What the executives and directors of CenterPoint Energy actually did with their own shares, decoded from three years of SEC Form 4 filings.
The tape: three years of insider trades
Every marker sits at the exact price reported on the Form 4. The line is the monthly median of all prices insiders reported, so the chart needs no market feed; the gray strip is routine flow (vestings, tax withholding, gifts) that headlines love to miscount as selling.
Where the shares went, last 12 months
Every Form 4 movement decomposed: what flowed in (grants, vested equity, purchases) and what flowed out (tax withholding, plan sales, discretionary sales, gifts). Counted in shares, because grants carry no price.
Skin in the game
Directly held shares as reported after each trade, indexed to 100 five years back. Direct holdings only: trust and family-entity positions are per-entity in the filings and do not sum honestly, so this chart refuses to guess. The steps are the trades.
Who holds what
| Insider | Role | Shares held | Buys 12 m | Sales 12 m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LESAR DAVID J Former CEO | CEO | 1.5M | — | — |
| Wells Jason P. President & CEO | CEO | 632.2K | — | — |
| Karuturi Monica EVP and General Counsel | Officer | 280.8K | — | — |
| Ryan Jason Michael SVP & General Counsel | Officer | 248K | — | — |
| Foster Christopher A EVP and CFO | CFO | 197.9K | — | — |
| Soto Jesus Jr. EVP and COO | COO | 190.4K | — | — |
| Colvin Kristie SVP and CAO | Officer | 147.9K | — | — |
| Harkel-Rumford Lynne Louise EVP and Chief HR Officer | Officer | 111.8K | — | — |
| Smith Phillip R | Director | 65.6K | — | $241K |
| Pound Ted | Director | 55.7K | — | — |
| Leger Richard C SVP Natural Gas Business | Officer | 49.6K | — | — |
| Wilson Lynnae K SVP Electric Business | Officer | 47.1K | — | — |
| Carroll Darin M SVP Electric Business | Officer | 44.7K | — | — |
| Cloonan Wendolynn Montoya | Director | 31.4K | — | — |
Open-market trade log
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-06 | Smith Phillip R (Director) | Discretionary sale | 6,200 | $38.83 | $241K |
| 2025-05-12 | Fitch Laurie Lee (Director) | Open-market buy | 800 | $36.73 | $29K |
| 2025-05-09 | Fitch Laurie Lee (Director) | Open-market buy | 1,900 | $37.58 | $71K |
| 2025-03-03 | Pound Ted (Director) | Discretionary sale | 6,103 | $34.50 | $211K |
| 2025-02-24 | Colvin Kristie (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 179 | $34.08 | $6K |
| 2025-02-24 | Colvin Kristie (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 16.4K | $34.11 | $558K |
| 2024-05-03 | Smitherman Barry T (Director) | Discretionary sale | 5,670 | $29.42 | $167K |
| 2023-11-29 | Foster Christopher A (CFO) | Open-market buy | 5,000 | $28.10 | $141K |
| 2023-11-13 | LESAR DAVID J (CEO) | Open-market buy | 37K | $27.12 | $1M |
| 2023-11-09 | Wells Jason P. (COO) | Open-market buy | 10K | $26.91 | $269K |
| 2023-05-08 | Smitherman Barry T (Director) | Discretionary sale | 5,000 | $30.51 | $153K |
| 2023-05-05 | Pound Ted (Director) | Discretionary sale | 2,770 | $30.50 | $84K |
| 2022-11-07 | Smitherman Barry T (Director) | Open-market buy | 8,005 | $28.38 | $227K |
| 2022-05-05 | Smitherman Barry T (Director) | Discretionary sale | 16.3K | $31.23 | $511K |
| 2022-03-09 | Smitherman Barry T (Director) | Discretionary sale | 2,000 | $28.67 | $57K |
| 2021-11-08 | Smitherman Barry T (Director) | Discretionary sale | 16.9K | $26.50 | $448K |
| 2021-05-13 | LESAR DAVID J (CEO) | Open-market buy | 50K | $23.58 | $1.2M |
| 2021-05-11 | Wells Jason P. (CFO) | Open-market buy | 10K | $24.06 | $241K |
| 2021-03-04 | Biddle Leslie D. (Director) | Discretionary sale | 35K | $19.94 | $698K |
| 2021-03-01 | Smitherman Barry T (Director) | Open-market buy | 10K | $19.80 | $198K |
| 2021-03-01 | Biddle Leslie D. (Director) | Open-market buy | 50K | $19.84 | $992K |
| 2020-05-12 | LESAR DAVID J (Director) | Open-market buy | 6,000 | $17.85 | $107K |
| 2020-05-11 | LESAR DAVID J (Director) | Open-market buy | 5,000 | $18.10 | $91K |
| 2020-05-11 | LESAR DAVID J (Director) | Open-market buy | 6,110 | $18.00 | $110K |
