Q3 2025 EPS Estimates for CMS Energy Co. (NYSE:CMS) Lifted by Zacks Research

CMS Energy Co. (NYSE:CMS) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research raised their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for CMS Energy in a report released on Tuesday, June 18th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the utilities provider will earn $0.72 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.71. The consensus estimate for CMS Energy’s current full-year earnings is $3.33 per share.

CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, April 25th. The utilities provider reported $0.97 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $2.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.32 billion. CMS Energy had a return on equity of 12.83% and a net margin of 13.19%. The business’s revenue was down 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.70 earnings per share.

CMS has been the subject of several other reports. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on CMS Energy from $68.00 to $71.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 14th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their target price on CMS Energy from $65.00 to $63.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 4th. KeyCorp upped their target price on CMS Energy from $66.00 to $68.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, May 20th. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on CMS Energy from $57.00 to $61.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 28th. Finally, Scotiabank cut their target price on CMS Energy from $67.00 to $66.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, CMS Energy presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $64.27.

CMS Energy Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE CMS opened at $58.94 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.82. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $60.84 and a 200-day simple moving average of $59.04. The company has a market cap of $17.57 billion, a PE ratio of 17.97, a P/E/G ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 0.40. CMS Energy has a 12-month low of $49.87 and a 12-month high of $63.76.

Institutional Trading of CMS Energy

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Scarborough Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of CMS Energy during the fourth quarter worth $29,000. Headinvest LLC purchased a new stake in shares of CMS Energy during the third quarter worth $26,000. Voisard Asset Management Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of CMS Energy during the fourth quarter worth $36,000. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new stake in shares of CMS Energy during the first quarter worth $43,000. Finally, Tobam raised its holdings in shares of CMS Energy by 2,432.3% during the fourth quarter. Tobam now owns 785 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $46,000 after acquiring an additional 754 shares in the last quarter. 93.57% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Brandon J. Hofmeister sold 1,667 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $59.98, for a total transaction of $99,986.66. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 68,330 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,098,433.40. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. In other CMS Energy news, Director Jon E. Barfield sold 2,360 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $60.79, for a total transaction of $143,464.40. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 14,556 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $884,859.24. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Brandon J. Hofmeister sold 1,667 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $59.98, for a total transaction of $99,986.66. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 68,330 shares in the company, valued at $4,098,433.40. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 6,027 shares of company stock worth $365,651. Insiders own 0.53% of the company’s stock.

CMS Energy Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 31st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 15th were given a dividend of $0.515 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, May 14th. This represents a $2.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.50%. CMS Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 62.80%.

About CMS Energy

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.