Seasonality
CNP seasonality — CenterPoint Energy
Over the last 11 years, CNP's strongest month on average has been November (+3.1%) and its weakest February (-2.1%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.58% | +1.02% | 60% | +9.5% | -2.9% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.08% | -3.04% | 30% | +9.6% | -13.1% | 10 |
| Mar | +1.38% | +2.73% | 80% | +16.5% | -32.9% | 10 |
| Apr | +2.90% | +2.85% | 80% | +10.2% | -7.5% | 10 |
| May | -0.23% | +1.72% | 60% | +4.7% | -8.3% | 10 |
| Jun | +0.44% | +1.10% | 60% | +6.0% | -7.7% | 10 |
| Jul | +1.38% | +2.87% | 80% | +7.1% | -10.4% | 10 |
| Aug | -1.59% | -2.02% | 20% | +5.6% | -7.3% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.92% | -1.67% | 30% | +9.0% | -10.6% | 10 |
| Oct | +2.62% | +0.82% | 70% | +15.3% | -3.7% | 10 |
| Nov | +3.09% | +4.55% | 78% | +10.5% | -15.5% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.13% | -0.97% | 50% | +11.0% | -6.7% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — CNP
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.5 | 9.6 | -0.8 | 1.1 | -3.2 | 4.2 | -4.5 | -5.8 | -7.1 | 15.3 | -4.2 | +6.0% | |
| 2025 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 7.0 | -4.0 | -1.3 | 5.7 | -2.9 | 2.9 | -1.4 | 4.5 | -4.1 | +20.8% |
| 2024 | -2.2 | -1.6 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 1.5 | -10.4 | -1.6 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 10.5 | -2.7 | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 0.4 | -7.6 | 5.9 | 3.4 | -7.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | -7.3 | -3.7 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 1.1 | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 1.6 | -3.6 | 12.0 | -0.1 | 4.7 | -7.7 | 7.1 | -0.5 | -10.6 | 1.5 | 8.7 | -3.6 | +7.5% |
| 2021 | -2.5 | -7.8 | 16.5 | 8.1 | 3.3 | -3.1 | 3.8 | -1.4 | -1.9 | 5.8 | -0.5 | 7.7 | +29.0% |
| 2020 | -2.9 | -13.1 | -32.9 | 10.2 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 5.6 | -3.6 | 9.2 | 9.8 | -6.7 | -20.6% |
| 2019 | 9.5 | -2.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | -8.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | -4.5 | 9.0 | -3.7 | -15.5 | 11.0 | -3.4% |
| 2018 | -0.6 | -4.0 | 1.3 | -7.5 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 2.8 | -2.4 | -0.5 | -2.3 | 3.7 | 0.8 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 0.3 | -4.3 | 3.0 | 5.1 | -1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | -5.5 | +15.1% |
| 2016 | 3.3 |