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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
BSM Black Stone Minerals	$15.95 -1.7%	$15.77	$14.80 ▼ $18.55	$3.35B	0.92	491,253 shs	405,047 shs
ERF Enerplus	$19.59 -3.9%	$19.12	$13.46 ▼ $20.97	$4.00B	1.99	2.95 million shs	2.51 million shs
KOS Kosmos Energy	$5.67 -4.1%	$5.89	$5.23 ▼ $8.28	$2.67B	2.37	7.27 million shs	6.87 million shs
SM SM Energy	$48.50 -4.6%	$47.59	$25.03 ▼ $53.26	$5.61B	4.2	1.57 million shs	2.18 million shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
BSM Black Stone Minerals	-1.66%	+1.27%	-0.19%	-2.74%	-3.63%
ERF Enerplus	-3.90%	-3.43%	-0.38%	+34.84%	+32.06%
KOS Kosmos Energy	-4.06%	-2.74%	-4.87%	-6.51%	-11.27%
SM SM Energy	-4.55%	-2.63%	-2.71%	+30.80%	+72.97%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
BSM Black Stone Minerals	2.1762 of 5 stars	2.2	2.0	1.7	0.6	2.5	2.5
ERF Enerplus	2.8344 of 5 stars	2.4	3.0	2.5	1.8	0.8	2.5
KOS Kosmos Energy	4.4187 of 5 stars	3.4	1.0	0.0	2.6	2.5	4.4
SM SM Energy	3.5842 of 5 stars	2.3	1.0	2.5	3.2	1.7	2.5

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
BSM Black Stone Minerals	2.33	Hold	$19.33	21.21% Upside
ERF Enerplus	2.80	Moderate Buy	$21.69	10.76% Upside
KOS Kosmos Energy	2.83	Moderate Buy	$9.63	69.90% Upside
SM SM Energy	2.63	Moderate Buy	$52.57	8.39% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest BSM, SM, ERF, and KOS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/29/2024	ERF Enerplus	Royal Bank of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Sector Perform	$21.00 ➝ $22.00
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
4/18/2024	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
4/9/2024	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
3/7/2024	BSM Black Stone Minerals	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$16.00 ➝ $17.00
3/6/2024	SM SM Energy	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$44.00 ➝ $51.00
2/26/2024	SM SM Energy	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$38.00 ➝ $42.00
2/22/2024	ERF Enerplus	TD Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Tender	$21.00 ➝ $18.85

(Data available from 5/1/2021 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
BSM Black Stone Minerals	$592.22M	5.66	$2.22 per share	7.20	$4.37 per share	3.65
ERF Enerplus	$1.69B	2.36	$4.04 per share	4.85	$6.07 per share	3.23
KOS Kosmos Energy	$1.70B	1.57	$1.75 per share	3.24	$2.24 per share	2.53
SM SM Energy	$2.37B	2.36	$11.47 per share	4.23	$31.09 per share	1.56

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
BSM Black Stone Minerals	$422.55M	$1.87	8.53	10.03	N/A	70.46%	42.38%	30.78%	5/6/2024 (Confirmed)
ERF Enerplus	$456.08M	$2.10	9.33	8.63	N/A	27.67%	40.36%	23.44%	5/2/2024 (Estimated)
KOS Kosmos Energy	$213.52M	$0.44	12.89	5.50	0.73	12.55%	39.94%	7.83%	5/7/2024 (Confirmed)
SM SM Energy	$817.88M	$6.87	7.06	6.97	N/A	34.45%	20.74%	11.55%	5/2/2024 (Confirmed)

Latest BSM, SM, ERF, and KOS Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/7/2024	N/A	KOS Kosmos Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
5/6/2024	N/A	BSM Black Stone Minerals	$0.34	N/A	-$0.34	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
2/26/2024	12/31/2023	KOS Kosmos Energy	$0.23	$0.31	+$0.08	$0.58	N/A	$507.81 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
2/20/2024	12/31/2023	BSM Black Stone Minerals	$0.50	$0.65	+$0.15	$0.65	$142.67 million	$190.84 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
BSM Black Stone Minerals	$1.90	11.91%	N/A	101.60%	3 Years
ERF Enerplus	$0.26	1.33%	+28.07%	12.38%	1 Years
KOS Kosmos Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SM SM Energy	$0.72	1.48%	+210.72%	10.48%	1 Years

Latest BSM, SM, ERF, and KOS Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
4/17/2024	BSM Black Stone Minerals	Quarterly	$0.3750	9.77%	5/9/2024	5/10/2024	5/17/2024
3/26/2024	SM SM Energy	Quarterly	$0.18	1.47%	4/18/2024	4/19/2024	5/3/2024
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
BSM Black Stone Minerals	N/A	7.48	7.48
ERF Enerplus	0.09	0.80	0.80
KOS Kosmos Energy	2.32	0.76	0.49
SM SM Energy	0.44	1.45	1.45

