CMS Energy - CMS Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CMS Energy in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CMS shares.
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8 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for CMS Energy's stock. Their CMS share price forecasts range from $57.00 to $78.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $67.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.7% from the stock's current price.
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CMS Energy's stock was trading at $63.33 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CMS shares have increased by 0.6% and is now trading at $63.72.
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CMS Energy saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,650,000 shares, an increase of 8.4% from the November 30th total of 5,210,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,200,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 2nd 2023.
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CMS Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 2nd at 9:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

CMS Energy Co. (NYSE:CMS) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.54. The utilities provider earned $1.73 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.63 billion. CMS Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.22% and a net margin of 15.63%. The company's revenue was up 14.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.77 earnings per share.
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CMS Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 4th will be given a dividend of $0.46 per share on Wednesday, November 30th. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.89%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 3rd.
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CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.94%. The dividend payout ratio is 41.16%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CMS will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.16% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Ceredex Value Advisors LLC (0.74%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.60%), Pendal Group Ltd (0.45%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.30%), Strs Ohio (0.25%) and Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.13%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian F Rich, Catherine A Hendrian, Dhenuvakonda Rao Venkat, Glenn P Barba, Jean-Francois Brossoit, John G Russell, Jon E Barfield, Scott B Mcintosh and Shaun M Johnson.
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One share of CMS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $63.72.

CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) has a market capitalization of $18.49 billion and generates $7.33 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.35 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.47 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,778 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.