In the last trading session, 2.71 million shares of the SM Energy Co (NYSE:SM) were traded, and its beta was 2.23. Most recently the company’s share price was $21.96, and it changed around $0.29 or 1.34% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $2.51B. SM currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $52.83, offering almost -140.57% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $19.67, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 10.43% since then. We note from SM Energy Co’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 3.44 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 2.40 million.
SM Energy Co stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 2.00. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 15 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 2 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 6 recommended SM as a Hold, whereas 7 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. SM Energy Co is expected to report earnings per share of 1.55 for the current quarter.
SM Energy Co (NYSE:SM) trade information
Instantly SM has showed a green trend with a performance of 1.34% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 25.05 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 12.34%. The company’s shares are currently down -43.34% year-to-date, but still up 0.69% over the last five days. On the other hand, SM Energy Co (NYSE:SM) is -26.78% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 10.36 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 3.8 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $49, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 55.18% from its current value. Analyst projections state that SM is forecast to be at a low of $33 and a high of $60.
SM Energy Co (SM) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 25.16%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 11 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 824.84M in revenue for the current quarter. 11 analysts expect SM Energy Co to make 822.92M in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 559.87M and 634.55M respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 47.33%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 29.68%.
SM Energy Co earnings are expected to increase by -12.36% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 2.86% per year for the next five years.
SM Dividends
SM Energy Co’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Feb-18. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 3.46 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.76. It is important to note, however, that the 3.46% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 1.01 per year.
SM Energy Co (NYSE:SM)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 1.52% of SM Energy Co shares, and 103.09% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 104.68%. SM Energy Co stock is held by 552.0 institutions, with BLACKROCK INC. being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 17.1953% of the shares, which is about 19.71 million shares worth $852.13 million.
VANGUARD GROUP INC, with 12.4033% or 14.34 million shares worth $620.07 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and Pacer Funds Trust-Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows ETF were the top two Mutual Funds as of Mar 31, 2025 . The former held 7.08 shares worth $155.37 million, making up 6.18% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, Pacer Funds Trust-Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows ETF held roughly 3.89 shares worth around $85.5 million, which represents about 3.40% of the total shares outstanding.
