Cms Energy Corp (CMS) Earnings Preview For Thursday
Cms Energy (NYSE:CMS) is expected to report last fiscal quarter's results before the opening bell on February 23, 2012. We can review how Cms Energy has performed recently.
Who They Are:
CMS Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company primarily in Michigan. The company operates in three segments: Electric Utility, Gas Utility, and Enterprises. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Jackson, Michigan. Cms Energy trades an average of 3.3 million shares per day and has a marketcap of $5.5 Billion.
52 Week High: $22.40
52 Week Low: $16.96
Book Value: $12.08
Float Short: 5.38%
What To Expect:
On average, 9 analysts are expecting a drop of $-0.38 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $0.53. The estimated mean earnings are $0.15 per share .
Wall Street is expecting results within $0.14 and $0.18 per share.
Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue for Cms Energy. 
Recent Stock and Valuation Performance:
The current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 14.3. The forward P/E ratio is 13.92.
In the last month, the stock has decreased in price -0.28%, and moving in price 9.84% from one year ago.
When comparing to the S&P 500, the year to date difference is -9.90%.
Management has provided an improvement of year-over-year revenue. Revenue reported was $6.43 billion for 2010 vs. $6.21 billion for 2009. The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $340.00 million for 2010 vs. $229.00 million for 2009.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $978.00 million for 2010 vs. $698.00 million for 2009. Rising revenue along with rising earnings is a very good sign and what we want to see with our companies. Be sure to check the margins in the earnings release to make sure the bottom line is keeping up with the top line.
Here is the last few quarters to get an idea how well they perform compared to estimates 
Reported earnings per share compared to the mean estimate. Differences are rounded.
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