Discounted Cash Flow

CMS Energy Corp.

CMS · Based on 10 years of SEC filings

DCF estimate unavailable — No positive free cash flow in recent history — company has not generated positive FCF

Average annual growth rates

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income
Dividends

Average annual growth is the mean year-over-year change across each period.

Endpoint CAGR (better for long term trend)

Metric 10-Year 5-Year 3-Year
Sales
Free Cash Flow
Average (FCF & NI)
Net Income

Endpoint CAGR is the compound annual rate from the first to last year in each period.

Projections use average year-over-year growth. Change this in Settings.

Projected growth rate

Free cash flow growth
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Averaged growth (FCF & NI)
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Net income growth
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Sales growth (not added to calculations)
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Historical inputs (10 fiscal years)

YEAR Sales Net Income Free Cash Flow Net Margin EPS (diluted)
2016 $6.4b $551.0m $-43.0m 8.6% $1.99
2017 $6.6b (2.9%) $460.0m (-16.5%) $40.0m (193.0%) 7.0% (-18.8%) $1.64 (-17.6%)
2018 $6.5b (-1.2%) $657.0m (42.8%) $-371.0m (-1027.5%) 10.1% (44.6%) $2.33 (42.1%)
2019 $6.4b (-1.5%) $680.0m (3.5%) $-314.0m (15.4%) 10.6% (5.1%) $2.40 (3.0%)
2020 $6.2b (-2.6%) $755.0m (11.0%) $-1.0b (-231.5%) 12.1% (14.0%) $2.65 (10.4%)
2021 $7.1b (13.4%) $1.4b (79.2%) $-257.0m (75.3%) 19.1% (58.0%) $4.66 (75.8%)
2022 $8.3b (17.6%) $837.0m (-38.1%) $-1.5b (-491.1%) 10.1% (-47.4%) $2.85 (-38.8%)
2023 $7.3b (-12.7%) $887.0m (6.0%) $-1.1b (29.1%) 12.2% (21.4%) $3.01 (5.6%)
2024 $7.3b (0.8%) $1.0b (13.1%) $-808.0m (25.0%) 13.7% (12.2%) $3.34 (11.0%)
2025 $8.3b (13.5%) $1.1b (6.8%) $-1.8b (-123.1%) 12.9% (-5.9%) $3.53 (5.7%)

Base FCF: (latest fiscal year)

Discount rate: %

Terminal growth:

Projection period: years

Alt A decline yrs:

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Values abbreviated: b = billions, m = millions, k = thousands.

Projected cash flows

Year Projected cash flow Discount Factor Present Value

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Terminal FCF:

Terminal value:

PV of terminal value:

Enterprise value (DCF):

DCF price per share:

Current price:

Alternative DCF Models

Model Fair Value Upside PV(FCFs) PV(Terminal) Total Years
Standard (10yr→TV) 10 + TV
Alt A (Gradual Decline)
Alt B (30yr Hard Stop) N/A

This is a simplified DCF model for illustration. It uses reported free cash flow, a single growth assumption, fixed WACC, and a Gordon Growth terminal value. It is not investment advice.

+ 10YR Financials Balance Sheet (10YR) Cash Flow (10YR) DCF Model

No positive free cash flow in recent history — company has not generated positive FCF

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