CenterPoint to Report Third-Quarter Results on Oct. 27 as Investors Await 2026 Outlook
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CenterPoint Energy will report third-quarter results before the market opens on Oct. 27, 2026, and hold an investor call at 8:00 a.m. Eastern time, according to a notice Nasdaq relayed from the company. The announcement comes as markets await an update to the company’s outlook, after it reaffirmed in July non-GAAP earnings-per-share guidance of at least the midpoint of a range of $1.89 to $1.91 for 2026. The company said that midpoint represents 8% growth compared with results in 2025. Confirmed information available here does not include third-quarter results or updated guidance, so the earnings figures in the previous draft remain unverified. Ahead of the announcement, analysts expected earnings of $0.49 per share and revenue of $2.12 billion, according to a preview published by Investing.com and attributed to Reuters.
Second-quarter results provide a reference point for comparison with the current annual guidance. CenterPoint reported earnings per share of $0.37 on a GAAP basis and $0.40 on a non-GAAP basis, according to the company’s July statement. In the same statement, the company maintained its 2026 guidance range of $1.89 to $1.91 per share, targeting at least the midpoint. It linked the midpoint to annual growth of 8% compared with results in 2025. These figures are the latest annual guidance available in the confirmed information ahead of the third-quarter results announcement.
The company is expanding its investment plan while seeking new sources of electricity demand. In July, CenterPoint increased its 10-year capital program by $1.2 billion, bringing planned investment to a total of $66.7 billion over the 2026 to 2035 period, according to its statement. It said the increase supports growing demand from large-load customers in Houston. It also said applications for large-load projects submitted through the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ “Batch Zero” process exceeded 17 gigawatts in the second quarter. About 14 gigawatts of those applications are expected to qualify as baseload or be studied, it added.
The company operates in a market where investors are tracking data center growth and its electricity needs. CenterPoint provides energy services to more than 7 million customers across Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Texas, according to the notice Nasdaq relayed from the company. Its assets totaled about $48.3 billion as of June 30, 2026. Across the Texas grid, the Electric Reliability Council was evaluating interconnection requests for large loads exceeding 200 gigawatts, with more than two-thirds tied to data centers, according to the Reuters preview. This broad demand puts the company’s capital expansion plans in the context of rising grid needs, without on its own determining the scale of investment CenterPoint will approve.
Investors are expected to focus on what management says about the company’s role in Texas data center expansion and investment opportunities in electricity transmission, topics highlighted in the Reuters preview ahead of the announcement. The preview also expected management to discuss a second-half 2026 transmission study identifying projects for the 2028 to 2032 period. It reported that an analyst saw potential for these projects to add investment to the existing plan. These remain areas of investor focus ahead of the results, not confirmed company guidance. As for the stock, EL7 data showed a close of $41.07 on Oct. 23 and $41.20 on Oct. 26, ahead of the results announcement scheduled for the following day.