Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for CMS Energy Co.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:CMS)

CMS Energy Co. (NYSE:CMS) – Research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for CMS Energy in a report released on Monday, September 16th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the utilities provider will earn $1.10 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $1.07. The consensus estimate for CMS Energy’s current full-year earnings is $3.33 per share.

CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 25th. The utilities provider reported $0.66 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.03. CMS Energy had a return on equity of 12.25% and a net margin of 13.10%. The firm had revenue of $1.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.73 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.75 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. KeyCorp raised their target price on shares of CMS Energy from $68.00 to $73.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on CMS Energy from $60.00 to $63.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, August 23rd. Guggenheim increased their price target on CMS Energy from $66.00 to $67.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, July 26th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of CMS Energy from $66.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, July 26th. Finally, Evercore ISI raised shares of CMS Energy to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, July 26th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $67.75.

CMS Energy Stock Performance

Shares of CMS stock opened at $70.00 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $20.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.34, a P/E/G ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 0.40. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $65.90 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $62.13. CMS Energy has a one year low of $49.87 and a one year high of $70.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a current ratio of 1.18 and a quick ratio of 0.87.

CMS Energy Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 2nd were issued a $0.51 dividend. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 2nd. CMS Energy’s dividend payout ratio is currently 62.80%.

Institutional Trading of CMS Energy

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Scarborough Advisors LLC acquired a new position in CMS Energy during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Voisard Asset Management Group Inc. bought a new stake in CMS Energy during the 4th quarter worth $36,000. TruNorth Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in CMS Energy by 431.3% in the 2nd quarter. TruNorth Capital Management LLC now owns 712 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $42,000 after purchasing an additional 578 shares in the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new position in CMS Energy in the first quarter valued at about $43,000. Finally, Innealta Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CMS Energy during the second quarter valued at about $43,000. Institutional investors own 93.57% of the company’s stock.

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.