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CenterPoint Energy insiders sold $241K in the past 12 months. How much of their stake is that?

About 0.5% overall. As a group they ended with more shares than they started with. The biggest individual seller, Phillip Smith, gave up 8.6% of starting holdings.

Updated Oct 8, 2026 from SEC filings · covers Oct 9, 2025 to Oct 8, 2026
How this comparesMore of their stake sold than at 60 of the 311 other companies we can measure (#252 of 312)See ranking
1
buyer among officers and directors (1 trade), past 12 months
0%
of sales were under disclosed trading plans, past 12 months
1 of 19
officers and directors sold shares, past 12 months
Recent activity · past 30 days, Sep 9, 2026 to Oct 8, 2026

No officer or director trades were reported for the past 30 days. The most recent before that:

Aug 17, 2026Laurie Fitch bought 1K shares ($41K). The total stake went from 11K to 12K shares that day.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Laurie Fitch
Director
1,000$40.70n/a12KAug 17, 2026Aug 18, 2026

"% of total stake" is the shares in this event against all the vested shares the person held that day, across every share class and holding entity, after that day's vesting. "n/a" means the person's holdings don't reconcile, or the row is a purchase. "Holdings record incomplete" means more shares were sold than the filings show the person held that day, so a percentage would be wrong.

Is this normal? Less than usual: about a third of the 5-year average. 1 insider sold; the average is 1 a year. Year by year
Latest filing: Filed Oct 5 for a stock award on Oct 1. Lauren Clark received an award of 32K shares. Filing
30 SEC ownership filings in the period · See the evidence

What stands out

Laurie Fitch bought 1K shares for $41K, first on Aug 17, 2026.Purchase, Aug 17, 2026
Tax withholding outweighed market sales: the company withheld $9.7M of officers' and directors' shares for taxes, against $241K sold on the open market. The largest was Jason Wells ($4.0M withheld).Largest withholding, Feb 19, 2026

Percentages cover 18 of 19 officers and directors. Left out: Lauren Clark (held no vested shares at the start). Disclosed company stock is not an insider's whole wealth.

Who sold, and how much of their stake

Officers and directors, past 12 months. Each bar is the insider's vested stake at the start of the period (Oct 8, 2025). The gold part is what they sold.

SoldRest of starting stakeAdded during the period
Phillip Smith
Director
8.6% · $241KNo plan disclosed
Amounts, filings and trading plans for each seller

Selling by month

Officers and directors, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026. Each sale is counted once: under a disclosed plan, else to cover taxes, else no plan disclosed.

Disclosed planTo cover taxesNo plan disclosed
OctNov 2025: $241K no plan disclosed$241KNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

Common questions

Is the CenterPoint Energy CEO selling stock?

No. Jason Wells reported no open-market sales in the past 12 months.

Why are CenterPoint Energy insiders selling?

Filings rarely give a reason, and we don't guess at one. What they show is how the sales were made: 0% of sales by value ran under 10b5-1 trading plans disclosed in the filings and 100% had no disclosed plan. A trading plan schedules sales in advance.

Are any CenterPoint Energy insiders buying?

Yes. 1 officer or director reported 1 purchase in the past 12 months (Form 4 code P, which includes private purchases).

How much of their stake did CenterPoint Energy insiders sell?

About 0.5% overall. As a group they ended with more shares than they started with. The biggest individual seller, Phillip Smith, gave up 8.6% of starting holdings. That covers the 12 months to Oct 8, 2026 and counts vested shares reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5, which is not an insider's whole wealth.

The evidence

Who sold1 officer or director: amount, % of holdings, trading plan
Who soldAmount% of holdingsTrading plan
Phillip Smith
Director
$241K
6.2K shares
8.6%No plan disclosed
The full ownership picture19 of 19 insiders fully reconciled · 19 officers and directors

Vested shares across all share classes, held directly and through trusts, LLCs and family members, as reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5. Unvested awards and options are never counted as owned shares.

InsiderHeld Oct 8, 2025SoldHeld Oct 8, 2026Still held
Jason Wells
i
Minor difference of 101 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings. Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares.
President & CEO, Director
299K0453Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Jason Wells
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
−94Kwithheld by the company for taxes
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares.
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock241,622395,427
Wells/Koehler Family TrustCommon Stock55,56055,560
Savings PlanCommon Stock1,9612,062

Reconciliation: minor difference of 101 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Jesus Soto Jr.
i
Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares.
EVP and COO
170K027Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Jesus Soto Jr.
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
−17Kwithheld by the company for taxes
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares.
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock170,22326,704
Jason Ryan
i
Minor difference of 75 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings. Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed. Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares.
EVP, Reg. Svcs. & Gov. Affairs
136K0194Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Jason Ryan
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
−32Kwithheld by the company for taxes
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed.
  • Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares.
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock132,343189,783
Savings Plan
includes unvested RSUs, amount not disclosed
Common Stock3,7633,838

Reconciliation: minor difference of 75 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Monica Karuturi
i
Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares.
EVP and General Counsel
134K0203Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Monica Karuturi
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
−39Kwithheld by the company for taxes
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares.
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock133,752202,727
Kristie Colvin
i
Minor difference of 1 share. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings. Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares. New Form 3 filed 2023-10-06; earlier filings set aside.
SVP and CAO
107K0131Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Kristie Colvin
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
−9.7Kwithheld by the company for taxes
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares.
  • New Form 3 filed 2023-10-06; earlier filings set aside.
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock107,212130,770
Savings PlanCommon Stock5758

Reconciliation: minor difference of 1 share. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Christopher Foster
i
Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares.
EVP and CFO
87K0179Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Christopher Foster
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
−38Kwithheld by the company for taxes
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares.
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock87,028178,751
Phillip Smith
Director
72K−6.2K66K91%
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Phillip Smith
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock71,77765,577
Ted Pound
i
Minor difference of 281 shares. Unexplained small increases, consistent with stock unit vesting or reinvested dividends. Unexplained small increases, consistent with stock unit vesting or reinvested dividends.
Director
51K056Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Ted Pound
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Unexplained small increases, consistent with stock unit vesting or reinvested dividends.
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock51,41155,729

Reconciliation: minor difference of 281 shares. Unexplained small increases, consistent with stock unit vesting or reinvested dividends.

Wendolynn Cloonan
Director
27K031Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Wendolynn Cloonan
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock27,34931,386
Raquelle Lewis
Director
25K029Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Raquelle Lewis
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock24,62128,658
Chris Franklin
Director
21K025Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Chris Franklin
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock21,00225,039
Thaddeus Malik
i
Minor difference of 75 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.
Director
14K018Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Thaddeus Malik
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock14,11818,230

Reconciliation: minor difference of 75 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Barbara Duganier
Director
10K014Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Barbara Duganier
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock10,33214,369
Laurie Fitch
i
Minor difference of 124 shares. Unexplained small increases, consistent with stock unit vesting or reinvested dividends. Unexplained small increases, consistent with stock unit vesting or reinvested dividends.
Director
7.2K012Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Laurie Fitch
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Unexplained small increases, consistent with stock unit vesting or reinvested dividends.
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock7,23412,395

Reconciliation: minor difference of 124 shares. Unexplained small increases, consistent with stock unit vesting or reinvested dividends.

Dean Seavers
Director
6.3K010Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Dean Seavers
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock6,32410,361
Manuel Miranda
Director
4.5K08.6Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Manuel Miranda
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock4,5348,571
Russell Wright
i
Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares. Started reporting during the period; starting holdings are from the Form 3. New Form 3 filed 2026-03-03; earlier filings set aside.
VP and CAO
3.7K04.4Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Russell Wright
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
−211withheld by the company for taxes
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Unvested RSUs stated in footnotes are excluded from owned shares.
  • Started reporting during the period; starting holdings are from the Form 3.
  • New Form 3 filed 2026-03-03; earlier filings set aside.
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock3,7404,393
Michael Herman
i
Started reporting during the period; starting holdings are from the Form 3.
Director
1K05.1Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Michael Herman
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Started reporting during the period; starting holdings are from the Form 3.
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock1,0255,062
Lauren Clark
i
Started reporting during the period; starting holdings are from the Form 3.
EVP and CHRO
0032Kno sales
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Lauren Clark
0shares vested or exercised
0gifted (net of own trusts)
none reportedunvested awards, start → end
  • Started reporting during the period; starting holdings are from the Form 3.
Held throughShare classOct 8, 2025Oct 8, 2026
DirectCommon Stock032,249
DirectNo securities are beneficially owned00

19 of 19 insiders fully reconciled: starting holdings plus reported transactions match ending holdings (13 exactly, 6 with a minor or footnoted difference). Percentages cover 18 of 19 officers and directors. Left out: Lauren Clark (held no vested shares at the start). "Still held" compares ending with starting vested shares; a plus sign means the holding grew.

What explains the selling$241K of sales by plan status, purpose, seller and month

Officer and director open-market sales: $241K across 6,200 shares. Plan status and stated purpose are separate questions, and a sale can have both.

By plan status

No plan disclosed · $241K

Sales with no 10b5-1 plan and no tax reference in the filing. $241K of it is Phillip Smith. No plan disclosed is a statement about the filing, not about why the sale happened. Largest such sale: Phillip Smith, Nov 6, 2025

Taxes

229,405 shares ($9.7M) were withheld by the company for taxes, which isn't a market sale.

Purchases · 1 buyer (1 trade)

1 officer or director bought shares in this period, in 1 trade(Form 4 code P). Across all their filings on record there are 7 purchase trades.

SellerShares soldProceedsUnder a disclosed planShare of totalSales dates
Phillip Smith
Director
6.2K$241K0%100%Nov 6, 2025 to Nov 6, 2025

Sales by month

MonthSale proceedsDisclosed planTo cover taxesNo plan disclosed
Oct 2025$0$0$0$0
Nov 2025$241K$0$0$241K
Dec 2025$0$0$0$0
Jan 2026$0$0$0$0
Feb 2026$0$0$0$0
Mar 2026$0$0$0$0
Apr 2026$0$0$0$0
May 2026$0$0$0$0
Jun 2026$0$0$0$0
Jul 2026$0$0$0$0
Aug 2026$0$0$0$0
Sep 2026$0$0$0$0
Oct 2026$0$0$0$0
Is this normal? Selling year by year5 earlier years to compare with

Less than usual: about a third of the 5-year average. 1 insider sold; the average is 1 a year.

12 months endingShares soldInsiders who soldProceeds
Oct 8, 2026
Latest 12 months
6.2K1$241K
Oct 8, 2025
1 year earlier
23K2$775K
Oct 8, 2024
2 years earlier
5.7K1$167K
Oct 9, 2023
3 years earlier
7.8K2$237K
Oct 9, 2022
4 years earlier
35K1$1.0M
Oct 9, 2021
5 years earlier
35K1$698K

Open-market sales (Form 4 code S) by people who were officers or directors, in split-adjusted shares. Earlier years include people who have since left. A sale that an outside holder also reports (a family trust, a fund) is counted with outside holders in every year. Shares, not dollars, are compared, so a change in the stock price doesn't look like a change in selling. Years the filings don't fully cover are shown but left out of the average.

Known gaps and uncertaintyEvery officer and director reconciles

Every officer and director reconciles for this period.

Jason Wells: minor difference of 101 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Jason Ryan: minor difference of 75 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Kristie Colvin: minor difference of 1 share. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Ted Pound: minor difference of 281 shares. Unexplained small increases, consistent with stock unit vesting or reinvested dividends.

Thaddeus Malik: minor difference of 75 shares. Difference is under 0.5% of holdings.

Laurie Fitch: minor difference of 124 shares. Unexplained small increases, consistent with stock unit vesting or reinvested dividends.

Inferred rename: "corporation" is treated as the same holder as "Griggs Corp", because the old name was never reported again and the new one opened with the same balance (3,448 shares). Old name, new name

Inferred rename: "Elizabeth B. Wareing 1976 Trust" is treated as the same holder as "Trust", because the old name was never reported again and the new one opened with the same balance (60,000 shares). Old name, new name

Inferred typo: the share class "Commom Stock" is treated as the same class as "Common Stock" on 2 holding lines, because the two spellings are nearly identical and each balance carried over exactly. Example (Thomas Standish, 1,450 shares): old title, new title

External context: we only cite outside events when a documented connection exists. None is shown for this period.

Sources and methodology858 filings from SEC EDGAR, and how we read them

All 858 Forms 3, 4 and 5 filed for CenterPoint Energy (SEC CIK 1130310) from Oct 24, 2003 to Oct 5, 2026, retrieved from SEC EDGAR on Oct 8, 2026. Prices are the ones reported in each filing, often weighted averages. 7 filings were left out because CenterPoint Energy filed them as an owner of another company's stock.