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
BSM Black Stone Minerals	14.49%
ERF Enerplus	58.42%
KOS Kosmos Energy	95.33%
SM SM Energy	94.56%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
BSM Black Stone Minerals	19.60%
ERF Enerplus	0.41%
KOS Kosmos Energy	1.79%
SM SM Energy	1.50%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
BSM Black Stone Minerals	2,020	210.31 million	169.09 million	Optionable
ERF Enerplus	404	204.25 million	203.41 million	Optionable
KOS Kosmos Energy	243	471.55 million	463.11 million	Optionable
SM SM Energy	544	115.75 million	114.01 million	Optionable

BSM, SM, ERF, and KOS Headlines

Source	Headline
	Wall Street Bulls Look Optimistic About SM Energy (SM): Should You Buy? zacks.com - April 30 at 10:35 AM
	SM Goes Beyond Earth Day: Leading the Way Towards Sustainability gmanetwork.com - April 30 at 8:56 AM
	SM gold for Skellefteå AIK after dominant win norran.se - April 29 at 10:55 PM
	SM Energy (SM) is a Great Momentum Stock: Should You Buy? zacks.com - April 29 at 1:01 PM
	This Top Oils and Energy Stock is a #1 (Strong Buy): Why It Should Be on Your Radar zacks.com - April 29 at 10:01 AM
	NOV Q1 Earnings Surpass Estimates, Revenues Increase Y/Y zacks.com - April 29 at 8:35 AM
	SM Energy (NYSE:SM) stock performs better than its underlying earnings growth over last five years finance.yahoo.com - April 29 at 7:54 AM
	SM’s plans for 2024: Instagram-worthy malls, esports venues rappler.com - April 28 at 10:41 AM
	SM Prime marks 30th anniversary with record-breaking income, P100 billion investment for 2024 sunstar.com.ph - April 27 at 5:53 PM
	Building a greener future: SM Supermalls, DENR, and partners launch ‘Earth Day Every Day Project’ manilastandard.net - April 26 at 4:51 PM
	South Korea Enhances Its Missile Defense Capabilities with US SM-3 Acquisition navyrecognition.com - April 26 at 10:16 AM
	SM Group works with industry, gov’t for climate action, low-carbon economy manilastandard.net - April 26 at 10:16 AM
	Here is What to Know Beyond Why SM Energy Company (SM) is a Trending Stock zacks.com - April 26 at 10:00 AM
	Federated Hermes Inc. Purchases 24,371 Shares of SM Energy (NYSE:SM) marketbeat.com - April 26 at 5:39 AM
	Is Most-Watched Stock SM Energy Company (SM) Worth Betting on Now? zacks.com - April 25 at 10:05 AM
	abrdn plc Sells 21,093 Shares of SM Energy (NYSE:SM) marketbeat.com - April 25 at 6:14 AM
	SM Energy (SM) Set to Announce Earnings on Thursday americanbankingnews.com - April 25 at 4:14 AM
	EQT Q1 Earnings Top Estimates on Higher Sales Volumes zacks.com - April 24 at 2:31 PM
	Why SM Energy (SM) is a Top Momentum Stock for the Long-Term zacks.com - April 24 at 10:56 AM
	‘We need’ scream B&M shoppers after spotting ‘brilliant buy’ to save money on energy bills on sale for just £10 thesun.co.uk - April 24 at 3:00 AM
	Rev Up Your Portfolio With This Auto Stock theglobeandmail.com - April 24 at 3:00 AM
	SM Prime marks 30th anniversary with record-breaking income, P100B investment for 2024 rappler.com - April 24 at 3:00 AM
	SM Energy (NYSE:SM) Price Target Raised to $65.00 americanbankingnews.com - April 23 at 5:48 AM
	Susquehanna Boosts SM Energy (NYSE:SM) Price Target to $51.00 americanbankingnews.com - April 23 at 4:32 AM

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Company Descriptions

Black Stone Minerals

NYSE:BSM

Black Stone Minerals, L.P., together with its subsidiaries, owns and manages oil and natural gas mineral interests. It owns mineral interests in approximately 16.8 million gross acres, nonparticipating royalty interests in 1.8 million gross acres, and overriding royalty interests in 1.6 million gross acres located in 41 states in the United States. The company was founded in 1876 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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.

Kosmos Energy

NYSE:KOS

Kosmos Energy Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas along the Atlantic Margins in the United States. The company's primary assets include production projects located in offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as well as gas projects located in offshore Mauritania and Senegal. It undertakes a proven basin exploration program in Equatorial Guinea and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Kosmos Energy Ltd. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

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.

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