CMS Energy (CMS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CMS Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" CMS shares.
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9 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for CMS Energy's stock. Their CMS share price forecasts range from $64.00 to $73.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $67.56 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.6% from the stock's current price.
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CMS Energy's stock was trading at $63.33 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, CMS shares have decreased by 9.3% and is now trading at $57.44.
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CMS Energy saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 9,230,000 shares, an increase of 20.7% from the April 30th total of 7,650,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,110,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.4 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 27th 2023.
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CMS Energy Co. (NYSE:CMS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.04. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.32 billion. CMS Energy had a net margin of 8.09% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.59%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 3.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.20 EPS.
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CMS Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.4875 per share on Wednesday, May 31st. This represents a $1.95 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.39%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 4th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) stock in their portfolio include Timothy Plan Market Neutral ETF (TPMN), Virtus Reaves Utilities ETF (UTES), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU), Invesco DWA Utilities Momentum ETF (PUI), Goldman Sachs Future Real Estate and Infrastructure Equity ETF (GREI), First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF (ECLN), JPMorgan Sustainable Infrastructure ETF (BLLD) and BNY Mellon Sustainable US Equity ETF (BKUS).

CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) pays an annual dividend of $1.95 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.43%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 83.69%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, CMS will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.21% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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CMS Energy updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.06-$3.12 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.10. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

5 employees have rated CMS Energy Chief Executive Officer John G. Russell on Glassdoor.com. John G. Russell has an approval rating of 60% among the company's employees. This puts John G. Russell in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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CMS Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CMS."

CMS Energy's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.16%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (6.74%), State Street Corp (5.94%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (2.35%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.16%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.05%). Insiders that own company stock include Brandon J Hofmeister, Brian F Rich, Catherine A Hendrian, Dhenuvakonda Rao Venkat, Glenn P Barba, Jean-Francois Brossoit, Jon E Barfield, Scott B Mcintosh and Shaun M Johnson.
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Shares of CMS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CMS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $57.44.

CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) has a market capitalization of $16.75 billion and generates $8.60 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $837 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.33 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,073 workers across the globe.

CMS Energy's mailing address is ONE ENERGY PLAZA, JACKSON MI, 49201. The official website for the company is www.cmsenergy.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (517) 788-0550, via email at travis.uphaus@cmsenergy.com, or via fax at 517-788-1859.