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CMS Energy Corporation

$CMS·$23B·Regulated Electric·Utilities
$74.40+0.5%YTD+6.4%1Y+5.2%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $CMS, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-15

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

CMS Energy is a $23B Michigan regulated utility beat-cadence compounder — four straight EPS surprises — with Q2 on 7/28 into the data-center power narrative.

CMS Energy is a $23.3B Michigan-based regulated electric and gas utility trading like a steady compounder. Shares at $75.08, up 7.4% YTD and 6.4% over twelve months, sitting 0.55 through the 52-week range and just above both moving averages.

  • Q1 delivered $2.73B revenue (+11.6% yoy), 57% gross margin, 18% op margin, EPS $1.13 — a 2.7% beat vs $1.10 consensus. Four-quarter EPS surprises: +2.7%, +1.8%, +8.1%, +4.4% — a real beat streak. FY26 consensus $8.94B revenue and $3.88 EPS growing to $9.32B/$4.18 in 2027.
  • Insider tape: new CFO Maddipati got 10,184 A-Award shares on 6/15 and filed initial Form 3 showing 24,511 direct beneficial ownership as of 6/3. Genuine executive succession, minor dilution.
  • 7/9 Reuters piece on power companies scrambling for data-center equipment is the sector-level catalyst; CMS's Michigan grid position makes it a legitimate secondary beneficiary of the AI-power thesis.
  • Structural: mid float (98M), beta 0.34 (defensive), volume 0.56x 30-day norm, position 0.55 in 52w range. Steady accumulation setup.
  • The 7/12 Insilico Medicine 'CMS' news is a ticker-collision — Insilico's Chinese biotech partner is also called CMS. Real CMS Energy sentiment is not available in the X sample.

Next dated read is Q2 on 7/28 with consensus EPS $0.72. Beat + updated FY guide + explicit data-center capacity contracts is what earns the next leg; another quarter of routine execution keeps the compounder framing intact.

What to watch: Q2 print 7/28: EPS vs $0.72, updated FY26 guide, any data-center customer/PPA disclosure, and NorthStar Clean Energy renewable capacity progress.

On the calendar: 2026-07-28 — Q2 2026 earnings (consensus EPS $0.72)

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Regulated electric and gas utility serving Michigan with growing renewable energy investment.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Regulated Electric sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $CMS.

Regulated Electric · Utilities

No material change from last week — Dominion Virginia (D) is the primary data center utility, and nuclear power re-rating (CEG, Oklo's DOE clearance milestone this week) continues as the..

What this means for $CMS

Partial — Regulated electric and gas utility serving Michigan with growing renewable energy investment; the data center load growth and nuclear PPA re-rating of rate base is a secondary rather than primary near-term earnings catalyst.

Industry benchmark

23-name peer basket
+427.0%YTD
+7.6%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
19.6How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
3.6%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
19.5%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-9.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.5Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
12.3%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
64.6%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
2.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Apr 28, 2026$1.13$1.10+2.7%
Q4 2025Feb 5, 2026$0.95$0.93+1.8%
Q3 2025Oct 30, 2025$0.93$0.86+8.1%
Q2 2025Jul 31, 2025$0.71$0.68+4.4%
Next earningsTue, Jul 28·consensus EPS $0.65

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$2.7B+11.6%56.5%17.9%$1.13$-334.0M
Q4 FY25$2.2B+12.3%128%19.5%$0.94$-596.0M
Q3 FY25$2.0B+15.9%29.1%23.8%$0.92$-635.0M
Q2 FY25$1.8B+14.4%38.8%17.2%$0.66$-470.0M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 10 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$8.9B$8.4B – $9.3B$3.88$3.85 – $3.908
FY27$9.3B$8.9B – $9.8B$4.18$4.16 – $4.229
FY28$9.8B$9.8B – $9.9B$4.51$4.48 – $4.5410
FY29$10.1B$9.5B – $10.6B$4.86$4.49 – $5.185
FY30$10.5B$9.9B – $11.0B$5.24$4.83 – $5.585

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.2×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.49%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+0.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+0.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 98.4M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today4.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.345-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellMay 26Brandon J. HofmeisterPresident3.0K sh$223KSellMar 2Scott B McintoshVP, Controller, CAO1.8K sh$137KSellFeb 27Brandon J. HofmeisterPresident4.0K sh$313KBuyFeb 25Diane LeopoldDirector2.0K sh$153KSellFeb 20John G RussellDirector14.9K sh$1.1M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 93
AI summary

Srikanth Maddipati, newly appointed EVP and CFO of CMS Energy Corp, filed an initial Form 3 on June 9, 2026 disclosing direct beneficial ownership of 24,511 shares of CMS Energy common stock and 0 preferred depositary shares as of June 3, 2026. Routine Section 16 initial ownership report for a new executive officer; no transactions or derivative securities reported.

8-KOfficer or director changeJun 38-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

CMS (CMS) filed an 8-K under Item 5.02 disclosing a change in its executive leadership or board composition. The filing reports both a departure and an appointment in Chief Financial Officer. Individuals named in the filing include Commission Registrant, Employer File. Leadership changes at the C-suite and board level are material events requiring 8-K disclosure within four business days, as they can affect company strategy, investor confidence, and operational continuity.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)May 13424B5
AI summary

CMS filed a 424B5 prospectus supplement dated 2026-05-13, representing an active capital markets transaction. Priced at $0.01 per share. This represents immediate dilution to existing shareholders.

8-KCharter amendmentMay 138-K — Item 5.03: Charter amendment · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

CMS held its special meeting of stockholders around 2026-05-13 (8-K Item 5.07). Stockholders elected 1 director to the board. Routine governance event — monitor for unusually high withhold votes as an activist signal.

8-KPress release / Reg FDApr 288-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

CMS reported first quarter results. Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to th financial results (8-K Item 2.02). Investors should review the full earnings press release and any management guidance for forward outlook.

3New insider — initial holdingsFeb 233
3New insider — initial holdingsFeb 233
8-KOfficer or director changeFeb 208-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
+ 17 other (5 13Gs · 3 proxys · 2 routine 8-Ks · 1 10-Q) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Will CMS Energy (CMS) Beat Estimates Again in Its Next Earnings Report?zacks.com·3d agoPlug This 3% Yield In, Light Up Your Portfolio's Returns: CMS Energyseekingalpha.com·3d agoDeepening Collaboration in AI-Powered R&D Acceleration: Insilico Medicine and CMS announce additional collaborations in CNS diseasesprnewswire.com·4d agoUS power companies scramble to secure equipment as surging data center demand strains suppliesreuters.com·8d agoCMS Energy to Announce 2026 Second Quarter Results on July 28prnewswire.com·10d ago

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