---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-111755"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMS-PB"
cik: "0000201533"
company_name: "CONSUMERS ENERGY CO"
filed_at: "2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T00:16:43.807906+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CMS Energy raises 2022 adj EPS guidance, introduces 2023 outlook; Q3 adj EPS $0.56

## Summary
- Q3 2022 adjusted EPS $0.56 vs $0.54 YoY; GAAP EPS $0.56 vs $0.64 due to discontinued ops.
- Raised 2022 adjusted EPS guidance to $2.87-$2.89 from $2.85-$2.89; preliminary 2023 guidance $3.05-$3.11.
- Reaffirmed long-term adj. EPS growth 6-8% toward high end; 5-yr capital plan $14.3B.
- Gotion plans $2.4B EV battery factory in CMS territory, adding >2,000 jobs and supporting load growth.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-111755
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMS-PB
- cik: 0000201533
- company_name: CONSUMERS ENERGY CO
- filed_at: 2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/201533/000110465922111755/0001104659-22-111755-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/201533/000110465922111755/tm2229022d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-111755.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CONSUMERS ENERGY CO updated its 2022 guidance (raised).
  - Period: 2022
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: CMS Energy raised its 2022 adjusted earnings guidance to $2.87 to $2.89 per share, from $2.85 to $2.89 per share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/201533/000110465922111755/0001104659-22-111755-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CONSUMERS ENERGY CO updated its the first nine months of 2022 guidance (raised).
  - Period: the first nine months of 2022
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the first nine months of 2022, the company reported $2.27 per share compared to $2.46 per share for the same period in 2021. On an adjusted earnings per share basis year-to-date, the company reported $2.29 per share in 2022, compared to $2.18 per share in 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/201533/000110465922111755/0001104659-22-111755-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CONSUMERS ENERGY CO updated its 2023 guidance (initiated).
  - Period: 2023
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: CMS Energy also introduced preliminary 2023 adjusted earnings guidance of $3.05 to $3.11 per share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/201533/000110465922111755/0001104659-22-111755-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  CONSUMERS ENERGY CO updated its the third quarter of 2022 guidance (raised).
  - Period: the third quarter of 2022
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: CMS Energy announced today reported earnings per share of $0.56 for the third quarter of 2022, compared to $0.64 per share for the same quarter in 2021. The company’s adjusted earnings per share for the third quarter of 2022 were $0.56, compared to $0.54 per share for the same quarter in 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/201533/000110465922111755/0001104659-22-111755-index.htm

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