CMS Energy Corporation (CMS): Price and Financial Metrics

CMS POWR Grades

• CMS scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 63.84% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CMS is in Value, which has been heading up over the past 51 weeks.
• CMS ranks lowest in Momentum; there it ranks in the 15th percentile.

CMS Stock Summary

• Cms Energy Corp's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 92.68% of US equities in our set.
• Of note is the ratio of Cms Energy Corp's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; just 0.4% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The volatility of Cms Energy Corp's share price is greater than that of only 5.17% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Cms Energy Corp, a group of peers worth examining would be LNT, OKE, DTE, WEC, and CNP.
• Visit CMS's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.cmsenergy.com.

CMS Valuation Summary

• CMS's EV/EBIT ratio is 15.7; this is 30.84% lower than that of the median Utilities stock.
• CMS's price/earnings ratio has moved up 2.3 over the prior 243 months.
• Over the past 243 months, CMS's price/earnings ratio has gone up 2.3.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for CMS.

CMS Growth Metrics

• Its 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 35.76%.
• Its 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 41.43%.
• Its 4 year price growth rate is now at 43.67%.

Over the past 30 months, CMS's revenue has gone up $141,000,000.

The table below shows CMS's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-06-30	7,014	1,847	901
2021-03-31	6,899	1,907	861
2020-12-31	6,680	1,276	755
2020-09-30	6,677	1,539	764
2020-06-30	6,648	1,401	753
2020-03-31	6,650	1,374	710

CMS's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• CMS has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 38.72% of graded US stocks.
• CMS's asset turnover comes in at 0.237 -- ranking 40th of 105 Utilities stocks.
• DUK, AEP, and NI are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with CMS.

The table below shows CMS's key quality metrics over time.