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CMS Energy (CMS) Competitors

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$68.52 -0.05 (-0.07%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

CMS vs. SRE, PCG, D, PEG, ED, WEC, DTE, AEE, CNP, and NI

Should you be buying CMS Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CMS Energy include Sempra (SRE), PG&E (PCG), Dominion Energy (D), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), Ameren (AEE), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), and NiSource (NI). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.

CMS Energy vs.

Sempra (NYSE:SRE) and CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Sempra has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CMS Energy has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Sempra presently has a consensus price target of $89.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.42%. CMS Energy has a consensus price target of $70.29, indicating a potential upside of 2.58%. Given CMS Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CMS Energy is more favorable than Sempra.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Sempra
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
CMS Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

CMS Energy received 76 more outperform votes than Sempra when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.28% of users gave CMS Energy an outperform vote while only 60.40% of users gave Sempra an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SempraOutperform Votes
482
60.40%
Underperform Votes
316
39.60%
CMS EnergyOutperform Votes
558
62.28%
Underperform Votes
338
37.72%

Sempra has higher revenue and earnings than CMS Energy. CMS Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sempra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Sempra$16.72B3.53$3.08B$4.5420.51
CMS Energy$7.46B2.74$887M$3.5019.58

In the previous week, Sempra had 9 more articles in the media than CMS Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Sempra and 11 mentions for CMS Energy. Sempra's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat CMS Energy's score of 1.00 indicating that Sempra is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Sempra
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CMS Energy
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sempra has a net margin of 22.63% compared to CMS Energy's net margin of 14.01%. CMS Energy's return on equity of 12.81% beat Sempra's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Sempra22.63% 8.06% 3.04%
CMS Energy 14.01%12.81%3.09%

Sempra pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. CMS Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Sempra pays out 54.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CMS Energy pays out 58.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Sempra has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.

89.7% of Sempra shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of CMS Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Sempra shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of CMS Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sempra beats CMS Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CMS vs. The Competition

MetricCMS EnergyElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$20.47B$20.89B$12.37B$19.87B
Dividend Yield3.02%3.45%4.04%3.54%
P/E Ratio19.5820.3397.5042.87
Price / Sales2.742.2930.9118.11
Price / Cash9.588.6918.3917.86
Price / Book2.551.832.325.52
Net Income$887M$896.09M$616.62M$986.45M
7 Day Performance1.23%1.51%0.29%-0.22%
1 Month Performance-3.89%-4.90%-0.07%0.12%
1 Year Performance19.92%7.21%9.10%23.71%

CMS Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMS
CMS Energy
4.4801 of 5 stars
$68.52
-0.1%
$70.29
+2.6%
+19.9%$20.49B$7.48B19.588,356Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News
SRE
Sempra
4.6778 of 5 stars
$93.12
-0.3%
$89.00
-4.4%
+28.6%$59.15B$16.72B20.5116,835Insider Trade
Positive News
PCG
PG&E
3.7689 of 5 stars
$21.10
+0.5%
$22.80
+8.1%
+19.3%$54.92B$24.43B16.4828,010
D
Dominion Energy
3.7062 of 5 stars
$57.80
+0.3%
$55.91
-3.3%
+24.5%$48.38B$14.39B20.2817,700Positive News
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.7518 of 5 stars
$90.49
+0.4%
$86.69
-4.2%
+41.4%$44.89B$11.24B22.2312,543Dividend Announcement
Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.6005 of 5 stars
$97.88
+0.9%
$98.35
+0.5%
+7.6%$33.59B$15.03B18.4314,592Positive News
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.3413 of 5 stars
$99.26
+0.2%
$94.45
-4.8%
+22.1%$31.33B$8.89B24.277,000Insider Trade
Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.705 of 5 stars
$122.17
+0.4%
$131.46
+7.6%
+18.8%$25.30B$12.42B16.559,950Analyst Revision
AEE
Ameren
4.5247 of 5 stars
$92.24
+0.1%
$87.80
-4.8%
+20.1%$24.59B$7.50B21.709,372
CNP
CenterPoint Energy
4.4648 of 5 stars
$31.57
+0.5%
$30.09
-4.7%
+14.4%$20.46B$8.70B20.918,827Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
NI
NiSource
4.6497 of 5 stars
$37.30
+0.5%
$37.50
+0.5%
+43.1%$17.32B$5.51B22.617,411Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CMS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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