SM vs. CHRD, AROC, HESM, MGY, MPC, MTDR, MUR, OVV, PR, and RRC
Should you be buying SM Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SM Energy include Chord Energy (CHRD), Archrock (AROC), Hess Midstream Partners (HESM), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), and Range Resources (RRC). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
SM Energy vs. Its Competitors
Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) and SM Energy (NYSE:SM) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
97.8% of Chord Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of SM Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of SM Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Chord Energy has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SM Energy has a beta of 2.3, meaning that its share price is 130% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. SM Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Chord Energy pays out 132.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SM Energy pays out 11.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chord Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and SM Energy has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
SM Energy has a net margin of 25.94% compared to Chord Energy's net margin of 5.02%. SM Energy's return on equity of 18.06% beat Chord Energy's return on equity.
Chord Energy currently has a consensus price target of $143.42, suggesting a potential upside of 58.31%. SM Energy has a consensus price target of $40.09, suggesting a potential upside of 77.00%. Given SM Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe SM Energy is more favorable than Chord Energy.
In the previous week, Chord Energy had 3 more articles in the media than SM Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Chord Energy and 8 mentions for SM Energy. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat SM Energy's score of 0.76 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than SM Energy. SM Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chord Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Chord Energy beats SM Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:SM) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
