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$69.30 -1.46 (-2.06%)
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CMS vs. SRE, D, PCG, PEG, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CNP, and NI

Should you be buying CMS Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CMS Energy include Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.

CMS Energy vs.

Sempra (NYSE:SRE) and CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

In the previous week, CMS Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Sempra. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for CMS Energy and 17 mentions for Sempra. CMS Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Sempra's score of 1.27 indicating that CMS Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sempra
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CMS Energy
18 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to CMS Energy's net margin of 13.35%. CMS Energy's return on equity of 12.02% beat Sempra's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sempra22.63% 8.06% 3.04%
CMS Energy 13.35%12.02%2.90%

Sempra currently has a consensus target price of $80.77, suggesting a potential upside of 5.32%. CMS Energy has a consensus target price of $77.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. Given CMS Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CMS Energy is more favorable than Sempra.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sempra
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
CMS Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. CMS Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Sempra pays out 56.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CMS Energy pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Sempra has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and CMS Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Sempra is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Sempra has higher revenue and earnings than CMS Energy. Sempra is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CMS Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sempra$13.35B3.75$3.08B$4.5516.85
CMS Energy$7.79B2.66$1.00B$3.3720.56

89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of CMS Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Sempra shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CMS Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

CMS Energy received 75 more outperform votes than Sempra when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.47% of users gave CMS Energy an outperform vote while only 60.34% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SempraOutperform Votes
493
60.34%
Underperform Votes
324
39.66%
CMS EnergyOutperform Votes
568
61.47%
Underperform Votes
356
38.53%

Sempra has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CMS Energy has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Sempra beats CMS Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CMS vs. The Competition

MetricCMS EnergyElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$20.73B$20.60B$16.11B$19.30B
Dividend Yield3.04%3.20%5.72%3.83%
P/E Ratio20.8735.6820.2734.53
Price / Sales2.6613.7421.9234.83
Price / Cash9.408.4018.7117.51
Price / Book2.432.032.114.69
Net Income$1.00B$965.53M$661.92M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.07%-1.60%0.77%-2.43%
1 Month Performance-6.06%0.15%2.59%6.27%
1 Year Performance13.84%11.10%8.78%5.78%

CMS Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMS
CMS Energy
4.6067 of 5 stars
$69.30
-2.1%
$77.00
+11.1%
+12.1%$20.73B$7.79B20.879,070Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
SRE
Sempra
4.6967 of 5 stars
$78.41
+1.0%
$80.77
+3.0%
-0.8%$51.12B$13.35B17.2715,400Positive News
D
Dominion Energy
2.8063 of 5 stars
$56.18
+0.7%
$58.75
+4.6%
+4.1%$47.91B$14.90B20.8117,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PCG
PG&E
4.0807 of 5 stars
$17.73
-0.8%
$20.71
+16.8%
-8.9%$47.44B$24.54B15.4226,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.8573 of 5 stars
$79.76
+0.6%
$88.81
+11.3%
+4.0%$39.80B$10.75B19.6012,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.3773 of 5 stars
$105.33
+1.0%
$104.36
-0.9%
+7.5%$37.95B$15.77B20.1014,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.5284 of 5 stars
$107.28
+0.8%
$107.13
-0.1%
+28.1%$34.24B$9.07B22.217,020Positive News
Insider Trade
DTE
DTE Energy
4.5346 of 5 stars
$138.40
+0.2%
$140.31
+1.4%
+17.0%$28.72B$13.66B20.4410,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AEE
Ameren
4.247 of 5 stars
$98.83
+0.8%
$101.80
+3.0%
+30.3%$26.71B$7.90B22.369,240Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
3.6249 of 5 stars
$37.65
+0.3%
$36.04
-4.3%
+23.5%$24.58B$8.94B23.6812,500Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NI
NiSource
4.5793 of 5 stars
$39.88
+2.0%
$41.50
+4.1%
+33.3%$18.77B$5.93B24.627,120Positive News

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