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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue was flat, EPS fell 43.9%, free cash flow grew 26.6% and total debt rose 6.96%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for three consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

68.93 1.99 +2.97%
Market cap
$21.0B
P/E
20.7×
Fwd P/E
18.6×
Dividend yield
3.27%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
0.86
Beneish M
−2.41
Dividend safety
27/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.17
Total sells 2.09
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — 1 — — — — 1 — — —
Sell 1 — — 2 1 — 1 — — — — —
Insider Ownership 0.00%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 20,990.00
Revenue 8,813.00
Net Income 887.00
Free Cash Flow (1,910.00)
Net Debt 18,956.00
Current Ratio 0.94 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 1.86
P/E ratio 20.70
Fwd P/E 18.60
P/S ratio 2.43
P/B ratio 2.10
Past 5Y EPS Growth 5.98%
This Y EPS Growth 7.30%
Next Y EPS Growth 7.30%
Next Y revenue growth 5.06%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 7.42%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 32.81%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 51.90%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 3.21%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 69.81%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.68
Annual Dividend Rate 2.25
Annual Dividend Yield 3.27%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 2.28
0.57
0.57
0.57
2025 2.17
0.54
0.54
0.54
0.54
2024 2.06
0.52
0.52
0.52
0.52
2023 1.95
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
2022 2.29
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.45
0.46
2021 1.74
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.44
2020 1.63
0.41
0.41
0.41
0.41
2019 1.53
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.38
2018 1.43
0.36
0.36
0.36
0.36
2017 1.33
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.33
2016 1.24
0.31
0.31
0.31
0.31
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 248 178 615 345
Receivables 944 1,063 1,323 1,023
Inventory 938 769 791 824
Other 203 229 104 81
2,839 2,790 3,472 2,866
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 809 1,093 1,404 1,229
ST’ Debt 980 1,195 956 870
Other 205 320 270 283
2,895 3,521 3,548 3,063

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 2.84% 5.88% (0.22%)
Cash Flow 3.14% 11.86% 37.75%
Earnings 7.33% 7.04% 8.66%
Book Value 9.34% 9.83% 8.54%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,730 1,829 — — —
’25 2,447 1,838 2,021 2,233 8,539
’24 2,176 1,607 1,743 1,989 7,515
’23 2,284 1,555 1,673 1,950 7,462
’22 2,374 1,920 2,024 2,278 8,596
’21 2,013 1,558 1,725 2,033 7,329
’20 1,864 1,382 1,507 1,665 6,418
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 705 622 — — —
’25 1,000 414 343 478 2,235
’24 956 707 304 403 2,370
’23 1,040 665 199 405 2,309
’22 707 352 (392) 188 855
’21 832 535 116 336 1,819
’20 201 595 348 132 1,276
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (334) (345) — — —
’25 112 (470) (635) (596) (1,589)
’24 343 26 (502) (515) (648)
’23 423 95 (413) (203) (98)
’22 187 (216) (1,042) (448) (1,519)
’21 396 93 (448) (298) (257)
’20 (322) 174 (401) (486) (1,035)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.10 0.37 — — —
’25 1.01 0.66 0.92 0.94 3.53
’24 0.96 0.65 0.84 0.87 3.33
’23 0.69 0.67 0.60 1.05 3.01
’22 1.21 0.50 0.56 0.58 2.85
’21 1.21 0.61 0.64 2.20 4.66
’20 0.85 0.48 0.76 0.55 2.64
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 34.96 41.12 40.48 47.97 46.03 53.19 52.41 49.87 55.10 63.97

