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Earnings Per Share (CenterPoint Energy) (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2024
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted | The following table reconciles numerators and denominators of CenterPoint Energy’s basic and diluted earnings per common share:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
| (in millions, except per share and share amounts)
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income | $ | 193 |  |  | $ | 282 |  |  | $ | 771 |  |  | $ | 725 |
Less: Preferred stock dividend requirement (Note 18) | — |  |  | 26 |  |  | — |  |  | 50 |
Income available to common shareholders – basic and diluted | $ | 193 |  |  | $ | 256 |  |  | $ | 771 |  |  | $ | 675 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic | 647,797,000 |  |  | 631,185,000 |  |  | 640,287,000 |  |  | 630,854,000 |
Plus: Incremental shares from assumed conversions: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted stock | 417,000 |  |  | 1,858,000 |  |  | 1,074,000 |  |  | 2,183,000 |
Weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted | 648,214,000 |  |  | 633,043,000 |  |  | 641,361,000 |  |  | 633,037,000 |
Earnings Per Common Share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic | $ | 0.30 |  |  | $ | 0.41 |  |  | $ | 1.20 |  |  | $ | 1.07 |
Diluted | $ | 0.30 |  |  | $ | 0.40 |  |  | $ | 1.20 |  |  | $ | 1.07 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482662/260-10-50-1 + Details
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