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CMS Energy Corporation (CMS) vs Evergy Inc. (EVRG)

CMS Energy Corporation and Evergy Inc. are both Utilities Regulated Electric companies. CMS Energy Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $21.0B against $18.8B — 1.1× the size. CMS Energy Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 20.7× against 20.7×. CMS Energy Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.93% against 3.63%. Evergy Inc. has the higher net margin (15.2% vs 11.5%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.15% vs 3.56%). Both pay a dividend; Evergy Inc. yields more (3.34% vs 3.27%). Across the 21 metrics below, Evergy Inc. leads on 11 and CMS Energy Corporation on 10.

Valuation

Metric CMS EVRG Utilities Regulated Electric median
P/E 20.70 20.72 19.47
P/S 2.43 3.16 2.78
P/B 2.10 1.87 1.77
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 38.27
EV/EBITDA 13.36 11.42 12.25
EV/Sales 4.58 5.42 4.74
Earnings yield 4.83% 4.83% 5.02%
Free cash flow yield (8.93%) (7.31%) (5.09%)

Profitability

Metric CMS EVRG Utilities Regulated Electric median
Gross margin 61.16% 69.31% 66.28%
Operating margin 18.95% 26.20% 21.79%
Net margin 11.53% 15.19% 12.94%
Free cash flow margin (21.67%) (23.07%) (11.51%)
Return on equity 10.74% 9.13% 9.75%
Return on assets 2.59% 2.71% 2.75%
Return on invested capital 3.56% 4.15% 3.87%

Growth

Metric CMS EVRG Utilities Regulated Electric median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.93% 3.63% 7.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 6.01% (3.43%) 7.45%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.88% 3.94% 6.75%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 7.04% 6.71% 6.44%

Health

Metric CMS EVRG Utilities Regulated Electric median
Debt to equity 1.86 1.34 1.53
Current ratio 0.94 0.36 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA 6.03 4.80 5.25

Dividend

Metric CMS EVRG Utilities Regulated Electric median
Dividend yield 3.27% 3.34% 3.29%
Payout ratio 0.68 0.71 0.66

Size

Metric CMS EVRG Utilities Regulated Electric median
Market cap 20.99b 18.80b 23.14b

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