CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE:CMS) Stock Now Rated "Moderate Buy" by Sell-Side Analysts

Key Points

• CMS Energy received a “Moderate Buy” consensus rating from 13 analysts, with seven buy ratings and six holds. The average 12-month price target is $80.54, above the stock’s reported price of $62.95.
• Institutional investors own 93.57% of CMS Energy’s outstanding shares, with several funds recently establishing or expanding positions.
• CMS Energy exceeded quarterly EPS expectations slightly, reporting $0.37 versus the $0.36 consensus, but revenue declined 0.5% year over year. The company also maintains a quarterly dividend of $0.57 per share, representing a 3.6% annualized yield.

CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE:CMS - Get Free Report) has received an average rating of "Moderate Buy" from the thirteen research firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat.com reports. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $80.54.

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. Weiss Ratings cut CMS Energy from a "buy (b)" rating to a "buy (b-)" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 29th. Truist Financial decreased their target price on CMS Energy from $85.00 to $81.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th. KeyCorp downgraded CMS Energy from an "overweight" rating to a "sector weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Argus reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $80.00 price target on shares of CMS Energy in a research report on Wednesday, August 26th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on CMS Energy from $78.00 to $74.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, September 15th.

Institutional Trading of CMS Energy

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Capital Innovations LLC acquired a new stake in shares of CMS Energy in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,652,000. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its holdings in CMS Energy by 10,463.3% during the second quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 518,237 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $39,645,000 after acquiring an additional 513,331 shares during the period. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. grew its holdings in CMS Energy by 28.6% during the first quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 1,023,324 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $79,389,000 after acquiring an additional 227,795 shares during the period. ING Groep NV raised its position in CMS Energy by 97.7% in the fourth quarter. ING Groep NV now owns 1,263,429 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $88,352,000 after acquiring an additional 624,232 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Energy Income Partners LLC purchased a new position in CMS Energy in the second quarter worth $53,709,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.57% of the company's stock.

CMS Energy Trading Up 0.3%

NYSE CMS opened at $62.95 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.67. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $69.34 and its 200 day moving average price is $73.26. The company has a market capitalization of $19.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 0.34. CMS Energy has a 12 month low of $62.38 and a 12 month high of $80.36.

CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 28th. The utilities provider reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.01. CMS Energy had a net margin of 11.64% and a return on equity of 10.76%. The firm had revenue of $1.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.87 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.71 EPS. CMS Energy's revenue for the quarter was down .5% compared to the same quarter last year. CMS Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.080-4.170 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that CMS Energy will post 3.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

CMS Energy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 7th were given a dividend of $0.57 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 7th. This represents a $2.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.6%. CMS Energy's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 68.47%.

CMS Energy Company Profile

CMS Energy Corporation NYSE: CMS is an energy company headquartered in Jackson, Michigan. Its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy, is a regulated utility that provides electric and natural gas service to residential, commercial and industrial customers throughout Michigan.

Consumers Energy operates and maintains a diverse energy infrastructure that includes electric generation, transmission and distribution systems, as well as natural gas storage and distribution networks. The company is also investing in renewable energy and other technologies intended to support a cleaner and more reliable energy system, while continuing to serve customers across Michigan's Lower Peninsula.

CMS Energy traces its history to the Consumers Power Company, which was founded in 1886.

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