SM Energy (SM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for SM Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" SM shares.
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8 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for SM Energy's shares. Their SM share price targets range from $40.00 to $62.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $49.29 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.9%.
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SM Energy's stock was trading at $38.72 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, SM shares have increased by 28.5% and is now trading at $49.74.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2024.
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SM Energy (NYSE:SM) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 21st. The energy company reported $1.56 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.39 by $0.17. The energy company earned $608.73 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $611.35 million. SM Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.74% and a net margin of 34.45%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.29 earnings per share.

SM Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 26th. Investors of record on Friday, April 19th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Friday, May 3rd. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.45%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 18th.
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SM Energy (NYSE:SM) pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.42%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 10.48%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SM will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.75% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of SM Energy (NYSE:SM) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Energy ETF (PSCE), The Acquirers Fund (ZIG), Invesco Energy Exploration & Production ETF (PXE), Invesco S&P SmallCap Quality ETF (XSHQ), First Trust Natural Gas ETF (FCG), First Trust Bloomberg Inflation Sensitive Equity ETF (FTIF), SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP) and Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (QVAL).

36 employees have rated SM Energy Chief Executive Officer Jay Ottoson on Glassdoor.com. Jay Ottoson has an approval rating of 31% among the company's employees. This puts Jay Ottoson in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other SM Energy investors own include Callon Petroleum (CPE), InterDigital (IDCC), Whiting Petroleum (WLL), Boeing (BA), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Oasis Petroleum (OAS), Proofpoint (PFPT), Devon Energy (DVN), Matador Resources (MTDR) and Intel (INTC).

SM Energy's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.88%), Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.08%), Insight Wealth Strategies LLC (0.04%), Park Avenue Securities LLC (0.01%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.01%) and GAMMA Investing LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Anshul Sadana, David J Whitcomb, David W Copeland, Herbert S Vogel, Julio M Quintana, Kenneth J Knott, Mary Ellen Lutey, Patrick A Lytle, Ramiro G Peru, Rose M Robeson and William D Sullivan.
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