CMS Energy Co. to Post Q1 2025 Earnings of $1.10 Per Share, Zacks Research Forecasts (NYSE:CMS)

CMS Energy Co. (NYSE:CMS) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of CMS Energy in a research report issued on Monday, September 16th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings of $1.10 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $1.07. The consensus estimate for CMS Energy’s current full-year earnings is $3.33 per share.

CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 25th. The utilities provider reported $0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.03. CMS Energy had a return on equity of 12.25% and a net margin of 13.10%. The firm had revenue of $1.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.73 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.75 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

CMS has been the subject of a number of other reports. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of CMS Energy from $60.00 to $63.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, August 23rd. Evercore ISI upgraded shares of CMS Energy to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, July 26th. Barclays upped their target price on shares of CMS Energy from $60.00 to $65.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 13th. Guggenheim lifted their price target on CMS Energy from $66.00 to $67.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 26th. Finally, StockNews.com raised CMS Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 29th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, CMS Energy currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $67.75.

CMS Energy Stock Performance

NYSE:CMS opened at $69.23 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $20.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.11, a PEG ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 0.40. CMS Energy has a 1 year low of $49.87 and a 1 year high of $70.74. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $66.07 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $62.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 0.87.

CMS Energy Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 2nd were issued a $0.51 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 2nd. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.95%. CMS Energy’s payout ratio is 62.80%.

Institutional Trading of CMS Energy

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of CMS. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its holdings in shares of CMS Energy by 101.7% in the second quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 6,891,027 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $410,223,000 after purchasing an additional 3,473,977 shares during the period. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main grew its position in shares of CMS Energy by 320.9% during the 4th quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 4,305,602 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $250,026,000 after buying an additional 3,282,697 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of CMS Energy by 14.0% during the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 22,662,964 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,367,483,000 after buying an additional 2,786,071 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of CMS Energy during the fourth quarter valued at $111,004,000. Finally, Capital International Investors raised its holdings in shares of CMS Energy by 24.8% in the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 6,208,876 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $360,537,000 after acquiring an additional 1,234,791 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.57% of the company’s stock.

CMS Energy Company Profile

CMS Energy Corporation operates as an energy company primarily in Michigan. The company operates through three segments: Electric Utility; Gas Utility; and Enterprises. The Electric Utility segment is involved in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity. This segment generates electricity through coal, wind, gas, renewable energy, oil, and nuclear sources.