CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE:CMS) saw a downside of -3.47% to close Tuesday at $54.00 after subtracting -$1.94 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 2,639,320 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $57.63 in the past week and touched a new high 1 time within the past 5 days. An average of 2,228,070 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 1,842,882.
CMS’s 1-month performance is -5.45% or -$3.11 on its low of $53.90 reached on 09/26/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $52.41 and high of $65.72, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 01/09/23. YTD, CMS has lost -14.73% or -$9.33 and has reached a new high 3 times. However, the current price is down -17.83% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
CMS stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Sep 13.Hofmeister Brandon J. (Senior Vice President) most recently sold 1,667 shares at $56.27 per share on Sep 13. This transaction cost the insider $93,808. Director, BARFIELD JON E, sold 2,345 shares at a price of $56.06 on Aug 15. Then, on Jun 12, Senior Vice President Hendrian Catherine A sold 7,500 shares at a price of $60.26 per share. This transaction amounted to $451,960.
Valuation Metrics
CMS stock has a beta of 0.37. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 1.94 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 2.28.
CMS Energy Corporation’s quick ratio for the period ended June 29 was 0.63, with the current ratio over the same period at 0.95. As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending June 29 was 1.96, while the total debt to equity was 2.12.. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 18.63%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 27.34% while for the period ending June 29, CMS Energy Corporation’s operating margin was 13.35%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $1.22 billion against revenue of $8.6 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went down compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 6.67% to $195.0 million, while revenue of $186.0 million was 4.62% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected CMS to announce $0.7 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $0.75, representing a 7.10% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $499.0 million. CMS stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 24.56 billion, with total debt at $15.12 billion. Shareholders hold equity totaling $291.73 million.
Let’s look briefly at CMS Energy Corporation (CMS) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 26 September was 21.07% to suggest the stock is trending oversold, with historical volatility in this time period at 17.42%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $55.93, reflecting a -4.95% or -$2.81 change from its current price. CMS is currently trading -4.95% above its 20-day SMA, -11.75% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by -10.00% and SMA200 by-11.66%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 36.83% and 54.38% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.97. The RSI (14) points at 28.48%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 2.55% with the period’s ATR at 0.95. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -1.00 and -0.89 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE: CMS), Barclays launched coverage with an Equal weight rating. Analysts offering their rating for CMS stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Overweight. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate CMS as a “sell,”, while 9 advise that investors “Hold.” 0 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 0 rates the stock as overweight while 9 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is CMS’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $58.00 and a high of $72.00, with their median price target at $64.50. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for CMS Energy Corporation (CMS) stock is $64.71.
