Question 1

Which is bigger, CMS or DUK?

Accepted Answer

Duke Energy Corporation is the larger company — market cap $94.6B vs $21.5B for CMS Energy Corporation.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, CMS or DUK?

Accepted Answer

DUK keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 15.8% vs 11.6% for CMS.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, CMS or DUK?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, DUK trades at a lower P/E — 18.0 vs 20.5 for CMS. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, CMS or DUK?

Accepted Answer

DUK yields 3.58% vs 3.28% for CMS.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — CMS or DUK?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, CMS leads 4 of 12 comparable metrics and DUK leads 8. StockCV rates CMS “Strained” and DUK “Strained”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	CMS	DUK
Price	$68.63	$121.35
Market cap	$21.5B	$94.6B
Revenue (TTM)	$8.81B	$33.3B
Revenue growth	-0.1%	+3.9%
Net margin	11.6%	15.8%
Free cash flow	-$1.40B	-$4.27B
Net cash (debt)	($17.3B)	($82.5B)
1-year price return	-8.2%	-4.7%
P/E	20.5	18.0
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	62%	95%
Dividend yield	3.28%	3.58%
Return on equity	11%	10%
Altman Z-score	0.68	0.56
CV checks passed	7 of 11	8 of 11
Employees	8,350	26,441

CMS Energy Corporation vs Duke Energy Corporation