| 2020-05-11 | Smitherman Barry T (Director) | Open-market buy | 300 | $18.12 | $5K |
| 2020-05-11 | Smitherman Barry T (Director) | Open-market buy | 2,700 | $18.13 | $49K |
| 2020-02-03 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 7,000 | $26.63 | $186K |
| 2020-01-02 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 7,000 | $26.83 | $188K |
| 2019-12-02 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 7,000 | $24.50 | $172K |
| 2019-11-01 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 7,000 | $29.02 | $203K |
| 2019-10-01 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 7,000 | $30.06 | $210K |
| 2019-09-03 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 7,000 | $27.84 | $195K |
| 2019-08-01 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 7,000 | $29.03 | $203K |
| 2019-07-01 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 7,000 | $28.40 | $199K |
| 2019-06-03 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 7,000 | $28.40 | $199K |
| 2019-05-20 | CARROLL MILTON (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 7,780 | $29.62 | $230K |
| 2019-05-17 | CARROLL MILTON (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 12K | $29.76 | $357K |
| 2019-05-01 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 7,000 | $30.90 | $216K |
| 2019-04-04 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 7,000 | $30.58 | $214K |
| 2019-03-07 | CARROLL MILTON (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 40K | $30.02 | $1.2M |
| 2019-03-05 | CARROLL MILTON (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 75K | $30.21 | $2.3M |
| 2019-03-04 | Vortherms Joseph John (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,000 | $30.10 | $60K |
| 2019-03-01 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 4,000 | $29.98 | $120K |
| 2019-02-01 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 4,000 | $30.72 | $123K |
| 2019-01-02 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 4,000 | $27.87 | $111K |
| 2018-12-03 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 4,000 | $28.17 | $113K |
| 2018-11-01 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 4,000 | $27.09 | $108K |
| 2018-10-01 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 4,000 | $27.54 | $110K |
| 2018-09-04 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 4,000 | $27.81 | $111K |
| 2018-08-08 | CARROLL MILTON (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 10K | $28.27 | $283K |
| 2018-08-01 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 4,000 | $27.99 | $112K |
| 2018-07-02 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 4,000 | $27.57 | $110K |
| 2018-06-01 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 4,000 | $25.75 | $103K |
| 2018-05-15 | CARROLL MILTON (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 62.8K | $26.10 | $1.6M |
| 2018-05-08 | Pound Ted (Director) | Discretionary sale | 3,200 | $26.39 | $84K |
| 2018-05-01 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 4,000 | $25.38 | $102K |
| 2018-04-02 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 4,000 | $27.13 | $109K |
| 2018-03-01 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 1,000 | $26.99 | $27K |
| 2018-02-28 | CARROLL MILTON (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 43.4K | $27.20 | $1.2M |
| 2018-02-01 | Prochazka Scott M (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 1,000 | $27.91 | $28K |
“Since trade” compares with the latest insider-implied price, not a market quote; this site carries no market data by design.
Filing hygiene
How to read this
A Form 4 transaction code decides everything. P is an open-market purchase and S an open-market sale; those two are the only codes where an insider chose to trade. A is a grant, M an option exercise or vesting, F shares withheld to cover tax, G a gift. Most “insiders dumped billions” headlines are code F and M mechanics.
Sales flagged 10b5-1 run on a plan the insider adopted in advance; since 2023 every Form 4 carries that flag. Buys have historically predicted returns, sales mostly have not, and this page states filings, not advice.