
For the most recent dividend to have passed its ex-dividend date for CNP, what is the amount per share and when did it go ex-div?

Accepted answer: The per-share amount for the most recent historical dividend, i.e. the most recent dividend that has already passed its ex-dividend date, is 0.23 per share, having gone ex-dividend on 05/21/2026

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Buy (2.78 out of 4)
82nd percentile
(ranked higher than approx. 82% of all stocks covered)

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