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We have scored 44 news catalysts on SM Energy Company (SM) over the past 12 months. The biggest single-day move next to one of them came Apr 29, 2026, when SM closed +6.7%: “SM Energy: Strong Buying Trends Since February Merger Should Continue”. Coverage across the window leans positive (average ticker sentiment +0.40). Most of the impact sits in sector energy and institutional appeal.
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Market cap
9.4B
P/E
—
EPS
—
Beta
0.75
52W range
17.45-41.56
Day range
39.05–39.75
Open
39.60
Prev close
39.56
Volume
1.9M
Avg volume
3.5M
Dividend
0.86
IPO
1992-12-16
Analysts publish price targets on SM, and they disagree. Where the share price actually sits among them shows which of their arguments the market is buying — and which it is ignoring.
11 analyst price targets from $16 to $52
as of 2026-09-23
The market is 19% below the median target — more cautious than the analysts.
Daily OHLCV with SMA overlays and session pivots. Draw your levels and trendlines on it, or ask the AI analyst what the price is reacting to.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors, derived from what the news actually says about SM Energy Company — not a sector bucket. Click an edge to see the articles that established the link.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors of SM Energy Company, taken from what the news actually said about them rather than from a sector bucket. The count is how many articles established each link.
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SM Energy Company is an independent firm dedicated to the exploration, development, acquisition, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. Its operations are exclusively concentrated within the state of Texas. As of February 24, 2022, the company reported an impressive 492.0 million barrels of oil equivalent in estimated proved reserves. Furthermore, it holds working stakes in 825 active oil wells and 483 active gas wells, primarily situated in the Midland Basin and South Texas regions. Established in 1908, the company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. It adopted its current name, SM Energy Company, in May 2010, having previously been known as St. Mary Land & Exploration Company.
The reconstruction
The price sits at the 18th percentile of published models, 19% below the median target of $42, meaning the market has absorbed the recent debt paydown and synergy execution but firmly rejects the bullish production-growth upside that six banks are modeling.
What the disagreement turns on
Can the company sustain production volumes at or above the newly raised 435,000–440,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day while converting that volume into free cash flow above the 18.2% margin the price already assumes, and unit volume data can settle the first half of that question.
The price pays for
It declines to pay for
Written by a language model from the published models, the reported segments and a reverse-DCF — not a recommendation, and not a house view.
Claim by claim
Computed at $33.92 on 2026-09-23 — the quote has since moved +17%, so read this as a record of what was priced in then, not now.
