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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	$20.18 +1.6%	$19.33	$13.46 ▼ $20.97	$4.12B	1.97	2.87 million shs	385,014 shs
SM SM Energy	$51.02 -0.3%	$48.59	$25.03 ▼ $53.26	$5.91B	4.21	1.57 million shs	85,170 shs
SWN Southwestern Energy	$7.30 -1.1%	$7.31	$4.67 ▼ $7.80	$8.05B	1.15	16.88 million shs	1.18 million shs
TALO Talos Energy	$12.45 -2.5%	$13.47	$10.69 ▼ $17.59	$2.29B	1.99	1.97 million shs	270,881 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	+0.35%	+1.40%	-2.41%	+38.59%	+34.74%
SM SM Energy	+0.93%	+5.48%	-3.03%	+40.36%	+93.71%
SWN Southwestern Energy	+0.48%	-1.47%	-1.80%	+15.14%	+53.65%
TALO Talos Energy	-4.27%	-3.11%	-10.89%	+4.54%	-2.96%

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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	2.172 of 5 stars	1.4	3.0	2.5	0.0	2.6	0.8	2.5
SM SM Energy	3.7572 of 5 stars	2.3	1.0	2.5	0.0	3.8	1.7	2.5
SWN Southwestern Energy	3.7353 of 5 stars	3.1	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.2	1.7	1.9
TALO Talos Energy	4.8404 of 5 stars	4.5	3.0	0.0	1.8	2.3	3.3	2.5

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ERF Enerplus	2.80	Moderate Buy	$21.69	7.50% Upside
SM SM Energy	2.63	Moderate Buy	$52.57	3.04% Upside
SWN Southwestern Energy	2.14	Hold	$8.14	11.54% Upside
TALO Talos Energy	3.00	Buy	$20.94	68.17% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest SM, TALO, SWN, and ERF Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
5/7/2024	TALO Talos Energy	Stephens Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$26.00 ➝ $24.00
5/7/2024	TALO Talos Energy	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$23.00 ➝ $20.00
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
4/23/2024	SWN Southwestern Energy	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$6.60 ➝ $7.60
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	SWN Southwestern Energy	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$7.00 ➝ $7.50
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
4/19/2024	SWN Southwestern Energy	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$8.00 ➝ $7.00

(Data available from 5/8/2021 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	2.43	$4.37 per share	4.62	$6.07 per share	3.32
SM SM Energy	$2.37B	2.49	$12.24 per share	4.17	$31.09 per share	1.64
SWN Southwestern Energy	$6.52B	1.23	$1.86 per share	3.93	$3.96 per share	1.84
TALO Talos Energy	$1.46B	1.57	$5.74 per share	2.17	$16.91 per share	0.74

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	9.61	8.89	N/A	27.67%	40.36%	23.44%	5/9/2024 (Estimated)
SM SM Energy	$817.88M	$6.38	8.00	7.33	N/A	31.80%	20.10%	11.34%	8/7/2024 (Estimated)
SWN Southwestern Energy	$1.56B	-$1.74	N/A	6.19	N/A	-32.93%	9.00%	4.33%	8/1/2024 (Estimated)
TALO Talos Energy	$187.33M	$1.62	7.69	28.30	N/A	12.85%	0.76%	0.33%	8/13/2024 (Estimated)

Latest SM, TALO, SWN, and ERF Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/2/2024	Q1 2024	SWN Southwestern Energy	$0.13	$0.12	-$0.01	$1.63	$1.29 billion	$1.42 billion
2/28/2024	Q4 2023	TALO Talos Energy	$0.22	-$0.04	-$0.26	-$0.77	$386.90 million	$384.96 million
2/22/2024	Q4 23	SWN Southwestern Energy	$0.13	$0.17	+$0.04	$0.94	$1.29 billion	$1.69 billion
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	1.29%	+28.07%	12.38%	1 Years
SM SM Energy	$0.72	1.41%	+210.72%	11.29%	1 Years
SWN Southwestern Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
TALO Talos Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest SM, TALO, SWN, and ERF 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
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	0.43	1.48	1.45
SWN Southwestern Energy	0.83	0.62	0.62
TALO Talos Energy	0.46	0.73	0.73

