CMS Energy Net additions (releases) charged to costs and expenses increased by 30.0% to $13.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 8.3%, from $12.00M to $13.00M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Net additions (releases) charged to costs and expenses shows an upward trend with a 16.1% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
An increase suggests deteriorating customer credit quality or a more conservative accounting approach to bad debt.
An expense recognized to account for the portion of accounts receivable that the company estimates will not be collected...
Standard across all industries; benchmarked against historical bad debt ratios.
other_provision_for_doubtful_accounts| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
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| Value | $5.50M | $5.50M | $5.50M | $12.50M | $12.50M | $12.50M | $12.50M | $9.00M | $8.00M | $15.00M | $2.00M | $10.00M | $7.00M | $7.00M | $8.25M | $12.00M | $8.00M | $10.00M | $10.00M | $13.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +127.3% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -28.0% | -11.1% | +87.5% | -86.7% | +400.0% | -30.0% | +0.0% | +17.9% | +45.5% | -33.3% | +25.0% | +0.0% | +30.0% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +127.3% | +127.3% | +127.3% | -28.0% | -36.0% | +20.0% | -84.0% | +11.1% | -12.5% | -53.3% | +312.5% | +20.0% | +14.3% | +42.9% | +21.2% | +8.3% |