How did CMS Energy Corporation (CMS) surprise investors with its report?

CMS Energy Corporation [CMS] stock is trading at $72.12, up 0.88%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The CMS shares have gain 4.81% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 9.51%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

CMS Energy Corporation [NYSE: CMS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 20, 2025, when Barclays upgraded its rating to a Overweight and also boosted its price target to $75 from $68. Previously, Guggenheim downgraded its rating to Neutral on January 23, 2025. On November 05, 2024, Jefferies initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $76 on the stock. Mizuho downgraded its rating to a Neutral and decreased its price target to $72 on October 15, 2024. UBS downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Guggenheim upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on February 02, 2024, and upped its price target to $64. In a note dated January 16, 2024, Wolfe Research upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $62.

CMS Energy Corporation [CMS] stock has fluctuated between $56.31 and $72.40 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $74.5 within the next 12 months. CMS Energy Corporation [NYSE: CMS] shares were valued at $72.12 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 3.3% based on the average CMS price forecast.

Analyzing the CMS fundamentals

CMS Energy Corporation [NYSE:CMS] reported sales of 7.51B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 2.00%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.34% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.2%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.15%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.13%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.12 and Total Capital is 0.05. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 2.01.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 71.36 points at the first support level, and at 70.60 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 72.68, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 73.23.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, CMS Energy Corporation’s Current Ratio is 0.79. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.57, while the Cash Ratio is 0.03. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.87, the price to book ratio is 2.69 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 21.66.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Wright Laura, Director, that happened on Feb 19 ’25 when 2500.0 shares were sold. Director, Wright Laura completed a deal on Feb 19 ’25 to buy 2500.0 shares. Meanwhile, VP, Controller, CAO McIntosh Scott B sold 6700.0 shares on Feb 13 ’25.

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