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ERF Enerplus	58.42%
SM SM Energy	94.56%
SWN Southwestern Energy	86.97%
TALO Talos Energy	89.35%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ERF Enerplus	0.41%
SM SM Energy	1.50%
SWN Southwestern Energy	0.66%
TALO Talos Energy	0.77%

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
SWN Southwestern Energy	1,165	1.10 billion	1.10 billion	Optionable
TALO Talos Energy	600	183.91 million	182.49 million	Optionable

SM, TALO, SWN, and ERF Headlines

Source	Headline
	Q1 2024 Talos Energy Inc Earnings Call finance.yahoo.com - May 8 at 6:56 AM
	Talos Energy Inc (TALO) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript Highlights: Strategic Moves and Robust ... finance.yahoo.com - May 8 at 6:56 AM
	Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO) Shares Gap Down Following Analyst Downgrade americanbankingnews.com - May 8 at 1:56 AM
	Analysts Offer Insights on Energy Companies: MEG Energy (OtherMEGEF), Talos Energy (TALO) and Kimbell Royalty Partners (KRP) markets.businessinsider.com - May 7 at 3:55 PM
	Cracking The Code: Understanding Analyst Reviews For Talos Energy markets.businessinsider.com - May 7 at 3:55 PM
	Stephens Cuts Talos Energy (NYSE:TALO) Price Target to $24.00 marketbeat.com - May 7 at 11:50 AM
	US operator to drill second well in Gulf of Mexico field soon upstreamonline.com - May 7 at 12:54 AM
	Talos Energy Inc. (TALO) Q1 2024 Earnings: Misses EPS Estimates, Surpasses Revenue Expectations finance.yahoo.com - May 7 at 12:54 AM
	TALO Stock Earnings: Talos Energy Misses EPS, Beats Revenue for Q1 2024 investorplace.com - May 6 at 10:08 PM
	Talos Energy (TALO) Reports Q1 Loss, Tops Revenue Estimates zacks.com - May 6 at 7:36 PM
	Talos Energy: Q1 Earnings Snapshot chron.com - May 6 at 6:03 PM
	Talos Energy Announces First Quarter 2024 Operational and Financial Results prnewswire.com - May 6 at 4:15 PM
	7 Affordable Energy Stocks to Buy Under $20 investorplace.com - May 6 at 12:51 PM
	Here's what Wall Street expects from Talos Energy's earnings markets.businessinsider.com - May 5 at 5:38 PM
	ATI Inc. (NYSE:ATI) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript msn.com - May 1 at 2:11 PM
	Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE:TALO) Receives Consensus Rating of "Buy" from Brokerages americanbankingnews.com - May 1 at 2:54 AM
	Equinix enters PPA with Sembcorp itwire.com - April 30 at 8:06 AM
	Ecopetrol names acting COO ogj.com - April 29 at 12:05 PM
	Analysts Estimate Talos Energy (TALO) to Report a Decline in Earnings: What to Look Out for zacks.com - April 29 at 11:06 AM
	Talos Energy (TALO) Set to Announce Quarterly Earnings on Monday americanbankingnews.com - April 29 at 3:46 AM
	Autism support agency in Houston celebrates Autism Acceptance Month with inclusive Field Day event msn.com - April 26 at 10:45 PM
	State-Sponsored Espionage Campaign Exploits Cisco Vulnerabilities infosecurity-magazine.com - April 26 at 7:16 AM
	Talos Energy stock target raised, keeps Buy rating on market valuation investing.com - April 25 at 7:45 PM
	Talos Energy expands leadership team ogj.com - April 25 at 7:45 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.

Southwestern Energy

NYSE:SWN

Southwestern Energy Company, an independent energy company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas, oil, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) in the United States. It operates through two segments, Exploration and Production, and Marketing. The company focuses on the development of unconventional natural gas and oil reservoirs located in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, and Louisiana. It also engages in the marketing and transportation of natural gas, oil, and NGLs. It serves LNG exporters, energy companies, utilities, and industrial purchasers of natural gas. Southwestern Energy Company was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in Spring, Texas.

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.

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