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SM Energy Company

SM

Energy · 37.90 -0.2% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 09:30 GMT-4

Market read

SM Energy Company's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 20 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 1 directly disclosed connection is confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 215.3% versus the comparable filing period.
Company-0.2% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 20 activeOil & Gas Producers · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 1 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Interest expense increased after SM assumed Civitas Senior Notes in the merger.
  • Capital expenditures increased after the merger, while investing cash use was partly offset by South Texas divestiture proceeds.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if SM's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Energy · Oil & Gas E&P

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 20 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 1 directly disclosed connection is confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 215.3% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 22.6 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 430.2% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • Interest expense increased after SM assumed Civitas Senior Notes in the merger.
  • Capital expenditures increased after the merger, while investing cash use was partly offset by South Texas divestiture proceeds.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 11, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations327
Usable filing statements210
Verified relationships1
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +17.2% year over year.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 3.10x in the latest annual period.
  • Capital investment and capacity has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Operating margin changed -8.3 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed -8.1 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Energy and commodity prices has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
  • Demand and volume has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
  • Tariffs and trade policy has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
Questions before a position
  • P/E is 41% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
  • EV/sales is 62% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 10, 2026

38.19
6m+49.0%12m+46.4%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$2.6B+132.8%$0.29+8.8%
2022-12-31$3.4B+28.1%$8.96+0.3%
2023-12-31$2.4B-29.3%$6.86-4.1%
2024-12-31$2.7B+13.3%$6.67-2.5%
2025-12-31$3.2B+17.2%$5.64-0.9%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Capital investment and capacitymixed · 5 filings
Investing activities For the Six Months Ended June 30, Amount Change Between Periods 2026 2025 (in millions) Net cash used in investing activities $ (485) $ (839) $ 354 Net cash used in investing activities decreased for the six months ended June 30, 2026, co…
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026
Credit and interest ratespositive · 5 filings
Interest expense increased 157 percent YTD 2026-over-YTD 2025 primarily driven by interest expense attributable to our Civitas Senior Notes assumed in connection with the Merger.
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026
Energy and commodity pricesmixed · 5 filings
Other operating income For the Three Months Ended For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 March 31, 2026 June 30, 2026 June 30, 2025 (in millions) Other operating income $ 82 $ 2 $ 84 $ 13 Other operating income increased $80 million sequentially and $71 milli…
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026
Demand and volumenegative · 3 filings
These tariffs, along with retaliatory tariffs from other countries, could lead to reduced trade resulting from increased costs for imported goods and decreased demand for U.S.
10-K · Feb 26, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 1.4× · EV/sales 1.3×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

37.90-0.2% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 09:30 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for SM. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment

Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing

10-Q filed 2026-08-06 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-01.

constructive
OperationsconstructiveEvidence score +4
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationdiscount

Capital and cash conversion

Reported investment and cash context

Stock compensation / revenue
+1.4%

Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.

What improved

  • Revenue increased 215.3% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin improved 22.6 percentage points.
  • Net income increased 430.2% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

No thresholded deterioration was identified.

Filing receipts

This increase was primarily driven by an 18 percent sequential quarterly increase in average daily equivalent production to 439.7 MBOE per day, reflecting a full quarter of production from the assets acquired in the Merger, and a 22 percent sequential quarterly increase in total realized price per BOE, before the effect of net derivative settlements (“realized price” or “realized prices”), resulting from increases in benchmark oil prices.

Production tax expense per BOE increased 34 percent sequentially and 58 percent YTD 2026-over-YTD 2025, primarily due to higher realized oil prices, and a higher production tax rate associated with our acquired DJ Basin assets relative to our pre-merger asset base, with the sequential increase also reflecting a full quarter of DJ Basin operations.

Our realized price on a per BOE basis increased 12 percent YTD 2026-over-YTD 2025 primarily due to increases in benchmark oil prices, partially offset by decreases in realized gas prices driven by unfavorable price differentials at Waha and CIG Rockies during the first half of 2026.

Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind SM

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depended on by

NOGNorthern Oil and Gas, Inc.partnerFeb 26, 2026

At closing, the Company acquired a 20 % undivided working interest in the assets sold by XCL, with SM Energy Company, an unaffiliated third party, acquiring the other 80 % and becoming the operator of the acquired assets.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

SM is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Oil & Gas Producers. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 1 filing-linked name are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.