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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Stocks - Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ERF Enerplus	$20.44 +0.6%	$18.80	$13.46 ▼ $20.97	$4.17B	1.99	2.97 million shs	1.51 million shs
SM SM Energy	$50.44 +0.9%	$46.92	$25.03 ▼ $53.26	$5.84B	4.2	1.57 million shs	1.07 million shs
TALO Talos Energy	$13.79 +1.9%	$13.42	$10.69 ▼ $17.59	$2.54B	2.01	2.04 million shs	1.25 million shs
VET Vermilion Energy	$12.03 +1.7%	$11.71	$9.81 ▼ $15.98	$1.92B	2.04	1.22 million shs	551,765 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ERF Enerplus	+0.25%	+1.40%	+6.80%	+41.18%	+39.73%
SM SM Energy	+0.40%	+1.46%	+0.73%	+33.86%	+83.86%
TALO Talos Energy	-1.56%	+2.07%	-0.48%	+2.04%	+4.24%
VET Vermilion Energy	-1.50%	+0.38%	-2.47%	+8.28%	-7.25%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
ERF Enerplus	2.1743 of 5 stars	1.5	3.0	2.5	0.0	2.4	0.8	2.5
SM SM Energy	3.5713 of 5 stars	2.3	1.0	2.5	0.0	3.1	1.7	2.5
TALO Talos Energy	4.8929 of 5 stars	4.5	3.0	0.0	1.8	3.2	3.3	2.5
VET Vermilion Energy	3.1511 of 5 stars	3.4	2.0	1.7	0.0	2.4	0.0	2.5

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ERF Enerplus	3.00	Buy	$21.69	6.13% Upside
SM SM Energy	2.63	Moderate Buy	$52.57	4.23% Upside
TALO Talos Energy	3.00	Buy	$21.19	53.70% Upside
VET Vermilion Energy	2.75	Moderate Buy	$25.00	107.81% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest VET, SM, ERF, and TALO Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/23/2024	TALO Talos Energy	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$17.00 ➝ $19.00
4/22/2024	SM SM Energy	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$42.00 ➝ $51.00
4/22/2024	SM SM Energy	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$62.00 ➝ $65.00
4/22/2024	TALO Talos Energy	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$26.00
4/22/2024	TALO Talos Energy	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$20.00 ➝ $21.00
4/18/2024	SM SM Energy	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$45.00 ➝ $51.00
4/12/2024	SM SM Energy	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$51.00 ➝ $62.00
4/12/2024	TALO Talos Energy	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$20.00
4/9/2024	SM SM Energy	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$49.00 ➝ $54.00
4/5/2024	SM SM Energy	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$51.00 ➝ $57.00
3/27/2024	VET Vermilion Energy	TD Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy

(Data available from 4/25/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ERF Enerplus	$1.69B	2.46	$4.27 per share	4.79	$6.07 per share	3.37
SM SM Energy	$2.37B	2.46	$12.18 per share	4.14	$31.09 per share	1.62
TALO Talos Energy	$1.46B	1.74	$6.13 per share	2.25	$16.91 per share	0.82
VET Vermilion Energy	$1.49B	1.29	$5.70 per share	2.11	$13.84 per share	0.87

Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ERF Enerplus	$456.08M	$2.10	9.73	8.77	N/A	27.67%	40.36%	23.44%	5/2/2024 (Estimated)
SM SM Energy	$817.88M	$6.87	7.34	7.25	N/A	34.45%	20.74%	11.55%	5/2/2024 (Confirmed)
TALO Talos Energy	$187.33M	$1.62	8.51	98.46	N/A	12.85%	0.76%	0.33%	5/6/2024 (Confirmed)
VET Vermilion Energy	-$176.01M	-$1.11	N/A	4.68	N/A	-11.40%	15.75%	8.19%	5/1/2024 (Confirmed)

Latest VET, SM, ERF, and TALO Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/6/2024	N/A	TALO Talos Energy	-$0.07	N/A	+$0.07	N/A	N/A	N/A
5/2/2024	N/A	SM SM Energy	$1.29	N/A	-$1.29	N/A	N/A	N/A
5/1/2024	N/A	VET Vermilion Energy	$1.01	N/A	-$1.01	N/A	N/A	N/A
3/6/2024	Q4 2023	VET Vermilion Energy	$0.53	$0.95	+$0.42	$5.51	$442.92 million	$384.17 million
2/28/2024	Q4 2023	TALO Talos Energy	$0.22	-$0.04	-$0.26	-$0.77	$386.90 million	$384.96 million
2/21/2024	Q4 2023	ERF Enerplus	$0.53	$0.54	+$0.01	$0.53	N/A	$437.10 million
2/21/2024	Q4 2023	SM SM Energy	$1.39	$1.56	+$0.17	$1.00	$611.35 million	$608.73 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ERF Enerplus	$0.26	1.27%	+37.49%	12.38%	4 Years
SM SM Energy	$0.72	1.43%	+210.72%	10.48%	1 Years
TALO Talos Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
VET Vermilion Energy	$0.29	2.41%	-14.41%	N/A	N/A

