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CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

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CNP in the last 90 days

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) had 1 congress transaction by 1 member and 1 insider purchase worth $40,700 by 1 insider in filings from the last 90 days.

FINRA’s latest report (settlement 15 SEPT 2026) shows 46,673,652 shares held short, 7.7 days to cover, up 5.6% from the report before.

  • Congress: 0 purchases and 1 sale reported, amounts in the bands the law requires.
  • Insiders: open-market purchases only (Form 4 code P); a purchase filed by related owners counts once.
  • Delay: each filing below shows how many days passed between the trade and its publication. None of this is real-time.

Latest filing on file: 25 SEPT 2026 · FINRA settlement 15 SEPT 2026 · public filings, reported as filed

What the filings show

What the filings show · last 90 days

3 of 4 sources

-12Balanced

Leaning outBalancedLeaning in

The disclosed money is split, on what has actually been filed. Four sources agree on the picture.

Short interest
Short interest rose 4.3% — 44,731,325 to 46,673,652 shares between 15 JUL 2026 and 15 SEPT 2026. See the filings →
-11
Insider purchases
1 insider disclosed buying $40,700 across 1 filing.
+46
Congress
1 member of Congress disclosed 0 purchases and 1 sale. See the filings →
-100

This summarises filings that have already been published — it is not a forecast, a rating of the company, or advice. Every figure above is listed in full further down this page, with the document it came from.

FINRA short interest

Settlement 15 SEPT 2026 · shares held short

46,673,652shares held short

Days to cover

7.72

Avg daily volume

6,042,004

Since last report

+5.61%

As of 15 September 2026, 46,673,652 CenterPoint Energy, Inc. shares were held short — the total across every reporting firm, not one fund's position. That is 2,479,753 shares more than the previous report, a 5.61% increase. At the average daily volume of 6,042,004 shares, that position represents 7.72 days of trading — what the filing calls days to cover.

This is the most recent figure that exists, and it is 17 days old. FINRA collects short interest twice a month, on a settlement date, and publishes it about eight business days later. So nobody has a live short-interest number for CNP — not us, and not anyone quoting one. We print the settlement date on the figure so you always know which day you are looking at.

Across the 12 reports we hold, the position has risen from 40,996,190 shares on 31 March 2026 to 46,673,652 today, a change of 13.8%. The highest reading in that window was 46,673,652 shares on 15 September 2026.

SettlementShares shortDays to cover
15 SEPT 202646,673,6527.72
31 AUG 202644,193,8997.57
14 AUG 202642,134,0246.53
31 JUL 202646,475,1567.24
15 JUL 202644,731,3256.63
30 JUN 202644,660,5835.43
15 JUN 202642,521,2759.20
29 MAY 202638,913,2906.56
15 MAY 202636,732,1937.28
30 APR 202639,417,4847.21
15 APR 202641,388,70511.38
31 MAR 202640,996,1908.66
What is CNP's short interest?
46,673,652 shares, as of the 15 September 2026 settlement date. That is the figure FINRA published, unadjusted.
What percentage of the float is short?
We do not publish that, because FINRA does not publish float. The regulator reports the number of shares held short; turning it into a percentage needs a share count from somewhere else, and different sources disagree about what counts as float. We would rather give you the number that was actually filed than a percentage built on an assumption.
How current is this?
It is 17 days old, and that is as fresh as short interest gets. FINRA measures it twice a month and publishes it seven business days after the settlement date. Any site showing you a "live" short interest figure is showing you something else.
What does days to cover mean?
It is the short position divided by average daily trading volume — here, 7.72. It describes how many days of ordinary trading the position is equivalent to. It is arithmetic from the filing, not a prediction about what will happen.
Where does this come from?
FINRA's consolidated short interest file, which is public. We read it directly and store it unchanged, except that we blank the days-to-cover placeholder FINRA writes when a stock has almost no volume.

Disclosed insider buying on file

$40,700across 1 purchase

Open-market purchases only — the amount is a fact, not a verdict.

On file here

Short positions0

Insider purchases1

Congress transactions2

Latest change25 SEPT 2026

SHORT POSITIONS · 0INSIDER BUYS · 1CONGRESS · 2

Insider purchases on file

  • SEC — Form 4 insider purchase

    Fitch Laurie LeeDirector

    BOUGHTCommon Stock

    $40,700

    1,000 sh @ $40.7

    17 AUG 2026 → filed 18 AUG 2026

    Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0002065238-26-000005 →

Congress transactions on file

2 disclosed · newest first · every row links to its filing

WhoAmount as filedTradedFiledLag
Hon. Kevin HernSOLD$15,001 – $50,00015 SEPT 202625 SEPT 202610 days
Hon. Rob BresnahanBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00025 FEB 202527 MAR 202530 days
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