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Centerpoint Energy Inc

CNP
Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Electric Services
SEC CIK
0001130310

In the last 90 days, Centerpoint Energy Inc insiders filed 1 open-market purchase and 0 sales; 873 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $30.7B in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

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Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
49.8M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
+2.58M
+5.5% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
6.85
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
7.27M
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 18,192,242 sharesNov 15, 2024: 16,673,580 sharesNov 29, 2024: 18,202,579 sharesDec 13, 2024: 18,849,054 sharesDec 31, 2024: 23,642,143 sharesJan 15, 2025: 22,778,903 sharesJan 31, 2025: 22,261,590 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 23,149,978 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 25,323,866 sharesMar 14, 2025: 25,826,813 sharesMar 31, 2025: 26,907,629 sharesApr 15, 2025: 28,943,249 sharesApr 30, 2025: 29,322,493 sharesMay 15, 2025: 28,264,699 sharesMay 30, 2025: 29,850,212 sharesJun 13, 2025: 29,046,465 sharesJun 30, 2025: 28,908,729 sharesJul 15, 2025: 30,394,226 sharesJul 31, 2025: 31,487,368 sharesAug 15, 2025: 32,188,587 sharesAug 29, 2025: 32,195,145 sharesSep 15, 2025: 33,428,419 sharesSep 30, 2025: 30,799,910 sharesOct 15, 2025: 33,770,074 sharesOct 31, 2025: 34,066,797 sharesNov 14, 2025: 31,238,145 sharesNov 28, 2025: 37,729,971 sharesDec 15, 2025: 36,645,312 sharesDec 31, 2025: 34,572,178 sharesJan 15, 2026: 32,692,881 sharesJan 30, 2026: 34,461,629 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 34,728,048 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 37,310,888 sharesMar 13, 2026: 39,325,764 sharesMar 31, 2026: 40,996,190 sharesApr 15, 2026: 41,388,705 sharesApr 30, 2026: 39,417,484 sharesMay 15, 2026: 36,732,193 sharesMay 29, 2026: 38,913,290 sharesJun 15, 2026: 42,521,275 sharesJun 30, 2026: 44,660,583 sharesJul 15, 2026: 44,731,325 sharesJul 31, 2026: 46,475,156 sharesAug 14, 2026: 42,134,024 sharesAug 31, 2026: 44,193,899 sharesSep 15, 2026: 46,673,652 sharesSep 30, 2026: 48,300,545 sharesOct 15, 2026: 47,262,059 sharesOct 30, 2026: 49,846,242 shares
Short interest in CNP by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 202649.8M+2.58M+5.5%7.27M6.85
Oct 15, 202647.3M−1.04M−2.2%7.05M6.71
Sep 30, 202648.3M+1.63M+3.5%6.70M7.21
Sep 15, 202646.7M+2.48M+5.6%6.04M7.72
Aug 31, 202644.2M+2.06M+4.9%5.84M7.57
Aug 14, 202642.1M−4.34M−9.3%6.46M6.53
Jul 31, 202646.5M+1.74M+3.9%6.42M7.24
Jul 15, 202644.7M+70.7K+0.2%6.75M6.63
Jun 30, 202644.7M+2.14M+5.0%8.22M5.43
Jun 15, 202642.5M+3.61M+9.3%4.62M9.20
May 29, 202638.9M+2.18M+5.9%5.93M6.56
May 15, 202636.7M−2.69M−6.8%5.04M7.28
Apr 30, 202639.4M−1.97M−4.8%5.47M7.21
Apr 15, 202641.4M+392.5K+1.0%3.64M11.38
Mar 31, 202641.0M+1.67M+4.3%4.73M8.66
Mar 13, 202639.3M+2.01M+5.4%4.59M8.56
Feb 27, 202637.3M+2.58M+7.4%8.08M4.62
Feb 13, 202634.7M+266.4K+0.8%6.04M5.75
Jan 30, 202634.5M+1.77M+5.4%5.56M6.20
Jan 15, 202632.7M−1.88M−5.4%4.42M7.40
Dec 31, 202534.6M−2.07M−5.7%4.44M7.79
Dec 15, 202536.6M−1.08M−2.9%4.74M7.73
Nov 28, 202537.7M+6.49M+20.8%4.57M8.25
Nov 14, 202531.2M−2.83M−8.3%4.55M6.87
Oct 31, 202534.1M+296.7K+0.9%4.88M6.98
Oct 15, 202533.8M+2.97M+9.6%4.91M6.87
Sep 30, 202530.8M−2.63M−7.9%6.52M4.72
Sep 15, 202533.4M+1.23M+3.8%4.74M7.05
Aug 29, 202532.2M+6.56K0.0%4.26M7.57
Aug 15, 202532.2M+701.2K+2.2%4.19M7.69
Jul 31, 202531.5M+1.09M+3.6%7.06M4.46
Jul 15, 202530.4M+1.49M+5.1%4.40M6.91
Jun 30, 202528.9M−137.7K−0.5%5.37M5.38
Jun 13, 202529.0M−803.7K−2.7%5.18M5.61
May 30, 202529.9M+1.59M+5.6%6.37M4.69
May 15, 202528.3M−1.06M−3.6%4.97M5.69
Apr 30, 202529.3M+379.2K+1.3%5.07M5.79
Apr 15, 202528.9M+2.04M+7.6%8.89M3.26
Mar 31, 202526.9M+1.08M+4.2%5.14M5.23
Mar 14, 202525.8M+502.9K+2.0%4.94M5.23
Feb 28, 202525.3M+2.17M+9.4%5.47M4.63
Feb 14, 202523.1M+888.4K+4.0%3.59M6.45
Jan 31, 202522.3M−517.3K−2.3%4.33M5.14
Jan 15, 202522.8M−863.2K−3.7%3.92M5.80
Dec 31, 202423.6M+4.79M+25.4%5.30M4.46
Dec 13, 202418.8M+646.5K+3.6%3.78M4.98
Nov 29, 202418.2M+1.53M+9.2%4.25M4.28
Nov 15, 202416.7M−1.52M−8.4%5.47M3.05
Oct 31, 202418.2M−1.16M−6.0%5.04M3.61

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in CNP by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 13, 20268,856$39.03$345.6K
Oct 9, 20262$38.42$76.84
Oct 7, 20262$38.56$77.12
Oct 1, 20261,620$36.80$59.6K
Sep 30, 20267$36.94$258.58
Sep 29, 202624$36.62$878.88
Sep 28, 202622$36.84$810.48
Sep 25, 202664$36.82$2.36K
Sep 24, 202615$37.16$557.4
Sep 23, 202682$37.85$3.10K
Sep 22, 202625$37.99$949.75
Sep 21, 202614$38.22$535.08
Sep 18, 2026166$38.56$6.40K
Sep 17, 202627$38.33$1.03K
Sep 14, 202615,080$39.11$589.8K
Sep 11, 20263$39.12$117.36
Sep 10, 202620,540$39.77$816.9K
Sep 9, 2026234$40.12$9.39K
Sep 4, 202642$39.98$1.68K
Sep 3, 20261,757$39.51$69.4K
Sep 1, 2026277,963$39.60$11.0M
Aug 31, 2026302,662$39.24$11.9M
Aug 28, 202612,707$39.29$499.3K
Aug 27, 20262,430$39.59$96.2K
Aug 26, 20266$38.93$233.58
Aug 25, 202638$39.10$1.49K
Aug 24, 202626$38.77$1.01K
Aug 21, 20264$40.20$160.8
Aug 19, 20268$40.54$324.32
Aug 18, 20264$40.63$162.52

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in CNP by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 2026609,5552611,437,64242.4%
Nov 9, 2026649,5421,3161,655,79539.2%
Nov 6, 20261,934,5377364,404,23543.9%
Nov 5, 20261,650,658255,988,97627.6%
Nov 4, 20263,317,56931,3616,601,53050.3%
Nov 3, 20261,331,7444,2802,260,28258.9%
Nov 2, 20261,241,2268692,614,62247.5%
Oct 30, 20261,411,462871,953,81372.2%
Oct 29, 20262,331,4094803,286,25170.9%
Oct 28, 20263,461,3371,0435,268,97965.7%
Oct 27, 20263,422,9768,8004,412,03277.6%
Oct 26, 20261,485,0601461,914,41677.6%
Oct 23, 20261,737,759122,510,90369.2%
Oct 22, 20261,279,6155042,121,94660.3%
Oct 21, 2026843,559551,091,93777.3%
Oct 20, 20261,319,2188571,556,08384.8%
Oct 19, 2026834,923221,137,97773.4%
Oct 16, 20262,295,68242,629,98087.3%
Oct 15, 20262,492,4021452,883,42986.4%
Oct 14, 20261,828,3256572,429,01875.3%
Oct 13, 20261,372,8721451,770,56677.5%
Oct 12, 20262,040,9007992,219,10792.0%
Oct 9, 20261,078,012151,314,93882.0%
Oct 8, 20261,551,766122,015,67477.0%
Oct 7, 20262,857,0081,2513,832,60574.5%
Oct 6, 20261,535,544722,563,20359.9%
Oct 5, 20261,901,0901,2142,407,25879.0%
Oct 2, 20262,346,898332,754,15485.2%
Oct 1, 20261,831,19283,003,66761.0%
Sep 30, 20261,565,1681781,930,22381.1%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in CNP
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 19, 2026T16,614,50082,1622,467,00625,57372.8%
Oct 12, 2026T17,983,91788,7034,813,03024,89462.4%
Oct 5, 2026T17,836,49697,0964,935,33925,22561.4%
Sep 28, 2026T17,027,67488,8575,475,71927,50756.2%
Sep 21, 2026T17,146,47189,6836,333,06827,05353.0%
Sep 14, 2026T19,096,82494,2699,435,45328,46949.1%
Sep 7, 2026T15,219,61967,1204,865,83521,25751.8%
Aug 31, 2026T15,602,72283,2756,349,83825,93846.9%
Aug 24, 2026T17,488,39590,1234,335,57725,01763.3%
Aug 17, 2026T17,485,724104,2584,963,16926,73460.1%
Aug 10, 2026T15,427,16091,9994,349,54620,66255.5%
Aug 3, 2026T19,953,564130,2818,534,92229,71353.8%