CMS Energy Corporation

CMS Utilities Utilities Regulated Electric

CMS Energy Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $8.5 billion, up 13.6% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+8.02%
EPS
−131.6%
Free cash flow
+26.3%
Total debt
+11.8%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

69.38 0.73 −1.04%
Market cap
$22.2B
P/E
33.3×
Fwd P/E
19.2×
Dividend yield
4.00%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
0.86
Beneish M
−2.41
Dividend safety
27/100

CMS Energy Corporation (CMS) Free cash flow margin

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CMS Energy Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was −19.4%, down 0.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−18.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −18.6% (fiscal 2025) to 1.18% (fiscal 2015) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Utilities Regulated Electric industry median of −11.7% and below the Utilities sector median of −9.94%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 −18.6% (9.99)
FY2024 −8.62% (7.31)
FY2023 −1.31% 16.36
FY2022 −17.7% (14.16)
FY2021 −3.51% 12.62
FY2020 −16.1% (11.50)
FY2019 −4.63% 0.77
FY2018 −5.40% (6.01)
FY2017 0.61% 1.28
FY2016 −0.67% (1.85)

Against its own ten years

Low −18.6% High 1.18%
Ten-year median −4.63%
Current reading's percentile 9

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
DTE DTE Energy Company compare 21.0%
ES Eversource Energy compare 2.13%
EIX Edison International compare −0.71%
FE FirstEnergy Corporation compare −13.3%
CMS CMS Energy Corporation −19.4%
PPL PPL Corporation compare −21.2%
EVRG Evergy Inc. compare −24.2%
CNP CenterPoint Energy, Inc. compare −32.4%
LNT Alliant Energy Corporation compare −32.5%
Utilities Regulated Electric industry median −11.7%
Utilities sector median −9.94%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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