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 46.25 50.85 53.82 65.31 69.17 65.79 73.76 65.72 72.40 76.45
People
People Employees 7,800 7,952 8,625 8,789 9,345 9,778 9,073 8,356 8,324 8,350
Revenue/emp, $m 0.82 0.83 0.80 0.75 0.69 0.75 0.95 0.89 0.90 1.02
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 6,399 6,583 6,873 6,624 6,418 7,329 8,596 7,462 7,515 8,539
Gross margin, % 56.20 56.80 55.51 57.23 60.92 58.11 51.55 60.96 64.50 61.75
EBT 826 886 774 764 809 823 902 954 1,123 1,248
EBT margin, % 12.91 13.46 11.26 11.53 12.61 11.23 10.49 12.78 14.94 14.62
Net income 553 462 659 682 752 1,330 813 808 947 1,002
Depreciation 811 881 933 989 1,043 1,114 1,126 1,180 1,240 1,306
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 23.03 23.51 24.36 23.41 22.52 25.36 29.69 25.63 25.25 28.43
Earnings 1.99 1.64 2.33 2.40 2.65 4.66 2.85 3.01 3.33 3.53
Cash flow 5.86 6.09 6.03 6.33 4.48 6.29 2.95 7.93 7.96 7.44
Capex (6.02) (5.95) (7.35) (7.41) (8.11) (7.18) (8.20) (8.27) (10.14) (12.73)
Free cash flow (0.15) 0.14 (1.31) (1.08) (3.63) (0.89) (5.25) (0.34) (2.18) (5.29)
Book value 15.44 15.99 16.98 17.86 21.32 24.87 26.23 27.90 29.40 32.33
Shares, m 278 280 282 283 285 289 290 291 298 300
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 20.87 28.63 21.31 26.18 23.02 13.96 22.36 19.67 20.08 19.81
P/S 1.80 2.00 2.04 2.68 2.71 2.57 2.15 2.31 2.64 2.46
P/B 2.69 2.94 2.92 3.52 2.86 2.70 2.50 2.18 2.33 2.21
EV/Sales 3.27 3.53 3.71 4.65 4.63 4.20 3.79 4.36 4.81 4.60
EV/FCF (486.59) 581.60 (68.78) (100.27) (28.72) (119.83) (21.43) (332.08) (55.80) (24.73)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,629 1,705 1,703 1,790 1,276 1,819 855 2,309 2,370 2,235
Capex (1,672) (1,665) (2,074) (2,097) (2,311) (2,076) (2,374) (2,407) (3,018) (3,824)
Free cash flow (43) 40 (371) (307) (1,035) (257) (1,519) (98) (648) (1,589)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (375) (309) (156) (373) (670) 423 448 (56) (731) (76)
Total debt 9,636 10,317 11,680 13,157 12,391 12,474 14,289 15,550 16,501 18,898
Net debt 9,382 10,118 11,506 13,000 12,342 11,998 14,107 15,302 16,323 18,283
Shareholders’ equity 4,290 4,478 4,792 5,055 6,077 7,188 7,595 8,125 8,748 9,711
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 2.63 2.06 2.76 2.65 2.67 4.61 2.75 2.70 2.86 2.80
ROIC 5.74 5.73 4.46 3.86 4.17 3.73 3.53 3.29 3.71 3.86
ROE 13.33 10.49 14.17 13.81 13.56 20.67 11.54 11.49 12.09 11.78
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

CMS Energy Corporation vs peers in Utilities Regulated Electric (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
DTE DTE Energy Company $26.7B 20.5× 19.4× −1.46% (below 0%: shrinking) +22.73% (above 0%: growing) −179.77% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.91% 13.59% Compare
FE FirstEnergy Corporation $26.4B 24.6× 16.8× +8.82% (above 0%: growing) +8.70% (above 0%: growing) −143.84% (below 0%: shrinking) 64.30% 18.41% Compare
CNP CenterPoint Energy, Inc. $26.2B 23.9× 22.8× +10.70% (above 0%: growing) +23.33% (above 0%: growing) −4.04% (below 0%: shrinking) 86.94% 24.81% Compare
PPL PPL Corporation $26.0B 20.7× 18.6× +4.25% (above 0%: growing) +24.00% (above 0%: growing) −112.80% (below 0%: shrinking) 71.67% 22.50% Compare
ES Eversource Energy $24.9B 17.3× 15.4× +2.29% (above 0%: growing) −85.42% (below 0%: shrinking) +398.93% (above 0%: growing) 67.64% 18.63% Compare
EIX Edison International $21.4B 5.7× 12.2× −4.09% (below 0%: shrinking) +56.18% (above 0%: growing) +30.60% (above 0%: growing) 73.90% 25.06% Compare
CMS CMS Energy Corporation $21.0B 20.7× 18.6× −0.49% (below 0%: shrinking) −43.94% (below 0%: shrinking) +26.60% (above 0%: growing) 63.09% 14.43%
EVRG Evergy Inc. $18.8B 20.7× 19.6× +4.39% (above 0%: growing) +25.68% (above 0%: growing) −101.48% (below 0%: shrinking) 70.18% 25.37% Compare
LNT Alliant Energy Corporation $17.4B 21.6× 21.2× +1.04% (above 0%: growing) −2.94% (below 0%: shrinking) −106.25% (below 0%: shrinking) 82.60% 19.05% Compare
Median of peers $25.4B 20.7× 19.0× +3.27% +23.03% −103.86% 70.92% 20.78%

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CMS metrics, ten years each

CMS Energy Corporation (CMS) key facts

  • Strength: CMS Energy Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $8.5 billion, up 13.6% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $1.0 billion, or $3.53 per share (basic), a net margin of 12.4%.
  • CMS Energy Corporation (CMS) is an Utilities Regulated Electric company in the Utilities sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, CMS traded at $68.93, a market capitalization of $21.0 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 20.7× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.4× sales; its P/E is higher than 33% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • CMS Energy Corporation pays an annual dividend of $2.25 per share, a yield of 3.27%, with a payout ratio of 67.6%.
  • Return on equity was 11.8% and debt-to-equity 1.86.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 0.86 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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