TTM
-23.1%
YoY change
−9.99pp
Trough year (2007)
-20.9%
Peak year (2011)
4.4%
Latest annual
-18.6%
FCF Margin history chart for CMS Energy (CMS) from 1994 to 2025
Latest: -18.6%
FCF Margin change chart for CMS Energy (CMS) from 1994 to 2025
Latest: −9.99pp
FCF Margin history table for CMS Energy (CMS) from 1994 to 2025
| 2025 | -18.6% | -9.99pp | ||
| 2024 | -8.6% | +3.57pp | ||
| 2023 | -12.2% | +5.48pp | ||
| 2022 | -17.7% | -14.16pp | ||
| 2021 | -3.5% | +12.62pp | ||
| 2020 | -16.1% | -11.39pp | ||
| 2019 | -4.7% | +0.66pp | ||
| 2018 | -5.4% | -6.01pp | ||
| 2017 | 0.6% | +1.28pp | ||
| 2016 | -0.7% | -1.85pp | ||
| 2015 | 1.2% | +2.99pp | ||
| 2014 | -1.8% | -3.27pp | ||
| 2013 | 1.5% | +1.24pp | ||
| 2012 | 0.2% | -4.19pp | ||
| 2011 | 4.4% | +2.27pp | ||
| 2010 | 2.1% | +1.66pp | ||
| 2009 | 0.5% | +3.91pp | ||
| 2008 | -3.4% | +17.45pp | ||
| 2007 | -20.9% | -21.16pp | ||
| 2006 | 0.3% | +0.19pp | ||
| 2005 | 0.1% | +2.42pp | ||
| 2004 | -2.3% | +11.94pp | ||
| 2003 | -14.3% | -12.72pp | ||
| 2002 | -1.5% | +9.02pp | ||
| 2001 | -10.6% | -3.93pp | ||
| 2000 | -6.6% | -3.13pp | ||
| 1999 | -3.5% | +11.66pp | ||
| 1998 | -15.2% | -14.02pp | ||
| 1997 | -1.1% | -1.18pp | ||
| 1996 | 0.0% | -3.73pp | ||
| 1995 | 3.8% | +2.76pp | ||
| 1994 | 1.0% | — |
- 2025-18.6%-9.99pp
- 2024-8.6%+3.57pp
- 2023-12.2%+5.48pp
- 2022-17.7%-14.16pp
- 2021-3.5%+12.62pp
- 2020-16.1%-11.39pp
- 2019-4.7%+0.66pp
- 2018-5.4%-6.01pp
- 20170.6%+1.28pp
- 2016-0.7%-1.85pp
- 20151.2%+2.99pp
- 2014-1.8%-3.27pp
- 20131.5%+1.24pp
- 20120.2%-4.19pp
- 20114.4%+2.27pp
- 20102.1%+1.66pp
- 20090.5%+3.91pp
- 2008-3.4%+17.45pp
- 2007-20.9%-21.16pp
- 20060.3%+0.19pp
- 20050.1%+2.42pp
- 2004-2.3%+11.94pp
- 2003-14.3%-12.72pp
- 2002-1.5%+9.02pp
- 2001-10.6%-3.93pp
- 2000-6.6%-3.13pp
- 1999-3.5%+11.66pp
- 1998-15.2%-14.02pp
- 1997-1.1%-1.18pp
- 19960.0%-3.73pp
- 19953.8%+2.76pp
- 19941.0%—
FCF Margin values are taken from CMS Energy's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at CMS Energy (CMS)
According to CMS Energy's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is -23.1%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
In 2025, CMS Energy (CMS) free cash flow margin totalled -18.61% – contracted 10.0 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, free cash flow margin reached its high of 4.41% in 2011 and its low of -20.87% in 2007.
CMS Energy FCF Margin by Year
CMS Energy FCF Margin 2025: -18.6%
CMS Energy posted free cash flow margin of -18.61% in 2025, contracted 10.0 percentage points from 2024.
CMS Energy FCF Margin 2024: -8.6%
In 2024, CMS Energy reported free cash flow margin of -8.62%, expanded 3.6 percentage points from 2023.
CMS Energy FCF Margin 2023: -12.2%
CMS Energy free cash flow margin in 2023 was -12.20%, expanded 5.5 percentage points from 2022.
CMS Energy FCF Margin 2022: -17.7%
2022's free cash flow margin for CMS Energy came in at -17.67%, contracted 14.2 percentage points from 2021.
CMS Energy FCF Margin 2021: -3.5%
CMS Energy free cash flow margin in 2021 was -3.51%.
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