CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE: CMS)’s stock price has decreased by -0.49 compared to its previous closing price of 73.50. However, the company has seen a -0.16% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-03-24 that Last week, our time-tested methodologies served investors well in navigating the market. Check out some of our achievements from the past three months.
Is It Worth Investing in CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE: CMS) Right Now?
CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE: CMS) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 21.97x compared to its average ratio. CMS has 36-month beta value of 0.36. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 8 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CMS is 296.73M, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.03% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of CMS on March 25, 2025 was 2.20M shares.
CMS’s Market Performance
CMS’s stock has seen a -0.16% decrease for the week, with a 2.31% rise in the past month and a 11.07% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.34%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.81% for CMS Energy Corporation The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 0.30% for CMS’s stock, with a 8.79% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CMS
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CMS stocks, with Barclays repeating the rating for CMS by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for CMS in the upcoming period, according to Barclays is $75 based on the research report published on February 20, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Jefferies gave a rating of “Buy” to CMS, setting the target price at $76 in the report published on November 05th of the previous year.
CMS Trading at 4.73% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CMS to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -2.56% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.81%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.34%, as shares surge +1.41% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +10.32% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CMS fell by -0.16%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +16.32% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $72.92. In addition, CMS Energy Corporation saw 9.74% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CMS starting from Hofmeister Brandon J., who sale 2,000 shares at the price of $73.77 back on Mar 03 ’25. After this action, Hofmeister Brandon J. now owns 71,931 shares of CMS Energy Corporation, valued at $147,540 using the latest closing price.
Hofmeister Brandon J., the Officer of CMS Energy Corporation, proposed sale 2,000 shares at $73.63 during a trade that took place back on Mar 03 ’25, which means that Hofmeister Brandon J. is holding shares at $147,260 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CMS
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.2 for the present operating margin
- 0.34 for the gross margin
The net margin for CMS Energy Corporation stands at 0.13. The total capital return value is set at 0.05. Equity return is now at value 12.72, with 2.83 for asset returns.
Based on CMS Energy Corporation (CMS), the company’s capital structure generated 0.67 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.14. The debt to equity ratio resting at 2.01. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 2.1.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 3.07 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 5.42. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 5.1. The receivables turnover for the company is 7.07for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.21. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.79.
Conclusion
To put it simply, CMS Energy Corporation (CMS) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
