Q1 Earnings Estimate for CMS Energy Issued By Zacks Research

CMS Energy Co. (NYSE:CMS) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research increased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for CMS Energy in a research note issued to investors on Monday, December 2nd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the utilities provider will post earnings per share of $1.13 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $1.12. The consensus estimate for CMS Energy’s current full-year earnings is $3.33 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for CMS Energy’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.49 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.81 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.15 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.97 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.76 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $1.00 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently weighed in on CMS. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on CMS Energy from $70.00 to $77.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. Mizuho cut CMS Energy from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their target price for the company from $76.00 to $72.00 in a report on Tuesday, October 15th. KeyCorp lifted their target price on CMS Energy from $73.00 to $76.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, September 30th. Scotiabank lifted their target price on CMS Energy from $66.00 to $75.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 20th. Finally, StockNews.com cut CMS Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, November 28th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, CMS Energy presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $70.21.

CMS Energy Price Performance

Shares of CMS Energy stock opened at $67.38 on Wednesday. CMS Energy has a twelve month low of $55.10 and a twelve month high of $72.40. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.25, a PEG ratio of 2.72 and a beta of 0.41. The company has a current ratio of 1.23, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.86. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $69.57 and its 200 day moving average price is $65.87.

CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 31st. The utilities provider reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.06. CMS Energy had a return on equity of 12.81% and a net margin of 14.01%. The business had revenue of $1.74 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.88 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.61 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 4.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Trading of CMS Energy

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Tidal Investments LLC increased its position in CMS Energy by 17.6% in the 3rd quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 19,780 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,397,000 after acquiring an additional 2,965 shares during the period. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB acquired a new stake in CMS Energy in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $589,000. World Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in CMS Energy in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $248,000. Sanctuary Advisors LLC increased its position in CMS Energy by 34.6% in the 3rd quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 34,904 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $2,427,000 after acquiring an additional 8,975 shares during the period. Finally, Virtu Financial LLC increased its position in CMS Energy by 18.0% in the 3rd quarter. Virtu Financial LLC now owns 18,358 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,297,000 after acquiring an additional 2,800 shares during the period. 93.57% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at CMS Energy

In other news, SVP Brandon J. Hofmeister sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.17, for a total transaction of $136,340.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 64,771 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,415,439.07. This represents a 3.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CAO Scott B. Mcintosh sold 936 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.50, for a total value of $64,116.00. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 24,417 shares in the company, valued at $1,672,564.50. The trade was a 3.69 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

CMS Energy Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 27th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 13th were paid a dividend of $0.515 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, November 13th. This represents a $2.06 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.06%. This is a boost from CMS Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.51. CMS Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 58.86%.

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.