SM Energy
SM on NYSE. Crude petroleum & natural gas. Market value $9.1bn.
Ranked 167 of 1,305 on tonight’s list. On the list every night since 3 August 2026.
We could not compute this from the filings.
You pay 10.8 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.
The filings do not give us enough to work this out.
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | $2.6bn | $3.4bn | $2.4bn | $2.7bn | $3.2bn |
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 47.0% | 41.6% | 40.0% | 31.7% |
| Debt to equity | 1.01 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shares outstanding | 0.11bn | 0.12bn | 0.12bn | 0.12bn | 0.11bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positive0 of 5 years
- Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Not enough data
- Financial strength (Piotroski)7 of 9
- Profit backed by cash (accruals)No
- Debt0.43× equity
- Revenue growth, five yearsSlow, 4.7% a year
- Buying back its own sharesRoughly flat
Dates
Funds that own it
| Manager | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Gotham Asset Management | $31m | Cut 3% |
| GMO Asset Management | $16m | Cut 17% |
| Royce & Associates | $9m | Cut 4% |
| Bridgewater Associates | $7m | New position |
From 13F filings for the quarter ending 30 June 2026. These are reported 45 days late and only show long positions.
Insiders
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What could go wrong
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