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Company snapshot — SM Energy Co

SM in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
SM Energy is an independent producer that explores for, develops and extracts oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids across several US onshore basins. It holds working interests in wells across the Midland Basin, South Texas, the Uinta Basin and the DJ Basin. The company was previously named St. Mary Land & Exploration and is based in Denver, Colorado.
Where it sits in the stack
SM Energy sits in the Energy sector, within the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production industry of our universe; it carries no seat in our index and no Rubin placement.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has no peer group defined for this name, so the comparison is with other basin-focused independent producers; the name the market most often sets alongside it is Diamondback Energy.
Why Closelook tracks it
SM Energy carries a Closelook score whose momentum module is the one reading the diary flags, both as its strongest and its weakest signal; it holds no index seat and no quotes have been logged for it.
What the diary watches
Whether output from its newer basin positions, such as the Uinta and DJ Basin acreage, offsets any softening in its longer-running Midland Basin wells.

SM Energy Co (SM) trades on US exchanges, classified under Energy.

The Closelook company score reads 62/100 composite (momentum 84, quality 55, valuation 73) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for SM, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 6 analyst actions on the wire · latest: upgrade by Deutsche Bank, 2026-09-16

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for SM from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Upgrade Deutsche Bank — Hold → Buy Upgraded to Buy from Hold 2026-09-16
  • Price target KeyBanc — target 46 from 39 Target raised to $46 from $39 (+17.9% to spot) 2026-09-15
  • Price target Stifel — target 42 Target set to $42 (+10.6% to spot) 2026-09-09

6 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 upgrade, 1 downgrade, 2 initiations, 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas E&P · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas E&P · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against SM on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.87%, quarterly · buybacks 13 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What SM pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.06 USD per share · a 2.87% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 5 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +76.7% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.60 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.22 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-04
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.00 USD · 2026: 0.66 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-01-24
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 92 m USD 15% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 13 m USD 0.1% of today's market value
  • Share count −0.5% in FY2025 29 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 105 m USD · 18% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Energy in US: −1.3% week · +1.1% month · +20.5% quarter · +16.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLE.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is SM Energy Co (SM)?

SM Energy Co trades as SM on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Energy in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is SM in a Closelook index?

Not currently — SM Energy Co is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is SM Energy Co's Closelook composite score?

62 out of 100, with momentum 84, quality 55 and valuation 73 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does SM trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +8.5% vs the 50-day and +34.7% vs the 200-day average, 11% below the 52-week high and +115.8% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does SM Energy Co do?

SM Energy is an independent producer that explores for, develops and extracts oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids across several US onshore basins. It holds working interests in wells across the Midland Basin, South Texas, the Uinta Basin and the DJ Basin. The company was previously named St. Closelook has no peer group defined for this name, so the comparison is with other basin-focused independent producers; the name the market most often sets alongside it is Diamondback Energy.

Where does SM Energy Co sit in the AI build-out?

SM Energy sits in the Energy sector, within the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production industry of our universe; it carries no seat in our index and no Rubin placement. SM Energy carries a Closelook score whose momentum module is the one reading the diary flags, both as its strongest and its weakest signal; it holds no index seat and no quotes have been logged for it.

Does SM Energy Co pay a dividend?

SM Energy Co has paid 1.06 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.87% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.22 USD on 2026-09-04. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 92 m USD in dividends and bought back 13 m USD of its own shares, 18% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.5% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on SM Energy Co recently?

The most recent analyst action on SM Energy Co on the Closelook wire is a upgrade by Deutsche Bank on 2026-09-16 (Hold → Buy). 6 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 upgrade, 1 downgrade, 2 initiations, 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for SM, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Oil & Gas E&P. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.