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Recent financial performance is holding in the top half of its industry — the reason to own it looks intact.
Recent financial performance is strong, while earnings quality and management's track record are neutral. Risk is low, but the sector backdrop is a headwind, with CMS trading above typical levels compared to sector peers. Peer multiples imply a price about 4% above where it trades (it looks cheap on this basis); the read is fair. The outlook hinges on guidance changes, as a cut could negatively impact estimates, while a raise could provide a momentum boost. This read is provisional.
Daily closes. Earnings/event dots are placed inline.
A consensus fair price across 7 valuation methods, at three horizons. Current price $74.05. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
No-growth: today's peer multiple on trailing earnings. The headline read.
Embeds projected growth. Leans optimistic by design. Upside context.
We take the 12-month fair value above and grade our own number — how the market prices this name versus what we'd justify, and where the two diverge.
At $74 CMS trades at 20× p/e, below its 21× p/e peer median. Our $78 fair value sits above the price; high confidence. Analysts: $74–$85. Not investment advice.
One valuation read at a 12-month horizon, plus how price compares to peers and the company's own history.
The price implies about 5% below a flat-multiple fair value, below our forecast of about 15%. This describes what's priced in, not a forecast of the move.
Only weak execution quality, a turbulent sector regime (Heating) — not the full expensive x weak x turbulent stack.
For similar setups historically (n=20,154): about 33% saw a 20%+ drawdown, and roughly 76% of those did not recover within the year. These are historical base rates for the cohort, not a forecast of this stock.
Each factor is a parallel diagnostic with a clear read of what it shows and how names like it have historically fared. Never aggregated into a single score.
Operating income rose in 2 of the last 3 quarter-over-quarter moves. Historically, Utilities names rated strong grew net income 61% of the time over the next year (vs 55% for the rest of the cohort, n=906).
Over the trailing year it converted 1.75x of net income into operating cash flow. Historically, Utilities names rated neutral grew net income 57% of the time over the next year (vs 57% for the rest of the cohort, n=1075).
Most sensitive to real (inflation-adjusted) rates and long-term interest rates.
Not enough signal to read sensitivity to the US dollar, the broad stock market, Fed net liquidity.
The next print and the backdrop around it (sector regime and the AI cycle). Context for the path, not a forecast of returns.
EPS estimate $0.78 → $0.78 (+0.9% / 30d). 4 raised, 3 cut, 11 covering analysts.
0 upgrades, 1 downgrade / 30d, 2 maintained. 53% of analysts rate Buy.
5 PT revisions / 30d. Avg target 11.6% above current price.
0 positive, 0 negative / 30d.
How management runs the business: capital, margins, balance sheet, and how reliably they guide and deliver.
A guidance track record builds as the company issues and delivers on guidance.
What a normal day, a bad day, and the worst of the last year would mean for a $10,000 position.
On a typical day, $10k can swing ±$80.
How much price usually moves either way.
On a bad day, this stock has moved -$162.
A rough but not unusual down day (about the 95th percentile).
In the worst 12 months, $10k could have lost $1,216.
Deepest peak-to-trough drop in the last year.
Past results, not a forecast. Not investment advice.
The most important moves since the prior daily snapshot.
No material changes since the prior snapshot.
as of 2026-06-16
Specific, dated things to watch for, each with what would confirm it and what would prove it wrong.
Why it matters: Meeting or beating the guidance shows strong performance. It also supports growth expectations.
Confirms:Q2 adjusted EPS reported above $3.83, the lower end of the guidance.
Disproves:Q2 adjusted EPS was below $3.83. This shows weaker performance.
Recent news graded against this company's own objectives — whether it reinforces or challenges the thesis, and how confirmed it is.
No graded news catalysts for CMS yet.
Conditional scenarios: if X happens, the view would shift in this direction. These are not predictions.
Recent SEC 8-K filings ranked by likely impact, confidence, and recency.
executive vice president and chief financial officer — Rejji P. Hayes: Hayes retired and was succeeded by Maddipati.
Whether the overall read has been drifting up or down lately, and how it's changed since last week.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
Long-thesis check; widest uncertainty.
$74.00 – $85.00 (median $80.50) · 10 analysts · as of 2026-06-08
Roughly priced in line with peers.
Around its own typical valuation.
Trailing four: 2025-Q1, 2025-Q2, 2025-Q3, 2026-Q1
A side-by-side read on sector standing, valuation, and risk versus Multi-Utilities.
| Stock | Sector standing | Valuation | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
CMS CMS Energy | Above typical Show detailsSector percentile: 90 of 100 | fair | low |
NEE NextEra Energy | Typical Show detailsSector percentile: 67 of 100 | full | low |
SRE Sempra | Typical Show detailsSector percentile: 47 of 100 | fair | low |
D Dominion Energy | Typical Show detailsSector percentile: 30 of 100 | fair | low |
XEL Xcel Energy | Typical Show detailsSector percentile: 56 of 100 | fair | low |
4 material management or governance events in the past 24 months, led by executive changes. Historically, Utilities names rated volatile grew net income 54% of the time over the next year (vs 57% for the rest of the cohort, n=3774).
Not investment advice. As of 2026-06-16.
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Tailwind = sector leading the S&P 500; headwind = trailing. Both can be constructive. Historically, headwind regimes have averaged stronger forward returns than tailwind.
Context label only: describes the market state (e.g. real bear vs narrative panic, healthy uptrend vs late-stage froth). It is not a per-ticker buy/sell signal and does not predict factor performance.
Not investment advice. As of 2026-06-16.
Priorities management has stated in recent disclosures, with status and evidence drawn from earnings calls, filings, and press releases.
CMS Energy continues to reaffirm its 2026 adjusted earnings guidance of $3.83 to $3.90 per share.
CMS Energy has initiated an equity offering program with a sales price of up to $3 billion.
CMS Energy raised its 2025 adjusted earnings guidance to $3.56 to $3.60 per share.
CMS Energy raised its 2026 adjusted earnings guidance to $3.83 to $3.90 per share.
Other Events. In connection with the commencement of an equity offering program under which shares (the “Shares”) of the common stock of CMS Energy Corporation (“CMS Energy”) having an aggregate sales price of up to $3,000,000,000 may be offered and sold from time to time (the “Offering”), CMS Energy filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a prospectus supplement dated May 13, 2026 (the “Prospectus Supplement”). The Shares may be offered and sold in amounts and at…
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On April 28, 2026, CMS Energy Corporation (“CMS Energy”) issued a News Release, in which it announced its 2026 first quarter results. Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference is a copy of the CMS Energy News Release, furnished as a part of this report. Exhibit 99.1 contains certain financial measures that are considered “non-GAAP financial measures” as defined in Securities and Exchange Commission rules. Other…
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. Effective as of February 20, 2026, Diane Leopold and Richard P. Keyes have been elected to the Boards of Directors (“Boards”) of CMS Energy Corporation (“CMS Energy”) and its principal subsidiary, Consumers Energy Company (“Consumers Energy”). Leopold has been appointed to serve on the Compensation and Human Resources Committee and the Finance Comm…
Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On February 5, 2026, CMS Energy Corporation (“CMS Energy”) issued a News Release, in which it announced its 2025 results. Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference is a copy of the CMS Energy News Release, furnished as a part of this report. Exhibit 99.1 contains certain financial measures that are considered “non-GAAP financial measures” as defined in Securities and Exchange Commission rules. Other than forward…