SM Energy Co [SM] stock is trading at $18.57, up 2.20%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The SM shares have gain 5.69% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.01%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
SM Energy Co [NYSE: SM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on June 24, 2025, when Raymond James downgraded its rating to an Underperform. Previously, JP Morgan downgraded its rating to Neutral on December 05, 2024, and elevated its price target to $53. On October 15, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $60 on the stock. Tudor Pickering Holt & Co. upgraded its rating to a Buy. Truist initiated its recommendation with a Hold and recommended $51 as its price target on June 25, 2024. Stephens started tracking with an Overweight rating for this stock on June 21, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $63. In a note dated January 31, 2024, Seaport Research Partners upgraded a Buy rating on this stock but restated the target price of $50.
SM Energy Co [SM] stock has fluctuated between $17.45 and $44.95 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $27.5 within the next 12 months. SM Energy Co [NYSE: SM] shares were valued at $18.57 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 48.09% based on the average SM price forecast.
Analyzing the SM fundamentals
SM Energy Co [NYSE:SM] reported sales of 3.30B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 26.10%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.38% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.34%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.28%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.22%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 0.16 and Total Capital is 0.14. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.49.
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Ratios To Look Out For
For context, SM Energy Co’s Current Ratio is 0.56. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.56, while the Cash Ratio is 0.14. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.64, the price to book ratio is 0.45 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 2.94.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Jenkins Richard A., Senior Vice President – Utah, that happened on Jun 17 ’25 when 7726.0 shares were sold. Officer, RICHARD JENKINS completed a deal on Jun 17 ’25 to buy 7726.0 shares. Meanwhile, President & CEO Vogel Herbert S bought 1000.0 shares on May 06 ’25.
