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Company: CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC (CNP)

This page shows only data up to the final business day of 2012.

Additional financial information for this company can be found at:
Total number of dividends paid: 133.

Dividend payment frequency:

FrequencyNumber of dividends
Annually0
Semi-annually0
Quarterly133
Monthly0
Irregularly0
'none'0

Current frequency is quarterly.

Dividend payment timing:

MonthNumber of dividends
January0
February0
March35
April0
May0
June33
July0
August0
September33
October0
November0
December32

Cancellations/Discontinuations/Omissions:

StatusNumber
Cancelled0
Discontinued0
Omitted0

Data by year:

Companies that declare a dividend late in one calendar year, might pay it early in the next calendar year.
This page will show both dividends declared per year, as well as dividends paid per year, in case the latter makes it look as if there was a freeze or a decrease.
The second column shows dividends declared per year.
The third column shows the increase in dividends declared from one year to the next.
The fourth column shows dividends paid per year.
The fifth column shows the increase in dividends paid from one year to the next.

YearDividends declaredIncrease from previous yearDividends paidIncrease from previous yearCAGR to 2012 fromBumpiness to 2012 from
1980$ 0.89333$ 0.89333The dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1981$ 0.91333 2.239%$ 0.91333 2.239%The dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1982$ 1.08000 18.248%$ 1.08000 18.248%The dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1983$ 1.14000 5.556%$ 1.14000 5.556%The dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1984$ 1.22000 7.018%$ 1.22000 7.018%The dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1985$ 1.30000 6.557%$ 1.30000 6.557%The dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1986$ 1.38000 6.154%$ 1.38000 6.154%The dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1987$ 1.43000 3.623%$ 1.43000 3.623%The dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1988$ 1.47000 2.797%$ 1.47000 2.797%The dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1989$ 1.48000 0.680%$ 1.48000 0.680%The dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1990$ 1.48000NO CHANGE$ 1.48000NO CHANGEThe dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1991$ 1.48000NO CHANGE$ 1.48000NO CHANGEThe dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1992$ 1.49000 0.676%$ 1.49000 0.676%The dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1993$ 1.87500 25.839%$ 1.50000 0.671%The dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1994$ 1.50000DECREASE$ 1.50000NO CHANGEThe dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1995$ 1.50000NO CHANGE$ 1.50000NO CHANGEThe dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1996$ 1.50000NO CHANGE$ 1.50000NO CHANGEThe dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1997$ 1.50000NO CHANGE$ 1.50000NO CHANGEThe dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1998$ 1.50000NO CHANGE$ 1.50000NO CHANGEThe dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
1999$ 1.50000NO CHANGE$ 1.50000NO CHANGEThe dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
2000$ 1.50000NO CHANGE$ 1.50000NO CHANGEThe dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
2001$ 1.12500DECREASE$ 1.50000NO CHANGEThe dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
2002$ 1.07000DECREASE$ 1.07000DECREASEThe dividend for 2012 was less than the dividend for this yearThere is no useful bumpiness for this year
2003$ 0.40000DECREASE$ 0.40000DECREASE 8.155% 25
2004$ 0.40000NO CHANGE$ 0.40000NO CHANGE 9.220% 26
2005$ 0.34000DECREASE$ 0.34000DECREASE 13.203% 25
2006$ 0.60000 76.471%$ 0.60000 76.471% 5.129% 4
2007$ 0.68000 13.333%$ 0.68000 13.333% 3.561% 2
2008$ 0.73000 7.353%$ 0.73000 7.353% 2.634% 1
2009$ 0.76000 4.110%$ 0.76000 4.110% 2.147% 1
2010$ 0.78000 2.632%$ 0.78000 2.632% 1.905% 1
2011$ 0.79000 1.282%$ 0.79000 1.282% 2.532% 0
2012$ 0.81000 2.532%$ 0.81000 2.532%

What price should you pay today if you wanted last year's dividends ($ 0.81000) to represent a yield of X%?

YieldPrice
0.5%$162.00
1.0%$ 81.00
1.5%$ 54.00
2.0%$ 40.50
2.5%$ 32.40
3.0%$ 27.00
3.5%$ 23.14
4.0%$ 20.25
4.5%$ 18.00
5.0%$ 16.20
5.5%$ 14.73
6.0%$ 13.50
6.5%$ 12.46
7.0%$ 11.57
7.5%$ 10.80
8.0%$ 10.12
8.5%$ 9.53
9.0%$ 9.00
9.5%$ 8.53
10.0%$ 8.10

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