CMSCMS Energy
Is the business good?
The checks split: earnings fully cash-backed (1.6×) and margins widening, but returns that lean on debt.
Operating profit is fully backed by cash.
Negative operating leverage, costs are rising faster than sales, squeezing margins as it grows.
Leverage-amplified, a high assets-to-equity ratio does much of the work. ROE 11% = margin × turnover × leverage.
Unless marked, from derived.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. The F-score rewards improvement, so an already-elite company can score mid-pack.
How good a business is CMS?
CMS Energy earns 4.6% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 4.4 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- 19%
Operating margin · Utilities - Regulated Electric median 22% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.63×
Cash conversion · 1.59× a year ago · operating cash flow covers the operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- +3.9%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 19% |
| FY2021 | 16% |
| FY2022 | 14% |
| FY2023 | 17% |
| FY2024 | 20% |
| FY2025 | 20% |
Details›
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 19%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 12%
- Free cash flow margin
- −22%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $8.81B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- −$1.95B
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $1.03B
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 4.6%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
Utilities, Regulated Electric
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