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CMSA NYSE

CMS Energy Corporation 5.6% JRSUB NT 78
1W: -0.6% 1M: -2.2% 3M: -9.9% YTD: -14.4% 1Y: -18.8% 3Y: -1.0% 5Y: -12.0%
$18.73
-0.00 (-0.00%)
After Hours: $18.42 (-0.31, -1.66%)
Weekly Expected Move ±2.0%
$18 $18 $19 $19 $20
NYSE · Utilities · Regulated Electric · Tech Score Sell · Power 40 · $21.7B mcap · 312M float · 0.0064% daily turnover · Short 24% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 80% of companies Debt: 46.9% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.63 (down 97%), CMS Energy Corporation 5.6% JRSUB NT 78 would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $19.30B against a stock market value of $21.82B.
Distance to default 9.63 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $9.96B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 17.6%; Altman Z'' 0.81. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$2.2B -5.7% ▼
5Y CAGR: +11.9%
Capital Expenditures
$3.8B -26.7% ▼
5Y CAGR: +10.6%
Free Cash Flow
-$1.6B -145.2% ▼
Dividends Paid
$663M -5.9% ▼
Buybacks
$0 +0.0% ▲
Net Change in Cash
$437M +724.3% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$751M$833M$886M$1.0B$1.1B
Depreciation & Amort.$1.1B$1.1B$1.2B$1.2B$1.3B
Stock-Based Comp.$0$0$0$0$0
Change in Working Capital-$46M-$1.1B$416M$262M-$61M
Other Non-Cash Items-$249M-$80M-$330M-$277M-$283M
Operating Cash Flow$1.8B$855M$2.3B$2.4B$2.2B
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$2.1B-$2.4B-$3.2B-$3.0B-$3.8B
Acquisitions (Net)$1M$2M$6M$129M$4M
Investment Purchases$0$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$0
Other Investing$843M-$102M-$167M-$160M-$214M
Investing Cash Flow-$1.2B-$2.5B-$3.4B-$3.0B-$4.0B
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$100M$1.8B$1.5B$982M$2.4B
Stock Repurchased$0$0$0$0$0
Dividends Paid-$509M-$546M-$579M-$626M-$663M
Other Financing-$137M-$11M$32M-$33M-$20M
Financing Cash Flow-$296M$1.3B$1.1B$609M$2.2B
Net Change in Cash$427M-$294M$66M-$70M$437M
Cash End of Period$476M$182M$248M$178M$615M
Free Cash Flow-$257M-$1.5B-$910M-$648M-$1.6B

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