CMS Energy Valuation

Is CMS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CMS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CMS ($67) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($69.03)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CMS is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CMS?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CMS key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue4.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA13.1x
PEG Ratio2.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CMS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CMS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average18.8x
CNP CenterPoint Energy
16.6x7.4%US$16.8b
AEE Ameren
18.8x8.3%US$21.9b
DTE DTE Energy
18.4x6.9%US$25.4b
WEC WEC Energy Group
21.2x9.2%US$28.6b
CMS CMS Energy
20.8x8.7%US$19.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CMS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x) compared to the peer average (18.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CMS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Integrated Utilities Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a11.1%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CMS is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x) compared to the Global Integrated Utilities industry average (16.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CMS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CMS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio20.8x
Fair PE Ratio21.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CMS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.6x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CMS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$67.00
US$67.00
0%
8.2%US$75.00US$55.00n/a15
Aug ’25US$66.37
US$65.25
-1.7%
7.1%US$72.00US$55.00n/a16
Jul ’25US$58.80
US$63.88
+8.6%
6.5%US$71.00US$55.00n/a17
Jun ’25US$62.93
US$64.11
+1.9%
6.3%US$71.00US$55.00n/a17
May ’25US$60.84
US$63.41
+4.2%
6.1%US$68.00US$55.00n/a17
Apr ’25US$59.98
US$62.46
+4.1%
5.7%US$67.00US$55.00n/a17
Mar ’25US$58.14
US$62.46
+7.4%
5.8%US$67.00US$55.00n/a17
Feb ’25US$58.84
US$62.76
+6.7%
7.2%US$75.00US$55.00n/a17
Jan ’25US$58.07
US$60.81
+4.7%
8.6%US$75.00US$54.00n/a16
Dec ’24US$58.40
US$59.69
+2.2%
6.7%US$65.00US$54.00n/a16
Nov ’24US$54.73
US$59.44
+8.6%
6.5%US$65.00US$54.00n/a16
Oct ’24US$53.11
US$63.87
+20.3%
6.9%US$72.00US$55.00n/a15
Sep ’24US$55.39
US$64.87
+17.1%
8.5%US$77.00US$55.00n/a15
Aug ’24US$60.43
US$66.43
+9.9%
7.8%US$77.00US$55.00US$66.3714
Jul ’24US$58.75
US$66.57
+13.3%
7.3%US$77.00US$55.00US$58.8014
Jun ’24US$57.44
US$67.00
+16.6%
7.6%US$77.00US$55.00US$62.9314
May ’24US$61.64
US$67.93
+10.2%
7.0%US$77.00US$55.00US$60.8414
Apr ’24US$61.38
US$67.43
+9.9%
7.7%US$77.00US$55.00US$59.9814
Mar ’24US$57.78
US$68.07
+17.8%
7.3%US$77.00US$54.00US$58.1415
Feb ’24US$63.72
US$68.07
+6.8%
7.5%US$77.00US$54.00US$58.8415
Jan ’24US$63.33
US$66.27
+4.6%
8.6%US$74.00US$54.00US$58.0715
Dec ’23US$61.41
US$63.67
+3.7%
8.1%US$72.00US$53.00US$58.4015
Nov ’23US$57.31
US$63.69
+11.1%
9.6%US$75.00US$53.00US$54.7316
Oct ’23US$58.24
US$71.44
+22.7%
9.0%US$81.00US$53.00US$53.1116
Sep ’23US$68.10
US$71.56
+5.1%
8.9%US$81.00US$53.00US$55.3916
Aug ’23US$69.03
US$70.38
+1.9%
8.6%US$80.00US$53.00US$60.4316

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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