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CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC Stock $cnp

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2015 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000113031015000025 Filed on November 05, 2015

Income Statement

Concept	2015 Q4	2015 Q3	2014 Q4
Revenue	$1.791B	$1.630B	$2.372B
YoY Change	-24.49%	-9.8%	8.61%
Cost Of Revenue
YoY Change
Gross Profit
YoY Change
Gross Profit Margin
Selling, General & Admin
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$246.0M	$268.0M	$229.0M
YoY Change	7.42%	-8.53%	7.51%
% of Gross Profit
Operating Expenses	$1.532B	$1.335B	$2.052B
YoY Change	-25.34%	-14.97%	1.23%
Operating Profit	$226.0M	$265.0M	$221.0M
YoY Change	2.26%	13.73%	4.74%
Interest Expense	-$1.075B	-$813.0M	-$119.0M
YoY Change	803.36%	2291.18%	12.26%
% of Operating Profit	-475.66%	-306.79%	-53.85%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$2.000M	-$900.0M	$8.000M
YoY Change	-125.0%	4400.0%	-93.55%
Pretax Income	-$818.0M	-$635.0M	$209.0M
YoY Change	-491.39%	-398.12%	19.43%
Income Tax	-$309.0M	-$244.0M	$33.00M
% Of Pretax Income			15.79%
Net Earnings	-$509.0M	-$391.0M	$176.0M
YoY Change	-389.2%	-373.43%	55.75%
Net Earnings / Revenue	-28.42%	-23.99%	7.42%
Basic Earnings Per Share	-$1.18	-$0.91	$0.41
Diluted Earnings Per Share	-$1.18	-$0.91	$0.41
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	430.3M shares	430.3M shares	429.8M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		430.3M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2015 Q4	2015 Q3	2014 Q4
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$1.069B	$1.053B	$1.228B
YoY Change	-12.95%	-1.59%	25.95%
Cash & Equivalents	$264.0M	$227.0M	$298.0M
Short-Term Investments	$805.0M	$826.0M	$930.0M
Other Short-Term Assets	$508.0M	$369.0M	$634.0M
YoY Change	-19.87%	-4.16%	15.9%
Inventory	$347.0M	$342.0M	$379.0M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$593.0M	$568.0M	$837.0M
Other Receivables	$172.0M	$68.00M	$190.0M
Total Short-Term Assets	$2.689B	$2.400B	$3.268B
YoY Change	-17.72%	-6.83%	22.95%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$11.54B	$11.19B	$10.50B
YoY Change	9.86%	9.6%	9.48%
Goodwill	$840.0M	$840.0M	$840.0M
YoY Change	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$2.594B	$3.604B	$4.521B
YoY Change	-42.62%	-20.35%	0.07%
Other Assets	$102.0M	$148.0M	$147.0M
YoY Change	-30.61%	-1.33%	-9.26%
Total Long-Term Assets	$18.60B	$19.38B	$19.88B
YoY Change	-6.44%	-0.48%	106.7%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$2.689B	$2.400B	$3.268B
Total Long-Term Assets	$18.60B	$19.38B	$19.88B
Total Assets	$21.29B	$21.78B	$23.15B
YoY Change	-8.03%	-1.22%	5.85%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$483.0M	$367.0M	$716.0M
YoY Change	-32.54%	-16.78%	3.92%
Accrued Expenses	$117.0M	$118.0M	$124.0M
YoY Change	-5.65%	7.27%	0.0%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$40.00M	$49.00M	$53.00M
YoY Change	-24.53%	-38.75%	23.26%
Long-Term Debt Due	$864.0M	$938.0M	$795.0M
YoY Change	8.68%	29.92%	59.96%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$2.458B	$3.191B	$2.792B
YoY Change	-11.96%	6.08%	-7.52%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$7.866B	$7.662B	$8.009B
YoY Change	-1.79%	-1.73%	2.46%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$273.0M	$259.0M	$251.0M
YoY Change	8.76%	25.12%	22.44%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$8.139B	$7.921B	$8.260B
YoY Change	-1.46%	-1.04%	23.19%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$2.458B	$3.191B	$2.792B
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$8.139B	$7.921B	$8.260B
Total Liabilities	$10.60B	$11.11B	$11.05B
YoY Change	-4.12%	0.91%	13.66%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$657.0M	-$41.00M	$461.0M
YoY Change	-242.52%	-110.59%	78.68%
Common Stock	$4.000M	$4.000M	$4.000M
YoY Change	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares	166.0 shares	166.0 shares	166.0 shares
Shareholders Equity	$3.461B	$4.058B	$4.548B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$21.29B	$21.78B	$23.20B
YoY Change	-8.23%	-1.22%	6.08%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2015 Q4	2015 Q3	2014 Q4
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	-$509.0M	-$391.0M	$176.0M
YoY Change	-389.2%	-373.43%	55.75%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$246.0M	$268.0M	$229.0M
YoY Change	7.42%	-8.53%	7.51%
Cash From Operating Activities	$352.0M	$396.0M	$273.0M
YoY Change	28.94%	-3.88%	-43.24%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$453.0M	-$419.0M	-$374.0M
YoY Change	21.12%	12.33%	0.0%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$90.00M	$66.00M	$16.00M
YoY Change	462.5%	1000.0%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$363.0M	-$353.0M	-$358.0M
YoY Change	1.4%	-3.81%	-4.28%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	48.00M	-61.00M	153.0M
YoY Change	-68.63%	190.48%	-229.66%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	352.0M	396.0M	273.0M
Cash From Investing Activities	-363.0M	-353.0M	-358.0M
Cash From Financing Activities	48.00M	-61.00M	153.0M
Net Change In Cash	37.00M	-18.00M	68.00M
YoY Change	-45.59%	-175.0%	-718.18%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$352.0M	$396.0M	$273.0M
Capital Expenditures	-$453.0M	-$419.0M	-$374.0M
Free Cash Flow	$805.0M	$815.0M	$647.0M
YoY Change	24.42%	3.82%	-24.33%

