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CMS Energy - CMS Competitors

$61.19
+0.02 (+0.03%)
(As of 03/30/2023 11:03 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$61.11
$61.57
50-Day Range
$57.78
$63.72
52-Week Range
$52.41
$73.76
Volume
372,269 shs
Average Volume
1.83 million shs
Market Capitalization
$17.85 billion
P/E Ratio
21.47
Dividend Yield
3.19%
Price Target
$66.80

CMS vs. AEE, NI, WEC, PEG, ED, PCG, LNT, XEL, EXC, and CNP

Should you be buying CMS Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CMS Energy include Ameren (AEE), NiSource (NI), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), PG&E (PCG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Xcel Energy (XEL), Exelon (EXC), and CenterPoint Energy (CNP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

CMS Energy vs.

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

Ameren has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CMS Energy. Ameren 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
Ameren$7.96 billion2.84$1.07 billion$4.1420.82
CMS Energy$8.60 billion2.08$837 million$2.8521.47

Ameren has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CMS Energy has a beta of 0.34, indicating that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ameren currently has a consensus target price of $94.40, suggesting a potential upside of 9.51%. CMS Energy has a consensus target price of $66.80, suggesting a potential upside of 9.17%. Given Ameren's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ameren is more favorable than CMS Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ameren
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
CMS Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

78.4% of Ameren shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of CMS Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ameren shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CMS Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

CMS Energy received 190 more outperform votes than Ameren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.24% of users gave CMS Energy an outperform vote while only 54.57% of users gave Ameren an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AmerenOutperform Votes
340
54.57%
Underperform Votes
283
45.43%
CMS EnergyOutperform Votes
530
64.24%
Underperform Votes
295
35.76%

Ameren has a net margin of 13.50% compared to CMS Energy's net margin of 9.74%. CMS Energy's return on equity of 11.57% beat Ameren's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ameren 13.50% 10.50% 2.89%
CMS Energy 9.74% 11.57% 2.81%

In the previous week, CMS Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Ameren. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for CMS Energy and 8 mentions for Ameren. CMS Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Ameren's score of 0.45 indicating that CMS Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ameren
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CMS Energy
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ameren pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. CMS Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Ameren pays out 60.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CMS Energy pays out 68.4% 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. Ameren has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and CMS Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

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

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CMS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CMS vs. The Competition

MetricCMS EnergyElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.85B$17.59B$13.28B$14.48B
Dividend Yield3.25%4.55%3.73%3.88%
P/E Ratio21.4715.82104.0719.61
Price / Sales2.082.111,072.5811.04
Price / Cash8.908.2524.8224.48
Price / Book2.421.741.896.79
Net Income$837M$782.99M$355.97M$866.28M
7 Day Performance5.57%6.37%2.98%3.63%
1 Month Performance3.76%0.24%0.06%-4.65%
1 Year Performance-12.57%-8.45%-6.81%-13.37%

CMS Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AEE
Ameren
1.9465 of 5 stars
$86.01
+1.7%
$94.40
+9.8%
-6.9%$22.54B$7.96B20.789,244Short Interest ↑
NI
NiSource
2.151 of 5 stars
$27.60
+1.4%
$29.17
+5.7%
-12.2%$11.39B$5.85B16.247,162
WEC
WEC Energy Group
1.9719 of 5 stars
$94.34
+1.2%
$98.78
+4.7%
-4.9%$29.76B$9.60B21.157,022Analyst Revision
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
2.4116 of 5 stars
$61.34
+2.4%
$66.56
+8.5%
-11.2%$30.59B$9.80B29.7812,525Short Interest ↓
ED
Consolidated Edison
2.3541 of 5 stars
$95.11
+0.8%
$89.92
-5.5%
+1.7%$33.77B$15.67B20.3714,319Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
PCG
PG&E
2.6255 of 5 stars
$15.84
+0.6%
$17.78
+12.2%
+31.9%$39.06B$21.68B18.8626,010
LNT
Alliant Energy
2.376 of 5 stars
$52.82
+1.6%
$59.50
+12.6%
-15.1%$13.05B$4.21B19.353,129Short Interest ↑
Positive News
XEL
Xcel Energy
2.3359 of 5 stars
$66.54
+1.7%
$70.10
+5.4%
-7.4%$36.59B$15.31B20.9911,982Analyst Revision
EXC
Exelon
2.6266 of 5 stars
$41.15
+0.8%
$46.36
+12.7%
-12.4%$40.58B$19.08B18.7919,063Short Interest ↑
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
2.5302 of 5 stars
$29.30
+2.2%
$32.56
+11.1%
-4.9%$18.49B$9.32B18.438,986Positive News
This page (NYSE:CMS) was last updated on 3/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff