Research Analysts Offer Predictions for SM Energy’s FY2025 Earnings (NYSE:SM)

SM Energy (NYSE:SM) – Research analysts at Capital One Financial upped their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of SM Energy in a research report issued on Wednesday, April 17th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now anticipates that the energy company will post earnings of $7.20 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $7.08. The consensus estimate for SM Energy’s current full-year earnings is $6.21 per share.

SM Energy (NYSE:SM) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 21st. The energy company reported $1.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.39 by $0.17. SM Energy had a net margin of 34.45% and a return on equity of 20.74%. The company had revenue of $608.73 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $611.35 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.29 EPS. SM Energy’s quarterly revenue was down 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

SM has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Susquehanna boosted their target price on shares of SM Energy from $38.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, February 26th. KeyCorp boosted their target price on shares of SM Energy from $51.00 to $62.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, April 12th. Raymond James dropped their target price on shares of SM Energy from $53.00 to $45.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 8th. Mizuho boosted their target price on shares of SM Energy from $51.00 to $57.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, April 5th. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn upgraded shares of SM Energy from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 31st. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, SM Energy presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $50.86.

SM Energy Stock Up 0.1 %

SM Energy stock opened at $48.09 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.45, a current ratio of 1.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44. SM Energy has a 12-month low of $25.03 and a 12-month high of $53.26. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $46.20 and its 200 day moving average is $40.90. The company has a market capitalization of $5.57 billion, a PE ratio of 7.00 and a beta of 4.20.

SM Energy Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, May 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.18 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 18th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.50%. SM Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 10.48%.

Institutional Trading of SM Energy

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of SM. Register Financial Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of SM Energy in the 1st quarter worth $25,000. First Horizon Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of SM Energy in the 1st quarter worth $25,000. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of SM Energy by 509.7% in the 1st quarter. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC now owns 567 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 474 shares in the last quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of SM Energy in the 3rd quarter worth $28,000. Finally, IFP Advisors Inc grew its stake in shares of SM Energy by 561.7% in the 2nd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 880 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 747 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 94.56% of the company’s stock.

SM Energy Company Profile

SM Energy Company, an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil, gas, and natural gas liquids in the state of Texas. It has working interests in oil and gas producing wells in the Midland Basin and South Texas. The company was formerly known as St.