Latest VET, SM, ERF, and TALO Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
3/26/2024	SM SM Energy	Quarterly	$0.18	1.47%	4/18/2024	4/19/2024	5/3/2024
3/8/2024	VET Vermilion Energy	quarterly	$0.0888	2.4%	3/27/2024	3/28/2024	4/15/2024
2/21/2024	ERF Enerplus	Quarterly	$0.13	2.9%	3/1/2024	3/4/2024	3/15/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ERF Enerplus	0.09	0.80	0.80
SM SM Energy	0.44	1.45	1.45
TALO Talos Energy	0.46	0.73	0.73
VET Vermilion Energy	0.31	1.18	1.10

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ERF Enerplus	58.42%
SM SM Energy	94.56%
TALO Talos Energy	89.35%
VET Vermilion Energy	31.91%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ERF Enerplus	0.41%
SM SM Energy	1.50%
TALO Talos Energy	0.79%
VET Vermilion Energy	2.60%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ERF Enerplus	404	204.25 million	203.41 million	Optionable
SM SM Energy	544	115.75 million	114.01 million	Optionable
TALO Talos Energy	600	183.91 million	182.45 million	Optionable
VET Vermilion Energy	740	159.86 million	155.70 million	Optionable

VET, SM, ERF, and TALO Headlines

Source	Headline
	Vermilion Energy Inc. to Post Q3 2024 Earnings of $0.57 Per Share, Atb Cap Markets Forecasts (NYSE:VET) americanbankingnews.com - April 25 at 2:30 AM
	Q3 2024 EPS Estimates for Vermilion Energy Inc. (NYSE:VET) Cut by Atb Cap Markets marketbeat.com - April 24 at 6:16 AM
	Vermilion Energy (VET) to Release Earnings on Wednesday americanbankingnews.com - April 24 at 2:12 AM
	Q1 2024 EPS Estimates for Vermilion Energy Inc. Decreased by Atb Cap Markets (NYSE:VET) americanbankingnews.com - April 24 at 1:26 AM
	Brokers Set Expectations for Vermilion Energy Inc.'s Q1 2024 Earnings (NYSE:VET) marketbeat.com - April 23 at 5:57 AM
	Vontobel Holding Ltd. Purchases Shares of 75,000 Vermilion Energy Inc. (NYSE:VET) marketbeat.com - April 22 at 5:21 AM
	Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits Promotes Drew Vermilion to Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Strategy & Chief of Staff businesswire.com - April 17 at 9:00 AM
	Short Interest in Vermilion Energy Inc. (NYSE:VET) Expands By 31.6% marketbeat.com - April 15 at 11:34 PM
	Tobam Reduces Holdings in Vermilion Energy Inc. (NYSE:VET) marketbeat.com - April 11 at 7:15 AM
	Vanguard Group Inc. Boosts Stock Position in Vermilion Energy Inc. (NYSE:VET) marketbeat.com - April 6 at 4:14 AM
	Vermilion in Bloom to host first planting day of year April 11 morningjournal.com - April 3 at 7:09 PM
	Vermilion Energy Inc. Confirms First Quarter 2024 Release Date and Filing of the Management Information Circular in Connection with the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders prnewswire.com - March 28 at 4:05 PM
	Vermilion Energy Inc. (VET) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript seekingalpha.com - March 9 at 8:05 PM
	Vermilion Energy Inc. (NYSE:VET) Q4 2023 Earnings Call Transcript finance.yahoo.com - March 8 at 6:55 PM
	Vermilion Energy Full Year 2023 Earnings: Misses Expectations finance.yahoo.com - March 8 at 8:54 AM
	Decoding Vermilion Energy's Robust Q4 Earnings Report - Kalkine Media kalkinemedia.com - March 7 at 2:14 AM
	VET Stock Earnings: Vermilion Energy Beats EPS, Misses Revenue for Q4 2023 investorplace.com - March 7 at 1:02 AM
	Vermilion: Q4 Earnings Snapshot washingtonpost.com - March 6 at 9:14 PM
	Vermilion Energy (VET) Tops Q4 Earnings Estimates zacks.com - March 6 at 8:56 PM
	Options Volatility and Implied Earnings Moves Today, March 06, 2024 msn.com - March 6 at 4:14 PM
	Vermilion Energy: Lots Of Free Cash Flow But Meager Capital Return To Shareholders seekingalpha.com - March 6 at 4:14 PM
	Vermilion Energy (VET) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth zacks.com - February 28 at 11:00 AM
	Vermilion Energy Inc. Acquires Common Shares of Coelacanth Energy Inc. prnewswire.com - February 28 at 8:00 AM
	Vermilion Energy Stock (NYSE:VET), Short Interest Report benzinga.com - February 22 at 3:23 PM

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Company Descriptions

Enerplus

NYSE:ERF

Enerplus Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, explores and develops crude oil and natural gas in the United States. Its oil and natural gas properties are located primarily in North Dakota, Colorado, and Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

SM Energy

NYSE:SM

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. Mary Land & Exploration Company and changed its name to SM Energy Company in May 2010. SM Energy Company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Talos Energy

NYSE:TALO

Talos Energy Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the United States and Mexico. It also engages in the development of carbon capture and sequestration. Talos Energy Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Vermilion Energy

NYSE:VET

Vermilion Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of petroleum and natural gas. The company has properties in West Central Alberta, southeast Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and West Pembina in Canada; Wyoming in the United States; southwest Bordeaux and Paris Basin in France; the Netherlands; Germany; Ireland; Croatia; Slovakia; and Australia. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.

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