Q4 Earnings Estimate for CMS Energy Issued By Zacks Research

CMS Energy Co. (NYSE:CMS) – Analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for CMS Energy in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, April 2nd. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings per share of $1.22 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.23. The consensus estimate for CMS Energy’s current full-year earnings is $3.59 per share.

A number of other research analysts also recently weighed in on the stock. StockNews.com downgraded shares of CMS Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 2nd. Bank of America raised their price target on CMS Energy from $73.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, March 24th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on CMS Energy from $73.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, March 24th. Scotiabank boosted their price target on CMS Energy from $75.00 to $77.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of CMS Energy from $77.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, March 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $75.36.

CMS Energy Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:CMS opened at $70.13 on Monday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $71.49 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $69.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a quick ratio of 0.57 and a current ratio of 0.79. The firm has a market cap of $20.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.56 and a beta of 0.34. CMS Energy has a fifty-two week low of $56.61 and a fifty-two week high of $76.45.

CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.87 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.86 by $0.01. CMS Energy had a return on equity of 12.02% and a net margin of 13.35%.

Institutional Trading of CMS Energy

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of CMS. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of CMS Energy by 4.0% during the fourth quarter. Pallas Capital Advisors LLC now owns 4,459 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $297,000 after purchasing an additional 173 shares in the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. grew its holdings in CMS Energy by 5.8% during the 4th quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 3,996 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $266,000 after buying an additional 220 shares in the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC increased its stake in CMS Energy by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 4,752 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $317,000 after acquiring an additional 220 shares during the last quarter. Stephens Consulting LLC raised its holdings in shares of CMS Energy by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. Stephens Consulting LLC now owns 4,327 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $288,000 after acquiring an additional 225 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Optiver Holding B.V. boosted its position in shares of CMS Energy by 39.2% during the 4th quarter. Optiver Holding B.V. now owns 813 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $54,000 after acquiring an additional 229 shares during the last quarter. 93.57% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at CMS Energy

In other CMS Energy news, CAO Scott B. Mcintosh sold 6,700 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $69.76, for a total transaction of $467,392.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 21,643 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,509,815.68. This trade represents a 23.64 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, SVP Brandon J. Hofmeister sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $73.77, for a total transaction of $147,540.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 71,931 shares in the company, valued at $5,306,349.87. This trade represents a 2.71 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 11,200 shares of company stock valued at $789,532 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

CMS Energy Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 28th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 17th were given a $0.5425 dividend. This is a positive change from CMS Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.52. This represents a $2.17 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 14th. CMS Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 65.36%.

About CMS Energy

CMS Energy Corporation operates as an energy company primarily in Michigan. The company operates through three segments: Electric Utility; Gas Utility; and Enterprises. The Electric Utility segment is involved in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity. This segment generates electricity through coal, wind, gas, renewable energy, oil, and nuclear sources.