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	us-gaap	Description Of New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted DescriptionOfNewAccountingPronouncementsNotYetAdopted	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:default;">New Accounting Pronouncements</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"> </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#252525;"> February 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-02, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#252525;font-style:italic;">Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Analysis</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> (ASU 2015-02). ASU 2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#252525;">-02 changes the analysis that reporting organizations must perform to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities, such as limited partnerships.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> The changes include, among others, modification of the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are variable interest entities (VIEs) or voting interest entities and elimination of the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership. ASU 2015-02 does not amend the related party guidance for situations in which power is shared between two or more entities that hold interests in a VIE. ASU 2015</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#252525;">-02 is effective for </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#252525;">beginning after December 15, 2015. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">CenterPoint Energy will adopt ASU 2015-02 on January 1, 2016 and is currently assessing the impact, if any, that this standard will have on its financial position, results of operations, cash flows and disclosures.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In April 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-03, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Interest-Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Cost </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(ASU 2015-03)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">. </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected by ASU 2015-03. CenterPoint Energy will adopt ASU 2015-03 retrospectively on January 1, 2016, which will result in a reduction of both other long-term assets and long-term debt on its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. CenterPoint Energy had debt issuance costs of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$55 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$61 million</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> included in other long-term assets on its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In April 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-05, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Subtopic 350-40</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">) (ASU 2015-05).  ASU 2015-05 provides guidance to customers about whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license. If a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license, the customer should account for the software license element of the arrangement consistent with the acquisition of other software licenses. If a cloud computing arrangement does not include a software license, the customer should account for the arrangement as a service contract. The guidance will not change a customer’s accounting for service contracts.  ASU 2015-05 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within the fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015 and may be adopted either prospectively or retrospectively.  CenterPoint Energy will adopt ASU 2015-05 on January 1, 2016 and is currently assessing the impact that this standard will have on its financial position, results of operations, cash flows and disclosures.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> (ASU 2014-09), which supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance. ASU 2014-09 provides a comprehensive new revenue recognition model that requires revenue to be recognized in a manner that depicts the transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration expected to be received in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 was initially effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is not permitted, and entities have the option of using either a full retrospective or a modified retrospective adoption approach. In August 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2015-14, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606):</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Deferral of the Effective Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, which delays the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year.  CenterPoint Energy is currently evaluating the impact that ASU 2014-09 will have on its financial position, results of operations, cash flows and disclosures, and may adopt ASU 2014-09 on January 1, 2018 as permitted by the new guidance.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In July 2015, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#252525;">the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-11, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#252525;font-style:italic;">Inventory (Topic 330) Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#252525;">(ASU 2015-11). ASU 2015-11 changes the subsequent measurement guidance for inventory accounted for using methods other than the last in, first out (LIFO) and Retail Inventory methods. Companies will subsequently measure inventory at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. Subsequent measurement is unchanged for inventory measured using LIFO or the retail inventory method. ASU 2015-11 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. CenterPoint Energy does not believe that ASU 2015-11 will have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations, cash flows and disclosures.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Management believes that other recently issued standards, which are not yet effective, will not have a material impact on CenterPoint Energy’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows upon adoption.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></div>

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