SM Energy Company (NYSE: SM) stock jumped 0.18% on Tuesday to $28.20 against a previous-day closing price of $28.15. With 1.35 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.99 million shares. During the session, the Oil & Gas E&P company that operates in wider Energy sector, reached to the highest price of $28.94 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $28.13. The 52-week range on SM shows that it touched its highest point at $54.97 and its lowest point at $24.66 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $40.73. With its current market cap of 3.42 billion, SM has annualized dividend of $0.60 while the current yield stands at 2.13%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 4.41.
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Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of SM was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 9.81%, but this was down by -0.67% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -2.79% while six-month performance fell -36.49%. The stock lost -24.92% in the past year, while it has lost -19.04% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SM yields 10.19 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.71. For the next quarter, that number is 1.22. This implies an EPS growth rate of -22.80% for this year and 20.60% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 121.67 million SM shares are outstanding with a float of 118.43 million shares on hand for trading. On Apr 27, 2023, short shares totaled 5.49 million, which was 4.56% higher than short shares on Mar 30, 2023. In addition to Mr. Herbert S. Vogel as the firm’s Pres, CEO & Director, Mr. A. Wade Pursell serves as its Exec. VP & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 95.74% of SM’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company. Other institutions hold 53.77% of SM, in contrast to 35.25% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 2.73%. As the largest shareholder in SM with 15.10% of the stake, BlackRock Fund Advisors holds 18,411,388 shares worth 18,411,388. A second-largest stockholder of SM, The Vanguard Group, Inc., holds 15,254,510 shares, controlling over 12.51% of the firm’s shares. SSgA Funds Management, Inc. is the third largest shareholder in SM, holding 6,677,641 shares or 5.48% stake. With a 7.32% stake in SM, the iShares Core S&P Small Cap ETF is the largest stakeholder. A total of 8,921,153 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, which owns about 3.10% of SM stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 3,782,150 shares valued at 106.2 million. Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund holds 2.62% of the stake in SM, owning 3,191,091 shares worth 89.61 million.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on Mar 30, 2023, SM reported revenue of $990.38M and operating income of $621.43M. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $776.37M and diluted EPS was $2.60.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for SM since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With SM analysts setting a high price target of $58.00 and a low target of $30.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $40.77. Based on these targets, SM could surge 105.67% to reach the target high and rise by 6.38% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 44.57% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded SM stock several times over the past three months with 5 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 5,000 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 60 while that of sell transactions has risen to 47 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 816,058 while 418,426 shares were sold.
