CMS vs. AEE, NI, WEC, ED, PEG, PCG, LNT, EVRG, XEL, and EXC
Should you be buying CMS Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CMS Energy include Ameren (AEE), NiSource (NI), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Consolidated Edison (ED), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), PG&E (PCG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Xcel Energy (XEL), and Exelon (EXC). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
CMS Energy (NYSE:CMS) and Ameren (NYSE:AEE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, CMS Energy had 32 more articles in the media than Ameren. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for CMS Energy and 16 mentions for Ameren. CMS Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Ameren's score of 0.23 indicating that CMS Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ameren has higher revenue and earnings than CMS Energy. Ameren is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CMS Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CMS Energy received 199 more outperform votes than Ameren when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.64% of users gave CMS Energy an outperform vote while only 51.26% of users gave Ameren an outperform vote.
Ameren has a net margin of 15.36% compared to CMS Energy's net margin of 13.19%. CMS Energy's return on equity of 12.83% beat Ameren's return on equity.
CMS Energy currently has a consensus target price of $63.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.73%. Ameren has a consensus target price of $79.40, indicating a potential upside of 7.79%. Given Ameren's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ameren is more favorable than CMS Energy.
CMS Energy has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ameren has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
93.6% of CMS Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Ameren shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of CMS Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Ameren shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CMS Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Ameren pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. CMS Energy pays out 62.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ameren pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ameren is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
CMS Energy beats Ameren on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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