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The price of SM Energy Co (NYSE: SM) closed at $26.73 in the last session, down -1.15% from day before closing price of $27.04. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.15 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.37 million shares were traded. SM stock price reached its highest trading level at $26.8426 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $26.14.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at SM’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.69 and its Current Ratio is at 0.69. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.59 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.59.
On December 05, 2024, JP Morgan Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Overweight and also upped its target price recommendation from $51 to $53.
TD Cowen Upgraded its Hold to Buy on October 15, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $64 to $60.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 17 ’25 when Jenkins Richard A. sold 7,726 shares for $28.49 per share. The transaction valued at 220,114 led to the insider holds 23,668 shares of the business.
RICHARD JENKINS bought 7,726 shares of SM for $220,122 on Jun 17 ’25. On May 06 ’25, another insider, Vogel Herbert S, who serves as the President & CEO of the company, bought 1,000 shares for $21.32 each. As a result, the insider paid 21,320 and bolstered with 488,101 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SM now has a Market Capitalization of 3072720384 and an Enterprise Value of 5706932736. As of this moment, SM’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 3.78, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.47. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.98 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.67. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.901 whereas that against EBITDA is 2.576.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SM is 2.46, which has changed by -0.41123348 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16461086 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SM has reached a high of $47.69, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $19.67. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.42%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -16.94%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, SM traded on average about 2.11M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2206730 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 114.63M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 113.03M. Insiders hold about 1.67% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 101.71% stake in the company. Shares short for SM as of 1753920000 were 9860455 with a Short Ratio of 4.66, compared to 1751241600 on 8846022. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 9860455 and a Short% of Float of 12.1800005.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for SM is 0.80, which was 0.8 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.029585797The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.11. The current Payout Ratio is 11.40% for SM, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-07-18 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-07-18. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2005-04-01 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
