CMS Energy (CMS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

11 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CMS Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" CMS shares.
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11 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for CMS Energy's stock. Their CMS share price targets range from $56.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $62.55 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.6% from the stock's current price.
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CMS Energy's stock was trading at $58.07 at the start of the year. Since then, CMS stock has decreased by 0.8% and is now trading at $57.61.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2024.
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CMS Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 9:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

CMS Energy Co. (NYSE:CMS) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 1st. The utilities provider reported $1.05 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.04 by $0.01. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.95 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.62 billion. CMS Energy had a net margin of 11.89% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.09%. The business's revenue was down 14.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.60 EPS.
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CMS Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.515 per share on Thursday, February 29th. This represents a $2.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.58%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 9th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.49.
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CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.57%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 68.44%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CMS will have a dividend payout ratio of 57.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RSPU), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU), Virtus Reaves Utilities ETF (UTES), Invesco Dorsey Wright Utilities Momentum ETF (PUI), First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF (ECLN), Goldman Sachs Future Real Estate and Infrastructure Equity ETF (GREI), Touchstone Climate Transition ETF (HEAT) and JPMorgan Sustainable Infrastructure ETF (BLLD).

CMS Energy updated its FY24 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.29-3.35 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.34.

5 employees have rated CMS Energy Chief Executive Officer John G. Russell on Glassdoor.com. John G. Russell has an approval rating of 60% among the company's employees. This puts John G. Russell in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other CMS Energy investors own include AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), Pfizer (PFE), AbbVie (ABBV), Comcast (CMCSA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Dominion Energy (D), Procter & Gamble (PG), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Boeing (BA).

CMS Energy's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Perpetual Ltd (0.87%), Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.22%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.06%), Ausbil Investment Management Ltd (0.02%), Czech National Bank (0.02%) and Viking Fund Management LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Brandon J Hofmeister, Brian F Rich, Catherine A Hendrian, Dhenuvakonda Rao Venkat, Glenn P Barba, Jean-Francois Brossoit, John G Russell, Jon E Barfield, Scott B Mcintosh and Shaun M Johnson.
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