SM Energy Company

SM Energy Oil & Gas E&P

SM Energy Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.2 billion, up 17.2% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+167.4%
EPS
−70.9%
Free cash flow
+369.4%
Total debt
+188.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

29.75 1.31 −4.22%
Market cap
$7.1B
P/E
7.2×
Fwd P/E
5.5×
Dividend yield
2.89%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.44
Beneish M
−2.98
Dividend safety
78/100

SM Energy Company (SM) Operating margin

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SM Energy Company's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 23.6%, down 8.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (31.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −94.9% (fiscal 2020) to 47.0% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is in line with the Oil & Gas E&P industry median of 24.0% and above the Energy sector median of 15.2%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 31.7% (8.29)
FY2024 40.0% (1.58)
FY2023 41.6% (5.45)
FY2022 47.0% 39.06
FY2021 7.97% 102.85
FY2020 −94.9% (90.48)
FY2019 −4.40% (44.86)
FY2018 40.5% 54.96
FY2017 −14.5% 72.32
FY2016 −86.8% (49.65)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 10.9% (48.96)
Jun 2026 59.8% 79.99
Mar 2026 −20.2% (45.92)
Dec 2025 25.8% (4.60)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −94.9% High 47.0%
Ten-year median 7.97%
Current reading's percentile 58

Operating margin against peers

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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