CMS Energy Corp. (CMS): Price and Financial Metrics

CMS POWR Grades

• Momentum is the dimension where CMS ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 75.59% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for CMS is in Momentum, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• CMS's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 38.42% of US stocks).

CMS Stock Summary

• Cms Energy Corp's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 92.84% 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; merely 0.5% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• The volatility of Cms Energy Corp's share price is greater than that of only 3.54% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to CMS, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are CNP, LNT, AES, DTE, and ETR.
• CMS's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Cms Energy Corp's official 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 2 year price growth rate is now at 24.89%.
• Its 3 year price growth rate is now at 35.65%.
• Its year over year price growth rate is now at 10.26%.

CMS's revenue has moved up $884,000,000 over the prior 52 months.

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
2021-12-31	7,329	1,819	1,348
2021-09-30	7,164	1,615	869
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

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 31.74% of graded US stocks.
• CMS's asset turnover comes in at 0.239 -- ranking 39th 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.