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 $22.6B and $21.8B.
Both pay dividends: Consumers Energy yields 6.3% and NiSource 2.0%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CMS.PB | NI |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $22.6B | $21.8B |
| Share price | $72.00 | $45.55 |
| Change, 1 year | −11.6% | 4.2% |
| Change, 5 years | −33.9% | 80.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.20 | 0.45 |
| Employees | 8,350 | 7,738 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | – | 6 |
| Valuation score | – | 0 |
| Growth score | – | 2 |
| Performance score | – | 1 |
| Health score | – | 0 |
| Dividend score | – | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 23.2× |
| P/S | – | 1.9× |
| P/B | 2.3× | 2.3× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 13.2× |
| PEG | – | 4.97 |
| FCF yield | – | −7.2% |
| Fair value | – | $41.12 |
| Margin of safety | – | −10.8% |
| 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 / equity | 2.06 | 1.91 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 5.68 |
| Interest coverage | – | 2.4× |
| Current ratio | 0.95 (better) | 0.50 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.51 | 0.86 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 6.3% (better) | 2.0% |
| Payout ratio | – | 60.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 9 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 5.9% |
| Buyback yield | – | −0.29% |
| Shareholder yield | 6.3% (better) | 1.7% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | – | 96.4% |
| Held by insiders | 0.00% | 0.37% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$6.9M |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 4.2% |
Go deeper
- CMS.PB stock overview
- CMS.PB income statement
- CMS.PB valuation and score
- NI stock overview
- NI income statement
- NI valuation and score
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