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Consumers Energy vs NiSource

CMS.PB and NI side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How CMS.PB and NI compare

Consumers Energy and NiSource are about the same size, with market caps of $23.5B and $21.2B.

Both pay dividends: Consumers Energy yields 6.0% and NiSource 2.0%.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricCMS.PBNI
Size and price
Market cap$23.5B$21.2B
Share price$74.89$44.15
Change, 1 year−4.3%3.0%
Change, 5 years−31.7%76.0%
Beta (5Y)0.210.45
Employees8,3507,738
StockData Score
Total score–6
Valuation score–0
Growth score–2
Performance score–1
Health score–0
Dividend score–3
Valuation
P/E–22.5×
P/S–1.9×
P/B2.4×2.2× (better)
EV/EBITDA–13.0×
PEG–4.81
FCF yield–−7.4%
Fair value–$40.73
Margin of safety–−8.4%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)–15.3%
Revenue growth, 5Y average–7.8%
Net income growth (TTM)–4.9%
EPS growth (TTM)–3.2%
Profitability
Gross margin–86.4%
Operating margin–16.6%
Net margin–8.2%
FCF margin–−13.7%
Return on equity–10.1%
Return on invested capital–5.7%
Financial health
Debt / equity2.061.91 (better)
Net debt / EBITDA–5.68
Interest coverage–2.4×
Current ratio0.95 (better)0.50
Altman Z-score0.530.85 (better)
Piotroski F-score–6
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield6.0% (better)2.0%
Payout ratio–60.8%
Years of dividend growth–9
Dividend growth, 5Y average–5.9%
Buyback yield–−0.30%
Shareholder yield6.0% (better)1.7%
Ownership
Held by institutions–96.4%
Held by insiders0.00%0.37%
Insider net buying, 12 months–−$6.6M
Short interest, % of float–3.3%

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