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NYSE:SM

SM Energy - SM Competitors

$27.76
+0.21 (+0.76%)
(As of 03/29/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$27.39
$28.40
50-Day Range
$25.32
$34.02
52-Week Range
$24.66
$54.97
Volume
1.15 million shs
Average Volume
2.36 million shs
Market Capitalization
$3.38 billion
P/E Ratio
3.10
Dividend Yield
1.08%
Price Target
$41.73

SM vs. KOS, CRK, CPE, SWN, PDCE, MTDR, RRC, EQT, BSM, and ERF

Should you be buying SM Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SM Energy include Kosmos Energy (KOS), Comstock Resources (CRK), Callon Petroleum (CPE), Southwestern Energy (SWN), PDC Energy (PDCE), Matador Resources (MTDR), Range Resources (RRC), EQT (EQT), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), and Enerplus (ERF). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.

SM Energy vs.

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

SM Energy presently has a consensus target price of $41.73, suggesting a potential upside of 50.31%. Kosmos Energy has a consensus target price of $130.51, suggesting a potential upside of 1,690.21%. Given Kosmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than SM Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SM Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Kosmos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

SM Energy received 279 more outperform votes than Kosmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.47% of users gave SM Energy an outperform vote while only 65.64% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SM EnergyOutperform Votes
793
66.47%
Underperform Votes
400
33.53%
Kosmos EnergyOutperform Votes
514
65.64%
Underperform Votes
269
34.36%

SM Energy has a beta of 4.42, indicating that its share price is 342% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.77, indicating that its share price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, SM Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for SM Energy and 4 mentions for Kosmos Energy. SM Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.35 indicating that SM Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SM Energy
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kosmos Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

SM Energy has a net margin of 33.11% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 9.85%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 66.00% beat SM Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SM Energy 33.11% 34.40% 16.36%
Kosmos Energy 9.85% 66.00% 9.77%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SM Energy$3.36 billion1.01$1.11 billion$8.953.10
Kosmos Energy$2.30 billion1.46$226.55 million$0.4815.19

89.5% of SM Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of SM Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are held 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.

Summary

SM Energy beats Kosmos Energy on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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SM vs. The Competition

MetricSM EnergyCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.38B$7.41B$5.91B$14.32B
Dividend Yield1.08%18.63%10.84%3.90%
P/E Ratio3.103.4962.0120.05
Price / Sales1.014.948,092.4310.87
Price / Cash2.247.2832.7722.89
Price / Book1.102.647.256.76
Net Income$1.11B$1.66B$1.10B$868.68M
7 Day Performance8.73%4.38%2.61%2.93%
1 Month Performance-5.93%-6.51%-5.52%-5.27%
1 Year Performance-31.63%-11.65%5.56%-13.85%

SM Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KOS
Kosmos Energy
2.1565 of 5 stars
$7.29
+0.7%
$9.42
+29.3%
+6.0%$3.35B$2.30B15.19229Short Interest ↑
CRK
Comstock Resources
2.9658 of 5 stars
$10.52
-1.5%
$15.28
+45.2%
-19.1%$2.92B$3.63B2.62205Analyst Revision
CPE
Callon Petroleum
2.0929 of 5 stars
$33.11
+1.8%
$58.88
+77.8%
-45.7%$2.04B$3.23B1.69322Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
SWN
Southwestern Energy
2.5854 of 5 stars
$4.92
+0.8%
$8.84
+79.8%
-29.7%$5.42B$15.00B2.931,118Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
PDCE
PDC Energy
2.7417 of 5 stars
$63.59
+2.8%
$83.33
+31.0%
-14.6%$5.62B$3.85B3.44535Analyst Revision
Positive News
MTDR
Matador Resources
3.2557 of 5 stars
$47.60
+1.5%
$68.63
+44.2%
-14.2%$5.67B$3.06B4.70286Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
RRC
Range Resources
3.3218 of 5 stars
$25.27
+0.8%
$33.74
+33.5%
-18.2%$6.08B$4.15B5.37527Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
EQT
EQT
3.1151 of 5 stars
$31.45
+1.8%
$52.29
+66.3%
-7.5%$11.33B$7.50B7.65693Analyst Report
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BSM
Black Stone Minerals
2.6898 of 5 stars
$15.47
+1.2%
$19.00
+22.8%
+14.3%$3.24B$663.60M7.372,020Short Interest ↓
Positive News
ERF
Enerplus
2.5337 of 5 stars
$14.52
+1.1%
$24.75
+70.5%
+10.4%$3.14B$2.35B3.79435Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
This page (NYSE:SM) was last updated on 3/30/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff