Capital One Financial Expects Weaker Earnings for SM Energy

SM Energy Company (NYSE:SM - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Capital One Financial lowered their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of SM Energy in a research report issued on Wednesday, July 2nd. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now forecasts that the energy company will earn $1.25 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $1.49. The consensus estimate for SM Energy's current full-year earnings is $8.10 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for SM Energy's Q3 2025 earnings at $1.44 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $1.44 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.20 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.21 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.27 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.30 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $4.98 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $5.53 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently commented on the stock. KeyCorp decreased their price target on shares of SM Energy from $60.00 to $36.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 21st. Susquehanna decreased their price target on shares of SM Energy from $39.00 to $24.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on shares of SM Energy from $54.00 to $41.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 13th. Stephens decreased their price target on shares of SM Energy from $62.00 to $55.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. Finally, Raymond James Financial cut shares of SM Energy from an "outperform" rating to an "underperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating, five have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $42.08.

SM Energy Trading Down 1.3%

Shares of NYSE:SM traded down $0.34 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $25.85. 643,724 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,962,900. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.57 and a quick ratio of 0.57. The firm has a market cap of $2.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3.62 and a beta of 2.16. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $24.64 and its 200 day simple moving average is $30.53. SM Energy has a 1 year low of $19.67 and a 1 year high of $48.49.

SM Energy (NYSE:SM - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 1st. The energy company reported $1.76 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.60 by $0.16. The firm had revenue of $844.54 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $814.62 million. SM Energy had a net margin of 27.61% and a return on equity of 19.90%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 50.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.13 EPS.

Institutional Trading of SM Energy

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of SM. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in SM Energy by 2.1% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,234,890 shares of the energy company's stock worth $47,864,000 after acquiring an additional 25,857 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its stake in SM Energy by 517.9% during the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 4,140 shares of the energy company's stock worth $159,000 after acquiring an additional 3,470 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in SM Energy by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,255,841 shares of the energy company's stock worth $48,676,000 after acquiring an additional 32,803 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of SM Energy by 13.8% in the fourth quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 116,413 shares of the energy company's stock valued at $4,512,000 after acquiring an additional 14,089 shares during the period. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of SM Energy in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $256,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.56% of the company's stock.

SM Energy Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, August 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 18th will be paid a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, July 18th. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.10%. SM Energy's dividend payout ratio is currently 11.20%.

About SM Energy

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.