SM Energy Co (NYSE: SM) is -34.35% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $19.67 and a high of $48.49 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The SM stock was last observed hovering at around $28.38 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.14%.
Currently trading at $28.52, the stock is 7.07% and 14.17% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.88 million and changing 0.49% at the moment leaves the stock -16.31% off its SMA200. SM registered -26.42% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -33.18%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $24.9808 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $34.07665.
The stock witnessed a 9.73% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 15.84%, and is 9.99% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.35% over the week and 4.70% over the month.
SM Energy Co (SM) has around 663 employees, a market worth around $3.26B and $2.97B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 4.00 and Fwd P/E is 5.01. Profit margin for the company is 27.61%. Distance from 52-week low is 44.99% and -41.18% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.49%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -14.21% this year.
SM Energy Co (SM) Top Institutional Holders
530.0 institutions hold shares in SM Energy Co (SM), with institutional investors hold 105.15% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 114.46M, and float is at 112.58M with Short Float at 7.86%. Institutions hold 103.53% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 19.71 million shares valued at $852.13 million. The investor’s holdings represent 17.1953% of the SM Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 14.34 million shares valued at $620.07 million to account for 12.5124 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 6.34 million shares representing 5.5323% and valued at over $274.16 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 5.3851 of the shares totaling 6.17 million with a market value of $266.87 million.
SM Energy Co (SM) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Jenkins Richard A.,the company’sSenior Vice President – Utah. SEC filings show that Jenkins Richard A. sold 7,726 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 17 ’25 at a price of $28.49 per share for a total of $0.22 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 23668.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 06 ’25, Vogel Herbert S (President & CEO) acquired 1,000 shares at an average price of $21.32 for $21320.0. The insider now directly holds 488,101 shares of SM Energy Co (SM).
