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SM vs. RRC, CRK, MTDR, KOS, SD, EGY, WTI, BRY, PHX, and COP

Should you be buying SM Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SM Energy include Range Resources (RRC), Comstock Resources (CRK), Matador Resources (MTDR), Kosmos Energy (KOS), SandRidge Energy (SD), VAALCO Energy (EGY), W&T Offshore (WTI), Berry (BRY), PHX Minerals (PHX), and ConocoPhillips (COP). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.

SM Energy vs.

Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) and SM Energy (NYSE:SM) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

98.9% of Range Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of SM Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Range Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of SM Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Range Resources presently has a consensus target price of $41.85, indicating a potential upside of 6.35%. SM Energy has a consensus target price of $42.92, indicating a potential upside of 87.96%. Given SM Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SM Energy is more favorable than Range Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Range Resources
1 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
SM Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

Range Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. SM Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Range Resources pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SM Energy pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Range Resources has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and SM Energy has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. SM Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

SM Energy has a net margin of 28.63% compared to Range Resources' net margin of 17.63%. SM Energy's return on equity of 19.82% beat Range Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Range Resources17.63% 13.69% 7.21%
SM Energy 28.63%19.82%10.59%

Range Resources has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SM Energy has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Range Resources had 4 more articles in the media than SM Energy. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Range Resources and 11 mentions for SM Energy. SM Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Range Resources' score of 0.71 indicating that SM Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Range Resources
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SM Energy
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Range Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than SM Energy. SM Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Range Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Range Resources$2.60B3.62$871.14M$1.1235.13
SM Energy$2.95B0.89$817.88M$7.143.20

Range Resources received 206 more outperform votes than SM Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.92% of users gave SM Energy an outperform vote while only 58.36% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Range ResourcesOutperform Votes
1037
58.36%
Underperform Votes
740
41.64%
SM EnergyOutperform Votes
831
64.92%
Underperform Votes
449
35.08%

Summary

SM Energy beats Range Resources on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SM vs. The Competition

MetricSM EnergyCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.62B$7.57B$7.26B$19.16B
Dividend Yield3.37%24.04%11.00%3.83%
P/E Ratio3.4210.3653.2934.20
Price / Sales0.897.5623,487.5834.68
Price / Cash2.657.3835.5017.51
Price / Book0.621.573.564.66
Net Income$817.88M$1.09B$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.74%-1.74%-0.85%-2.99%
1 Month Performance-0.70%3.45%6.06%5.64%
1 Year Performance-52.48%-14.87%179.00%5.21%

SM Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SM
SM Energy
4.7304 of 5 stars
$22.83
-1.5%
$42.92
+88.0%
-52.1%$2.62B$2.95B3.42540Positive News
RRC
Range Resources
4.1599 of 5 stars
$39.40
-1.8%
$41.85
+6.2%
+5.9%$9.42B$2.60B19.90540Analyst Downgrade
CRK
Comstock Resources
1.8662 of 5 stars
$23.69
-2.3%
$15.32
-35.3%
+109.5%$6.94B$1.43B-31.17240Positive News
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.5278 of 5 stars
$44.26
-0.6%
$69.44
+56.9%
-28.1%$5.54B$3.70B6.20290Positive News
Gap Down
KOS
Kosmos Energy
3.6478 of 5 stars
$1.73
-1.4%
$4.93
+186.0%
-73.3%$824.57M$1.55B3.92240Positive News
Gap Down
SD
SandRidge Energy
3.1516 of 5 stars
$9.96
-1.8%
N/A-28.9%$365.40M$137.61M7.78100Positive News
EGY
VAALCO Energy
3.8087 of 5 stars
$3.43
-1.7%
$8.00
+133.2%
-45.3%$356.10M$489.16M4.04120Positive News
WTI
W&T Offshore
0.4273 of 5 stars
$1.46
-0.3%
N/A-39.4%$214.83M$514.34M-3.38320Ex-Dividend
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
BRY
Berry
4.3199 of 5 stars
$2.73
+0.4%
$5.00
+83.2%
-64.9%$211.84M$753.74M2.531,282Analyst Upgrade
PHX
PHX Minerals
1.2769 of 5 stars
$4.34
+0.2%
N/A+31.8%$164.58M$37.79M33.3920News Coverage
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.9162 of 5 stars
$90.33
-1.4%
$122.74
+35.9%
-27.1%$114.19B$57.41B11.609,500Positive News
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This page (NYSE:SM) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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