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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. against its own record and its peers
Operating marginPeer median 27.5%6.7%Revenue, on the yearPeer median 13.0%48.2%Equity of assetsPeer median 32.4%30.7%Return on equityPeer median 9.6%24.0%Payout of profitPeer median 67.1%80.7%Gold tick: the median of 18–20 peers with $50M+ revenue in natural gas transmisison & distribution
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Handed back now, or kept to compound · of each dollar of profit
80.7% paid out19.3% keptGrowth its own profit can fund4.6%managed 48.2% last year

Gold paid out, navy kept. Kept share × return on equity = the growth it can fund itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.

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