CMS Energy (CMS) Expected to Announce Earnings on Thursday

CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) is expected to release its Q1 2025 earnings data before the market opens on Thursday, April 24th. Analysts expect CMS Energy to post earnings of $1.15 per share and revenue of $2.32 billion for the quarter. CMS Energy has set its FY 2025 guidance at 3.540-3.600 EPS.

CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.87 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.86 by $0.01. CMS Energy had a return on equity of 12.02% and a net margin of 13.35%. On average, analysts expect CMS Energy to post $4 EPS for the current fiscal year and $4 EPS for the next fiscal year.

CMS Energy Stock Performance

Shares of CMS stock opened at $72.17 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $21.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.74, a PEG ratio of 2.56 and a beta of 0.34. CMS Energy has a fifty-two week low of $58.50 and a fifty-two week high of $76.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a quick ratio of 0.57 and a current ratio of 0.79. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $72.40 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $69.56.

CMS Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 30th. Investors of record on Friday, May 9th will be issued a dividend of $0.5425 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 9th. This represents a $2.17 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.01%. CMS Energy’s dividend payout ratio is currently 65.36%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CAO Scott B. Mcintosh sold 6,700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.76, for a total transaction of $467,392.00. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 21,643 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,509,815.68. This represents a 23.64 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Brandon J. Hofmeister sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $73.77, for a total transaction of $147,540.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 71,931 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,306,349.87. The trade was a 2.71 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 11,200 shares of company stock valued at $789,532. 0.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. BMO Capital Markets dropped their target price on shares of CMS Energy from $80.00 to $77.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, April 14th. StockNews.com cut CMS Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday. Bank of America lifted their price target on shares of CMS Energy from $73.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, March 24th. Barclays raised shares of CMS Energy from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $68.00 to $75.00 in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, Guggenheim reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $69.00 target price on shares of CMS Energy in a research report on Friday, February 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, CMS Energy currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $75.73.

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.