Compare U.S. Stocks

Put up to three companies side by side on valuation, growth, profitability, and debt.

Metric	NINiSource	CMSCMS Energy	CNPCenterPoint Energy
Snapshot
Price	$40.20	$64.33	$37.77
Market cap	$22.93B	$24.01B	$29.18B
Valuation
P/E	19.9x	18x	22.9x
Forward P/E	18.5x	16.8x	20.9x
Growth
Revenue growth	15.7%	12.7%	1.4%
EPS growth	7.9%	6.8%	9.6%
Profitability
Net margin	14.4%	13.2%	5.7%
ROE	10.4%	12.3%	9.6%
Balance sheet & cash
Debt / equity	1.72x	2.07x	2.06x
Free cash flow yield	7.2%	8.4%	7.9%
Dividend yield	2.5%	3.1%	2.1%
Verdict
Investment rating	Neutral· 57	Neutral· 54	Neutral· 42

5-Year Price Projections

Base case

Projected using each stock's current EPS, growth rate (EPS or revenue growth), and P/E ratio. P/E assumed to compress 25% on the low end and remain steady on the high end. Not a forecast — for comparative analysis only.

Year	NItoday $40	CMStoday $64	CNPtoday $38
2027	$32.54 – $47.73+19% CAGR	$51.51 – $75.55+17% CAGR	$31.03 – $45.51+21% CAGR
2028	$35.13 – $51.52+13% CAGR	$54.99 – $80.65+12% CAGR	$34.00 – $49.86+15% CAGR
2029	$37.92 – $55.61+11% CAGR	$58.71 – $86.11+10% CAGR	$37.24 – $54.62+13% CAGR
2030	$40.93 – $60.03+11% CAGR	$62.68 – $91.93+9% CAGR	$40.80 – $59.84+12% CAGR
2031	$44.18 – $64.79+10% CAGR	$66.91 – $98.14+9% CAGR	$44.70 – $65.55+12% CAGR
5-yr CAGR	1.9% – 10.0%	0.8% – 8.8%	3.4% – 11.7%