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SM Energy Company

$SM·$7.8B·Oil & Gas Exploration & Production·Energy
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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

SM Energy Company is an independent firm dedicated to the exploration, development, acquisition, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. Its operations are exclusively concentrated within the state of Texas. As of February 24, 2022, the company reported an impressive 492.0 million barrels of oil equivalent in estimated proved reserves. Furthermore, it holds working stakes in 825 active oil wells and 483 active gas wells, primarily situated in the Midland Basin and South Texas regions. Established in 1908, the company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. It adopted its current name, SM Energy Company, in May 2010, having previously been known as St. Mary Land & Exploration Company.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Oil & Gas Exploration & Production sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $SM.

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production · Energy

No material change from last week — an outcome that compresses the upside price optionality that E&Ps have been pricing.

Industry benchmark

15-name peer basket
+35.8%YTD
+24.5%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
28.3How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
1.1%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
6.5%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-2.9%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.1Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
2.5%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
45.1%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.2Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$1.55$1.12+38.4%
Q4 2025Feb 25, 2026$0.83$0.83+0.2%
Q3 2025Nov 4, 2025$1.33$1.25+6.4%
Q2 2025Jul 31, 2025$1.50$1.25+20.0%
Next earningsWed, Aug 5·consensus EPS $1.96

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$1.5B+76.2%71.1%-20.1%$-2.91$85.0M
Q4 FY25$718.3M-14.1%18.9%0.6%$0.95$-572.2M
Q3 FY25$811.0M+26.3%31.6%30.4%$1.35$100.7M
Q2 FY25$785.1M+23.9%34.1%37.6%$1.76$160.9M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 8 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$7.2B$6.7B – $7.8B$6.89$6.18 – $7.737
FY27$7.4B$6.9B – $7.7B$7.21$6.33 – $8.648
FY28$7.4B$7.0B – $8.0B$7.64$5.26 – $9.986
FY29$7.3B$6.8B – $7.8B$8.04$7.26 – $8.785
FY30$7.3B$6.7B – $7.8B$8.67$7.83 – $9.473

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

SM Energy Data Breach Exposes Personal Information: Murphy Law Firm Investigates Legal Claimsglobenewswire.com·6h agoEnerCom Announces SM Energy as a Keynote Speaker at the 31st EnerCom Denver - The Energy Investment Conference, on August 19, 2026, in Denver, Coloradogurufocus.com·9h agoEnerCom Announces SM Energy as a Keynote Speaker at the 31st EnerCom Denver - The Energy Investment Conference, on August 19, 2026, in Denver, Coloradoprnewswire.com·10h agoIs Trending Stock SM Energy Company (SM) a Buy Now?zacks.com·15h agoSM Energy (SM) Earnings Expected to Grow: What to Know Ahead of Next Week's Releasezacks.com·3d ago

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