Holdings. Each holding line (a share class plus an owner, such as a trust or LLC) carries its last reported balance forward. Entities first reported during the period start at zero, so transfers between an insider's own trusts don't count as selling. Lines not reported for three years or more are listed separately and left out of totals.

Sales. A sale counts as under a 10b5-1 plan if its footnote cites one or the filing's Rule 10b5-1 box is checked, and as tax-related if its footnote cites tax obligations or sell-to-cover. Shares withheld by the company for taxes are listed separately. Sales with neither attribute are labeled "no plan disclosed".

Full methodology

Former or inactive filers (49)No filing in 18 months; last reported balances, not in any total
NameLast filedLast reported balance
Darin CarrollFeb 24, 202523,791 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 20, 2025
Richard LegerFeb 24, 202529,958 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 20, 2025
Barry SmithermanMay 3, 202421,203 shares, last reported balance as of May 3, 2024
Earl CummingsMay 3, 202430,802 shares, last reported balance as of May 1, 2024
Ricky RavenMay 3, 20249,584 shares, last reported balance as of May 1, 2024
David LesarMar 14, 20241,333,512 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 13, 2024
Lynne Harkel-RumfordFeb 22, 202476,991 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 20, 2024
Lynnae WilsonFeb 22, 202427,389 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 20, 2024
Martin NesbittMay 3, 202374,305 shares, last reported balance as of May 1, 2023
Kara RyanFeb 22, 20233,761 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 21, 2023
Scott DoyleFeb 13, 202356,340 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 7, 2022
Gregory KnightAug 19, 202258,631 shares, last reported balance as of Aug 17, 2022
Stacey PetersonFeb 17, 20226,795 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 15, 2022
Milton CarrollJul 2, 2021159,023 shares, last reported balance as of Jul 1, 2021
Leslie BiddleMay 4, 202140,443 shares, last reported balance as of May 3, 2021
Kenneth MercadoMar 4, 202172,387 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 2, 2021
John Somerhalder IIJun 3, 202090,752 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 1, 2020
Susan RheneyMay 5, 202065,928 shares, last reported balance as of May 1, 2020
Scott McLeanMay 5, 202039,928 shares, last reported balance as of May 1, 2020
Xia LiuApr 24, 202035,335 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 22, 2020
Susan OrtenstoneMar 2, 202048,512 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 27, 2020
Joseph VorthermsMar 2, 202025,042 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 27, 2020
Tracy BridgeFeb 25, 2020176,073 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 21, 2020
Scott ProchazkaFeb 5, 2020193,649 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 3, 2020
Peter WareingMay 3, 2019146,815 shares, last reported balance as of May 1, 2019
Dana O'BrienMar 4, 201953,364 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 28, 2019
William RogersMar 4, 201993,311 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 28, 2019
Janiece LongoriaMay 3, 201765,651 shares, last reported balance as of May 1, 2017
Michael JohnsonMay 3, 201746,032 shares, last reported balance as of May 1, 2017
Joseph McGoldrickMar 2, 201782,684 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 1, 2017
Gary WhitlockMar 2, 2015436,910 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 26, 2015
Walter FitzgeraldSep 4, 2014108,867 shares, last reported balance as of Sep 2, 2014
Scott RozzellJul 18, 2014369,097 shares, last reported balance as of Jul 16, 2014
WALKER R AApr 28, 201418,000 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 24, 2014
Thomas StandishMar 24, 2014332,595 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 20, 2014
David McClanahanDec 5, 20131,029,123 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 3, 2013
Gregory HarperMar 1, 201357,176 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 27, 2013
Holcombe CrosswellNov 15, 201232,501 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 13, 2012
Donald CampbellApr 30, 201241,000 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 26, 2012
Sherman WolffApr 30, 201227,000 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 26, 2012
Robert OconnellMar 4, 20117,999 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 3, 2011
Thomas MadisonApr 26, 201030,500 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 22, 2010
Derrill CodyApr 26, 201038,000 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 22, 2010
Michael ShannonApr 24, 200926,000 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 23, 2009
Byron KelleyFeb 25, 200813,808 shares, last reported balance as of Feb 21, 2008
James BrianDec 4, 200795,140 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 1, 2007
John CaterJun 5, 200622,000 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 1, 2006
David TeesFeb 2, 200536,050 shares, last reported balance as of Jan 25, 2005
Stephen SchaefferDec 3, 2004131,908 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 1, 2004