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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
CRK Comstock Resources	$9.30 +0.6%	$8.53	$7.07 ▼ $13.39	$2.59B	0.7	4.60 million shs	1.23 million shs
ERF Enerplus	$19.97 +0.7%	$18.44	$13.46 ▼ $20.97	$4.08B	1.99	3.01 million shs	825,619 shs
KOS Kosmos Energy	$6.05 -0.2%	$5.87	$5.23 ▼ $8.28	$2.85B	2.37	7.53 million shs	1.17 million shs
SM SM Energy	$48.40 +0.7%	$45.98	$25.03 ▼ $53.26	$5.60B	4.2	1.58 million shs	439,688 shs
VET Vermilion Energy	$11.96 +1.7%	$11.61	$9.81 ▼ $15.98	$1.91B	2.04	1.24 million shs	297,497 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CRK Comstock Resources	+0.44%	-3.55%	+14.87%	+15.59%	-15.63%
ERF Enerplus	-1.10%	-4.02%	+5.37%	+43.33%	+34.99%
KOS Kosmos Energy	-0.16%	-4.27%	+1.08%	-4.72%	-16.30%
SM SM Energy	-2.56%	-7.12%	+0.52%	+34.65%	+65.34%
VET Vermilion Energy	-0.25%	-5.77%	-1.47%	+9.96%	-12.89%

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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
CRK Comstock Resources	3.6329 of 5 stars	2.0	1.0	3.3	0.6	2.2	1.7	3.1
ERF Enerplus	2.9581 of 5 stars	1.5	5.0	2.5	0.0	3.1	0.8	2.5
KOS Kosmos Energy	4.4269 of 5 stars	3.4	1.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	2.5	4.4
SM SM Energy	3.4517 of 5 stars	2.3	1.0	2.5	0.0	3.2	1.7	2.5
VET Vermilion Energy	3.1146 of 5 stars	3.4	2.0	1.7	0.0	2.8	0.0	2.5

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CRK Comstock Resources	2.00	Hold	$9.67	3.94% Upside
ERF Enerplus	3.00	Buy	$21.69	8.63% Upside
KOS Kosmos Energy	2.83	Moderate Buy	$9.63	59.23% Upside
SM SM Energy	2.63	Moderate Buy	$50.86	5.08% Upside
VET Vermilion Energy	2.75	Moderate Buy	$25.00	109.03% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest CRK, KOS, ERF, SM, and VET Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
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
4/15/2024	CRK Comstock Resources	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Underperform ➝ Underperform	$10.00 ➝ $9.00
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
4/2/2024	CRK Comstock Resources	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sell ➝ Sell	$8.00 ➝ $9.00
3/27/2024	VET Vermilion Energy	TD Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy
3/15/2024	CRK Comstock Resources	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Underperform ➝ Underperform	$10.00 ➝ $9.00
3/7/2024	CRK Comstock Resources	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$9.00 ➝ $8.00
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

(Data available from 4/19/2021 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
CRK Comstock Resources	$1.57B	1.65	$2.72 per share	3.42	$8.56 per share	1.09
ERF Enerplus	$1.69B	2.41	$4.21 per share	4.74	$6.07 per share	3.29
KOS Kosmos Energy	$1.70B	1.68	$1.81 per share	3.34	$2.24 per share	2.70
SM SM Energy	$2.37B	2.36	$11.80 per share	4.10	$31.09 per share	1.56
VET Vermilion Energy	$2.20B	0.87	$5.75 per share	2.08	$13.84 per share	0.86

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
CRK Comstock Resources	$211.12M	$0.76	12.24	7.95	N/A	13.49%	5.65%	2.21%	5/1/2024 (Confirmed)
ERF Enerplus	$456.08M	$2.10	9.51	8.46	N/A	27.67%	40.36%	23.44%	5/2/2024 (Estimated)
KOS Kosmos Energy	$213.52M	$0.44	13.75	5.87	0.75	12.55%	39.94%	7.83%	5/7/2024 (Confirmed)
SM SM Energy	$817.88M	$6.87	7.05	7.19	N/A	34.45%	20.74%	11.55%	5/2/2024 (Confirmed)
VET Vermilion Energy	-$176.01M	-$1.11	N/A	4.38	N/A	-11.40%	15.75%	8.19%	5/1/2024 (Confirmed)

Latest CRK, KOS, ERF, SM, and VET 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
5/2/2024	N/A	SM SM Energy	$1.29	N/A	-$1.29	N/A	N/A	N/A
5/1/2024	N/A	CRK Comstock Resources	$0.03	N/A	-$0.03	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
2/26/2024	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
2/13/2024	Q4 2023	CRK Comstock Resources	$0.16	$0.10	-$0.06	-$0.19	$401.97 million	$410.58 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CRK Comstock Resources	$0.50	5.38%	N/A	65.79%	N/A
ERF Enerplus	$0.26	1.30%	+37.49%	12.38%	4 Years
KOS Kosmos Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SM SM Energy	$0.72	1.49%	+210.72%	10.48%	1 Years
VET Vermilion Energy	$0.29	2.42%	-14.41%	N/A	N/A

Latest CRK, KOS, ERF, SM, and VET 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
CRK Comstock Resources	1.11	0.68	0.68
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
VET Vermilion Energy	0.31	1.18	1.10

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CRK Comstock Resources	36.13%
ERF Enerplus	58.42%
KOS Kosmos Energy	95.33%
SM SM Energy	94.56%
VET Vermilion Energy	31.91%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CRK Comstock Resources	1.50%
ERF Enerplus	0.41%
KOS Kosmos Energy	1.79%
SM SM Energy	1.50%
VET Vermilion Energy	2.60%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CRK Comstock Resources	251	278.43 million	274.25 million	Optionable
ERF Enerplus	404	204.25 million	203.41 million	Optionable
KOS Kosmos Energy	243	471.50 million	463.06 million	Optionable
SM SM Energy	544	115.75 million	114.01 million	Optionable
VET Vermilion Energy	740	159.86 million	155.70 million	Optionable

CRK, KOS, ERF, SM, and VET Headlines

Source	Headline
	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
	American Century Companies Inc. Boosts Stake in Vermilion Energy Inc. (NYSE:VET) marketbeat.com - March 22 at 4:17 AM
	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
	Vermilion Energy Stock (NYSE:VET) Insider Trades benzinga.com - February 22 at 10:23 AM
	Vermilion Energy Inc. Confirms 2023 Year End Release Date and Conference Call Details and Announces Adoption of Advance Notice By-Law prnewswire.com - February 21 at 5:00 PM
	Analysts Offer Insights on Energy Companies: Peabody Energy Comm (BTU), Cameco (CCJ) and Vermilion Energy (VET) markets.businessinsider.com - February 9 at 12:55 PM
	LeapCharger Eyes Exhibitor Role at Middle East Energy Conference in Dubai in Mid April theglobeandmail.com - February 2 at 8:21 PM
	RBC Capital Remains a Hold on Vermilion Energy (VET) markets.businessinsider.com - January 16 at 12:55 AM

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Company Descriptions

Comstock Resources

NYSE:CRK

Comstock Resources, Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of natural gas and oil properties in the United States. Its assets are located in the Haynesville and Bossier shales located in North Louisiana and East Texas. The company was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Frisco, 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.

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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