CMS Energy (CMS) stock
CMS's Quality Score rose 2 points on Mon, Nov 2, to 5.
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Key facts on CMS
| Holding it back | Above a flat or falling 200-day average |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 27 |
CMS in the news
Utility and REIT stocks rose together
“US Treasury yields fall as investors track Middle East tensions, await US jobless claims data”
CMS closed +3.2% that day.
What moves utilities
What's next
Fri Nov 6: Ex-dividend, $0.57 a shareAt the open. Pays Dec 1.
CMS catalysts
After its last 4 reports it closed +0.2% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
Why CMS scores 5
Below Averagefor quality, not price, 4 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
- +4Chart checks 4 of 14 firing right now, one point each
- −1Long-term trend above a flat or falling 200-day average, down over one year, down over two years
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- Profit adds
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CMS has 4 of 14 chart checks firing
CMS RSI today: 66.8, above its 50-day, below its 200-day
- RSI 1466.8
- MACD (12, 26, 9)Above signal
- 50-day average$66.83
- 200-day average$72.57
- 50/200 crossDeath cross
- ADX 1434.3
- Support$70.03
- Resistance$72.44
- 52-week high$80.36
- 52-week low$62.28
- Chart patternNone
- Bollinger Bands (20, 2)Inside
- Volume0.6x
The deep dive on CMS
- What it does and how it makes money
- Where it stands
- What changed in its filingsSEC filing · Jul 28, 2026
- Who holds and trades it
- Against its closest peers
How CMS ranks in Electric & Gas
CMS is #12 of 16 by Quality Score among Electric & Other Services Combined.
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Share count against a year before: CMS +3.9%, PEG -0.2%, WEC +1.7%, NI +1.8%.
When does CMS report earnings, and what happens after?
Expected to report Thu Feb 4, before the open (in 94 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
What CMS reported on Oct 27, 2026
The quarter
Sales of $2.2B, 8% more than a year ago.
Where the sales came from
CMS's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
The outlook
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Adjusted EPS | $3.83 to $3.90 |
The numbers
- $22B
- today
- $8.8B
- up 9.9% on the year
Sales grew 5.9% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $2.28 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | -0.4% | -0.8% | +1.8% |
| Jul 28, 2026 | +0.9% | +0.1% | -3.4% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | +1.5% | -0.2% | -0.5% |
CMS sales and profit by year
Sales grew in four of the last seven years, to $8.5B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the eight years.
Insiders trading CMS
CMS insider trades
One insider bought $14K across 1 filing, and one insider sold $223K across 1 filing, in the last 6 months. The newest:
CMS trades by Congress and the executive branch
8 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
CMS's officers and directors
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
Which ETFs hold CMS?
In ETFs: CMS is 0.3% of JEPI, 0.1% of DGRO, and under 0.1% of VIG, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.
About CMS Energy
CMS Energy is an energy holding company with three principal businesses. Its regulated utility, Consumers Energy, provides regulated natural gas service to 1.8 million customers and electric service to 1.9 million customers in Michigan. NorthStar Clean Energy, formerly CMS Enterprises, is engaged in wholesale power generation, including contracted renewable energy. CMS sold EnerBank in October 2021.
CMS's score card
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Straight Answers
Is CMS a good stock to buy? What its Quality Score says
CMS scores 5 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average. It is #12 of 16 in Electric & Other Services Combined by Quality Score, with 4 of 14 chart checks firing. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
What is CMS's Quality Score?
CMS scores 5 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average (0 to 5). That is #12 of 16 in Electric & Other Services Combined by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind CMS's 5.
Are insiders buying CMS?
One insider bought $14K across 1 filing, and one insider sold $223K across 1 filing, in the last 6 months. The newest is Srikanth Maddipati, Evp/cfo, who bought $14K on Jul 31. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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