CMS vs. D, SRE, PCG, 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 Dominion Energy (D), Sempra (SRE), PG&E (PCG), 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.
Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) and CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
73.0% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of CMS Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Dominion Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CMS Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Dominion Energy had 9 more articles in the media than CMS Energy. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Dominion Energy and 30 mentions for CMS Energy. CMS Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Dominion Energy's score of 0.89 indicating that CMS Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dominion Energy has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CMS Energy has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dominion Energy received 13 more outperform votes than CMS Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.89% of users gave CMS Energy an outperform vote while only 52.23% of users gave Dominion Energy an outperform vote.
Dominion Energy has higher revenue and earnings than CMS Energy. Dominion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CMS Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dominion Energy currently has a consensus target price of $57.58, indicating a potential upside of 8.94%. CMS Energy has a consensus target price of $75.36, indicating a potential upside of 4.56%. Given Dominion Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Dominion Energy is more favorable than CMS Energy.
Dominion Energy has a net margin of 16.22% compared to CMS Energy's net margin of 13.35%. CMS Energy's return on equity of 12.02% beat Dominion Energy's return on equity.
Dominion Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. CMS Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Dominion Energy pays out 98.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CMS Energy pays out 65.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
CMS Energy beats Dominion Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CMS) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
