SM Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (SM Energy Company | NYSE:SM)

SM Energy Co is an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil, gas, and NGLs in Texas and Utah. The Company operates in the oil and gas extraction industry, focused on exploration and production activities, onshore in the United States. Its portfolio is comprised of assets in the Midland Basin of West Texas, the Maverick Basin of South Texas, and the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah.

SM Energy Company trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol SM.

As of April 15, 2026, SM stock price declined to $27.33 with 3,699,995 million shares trading.

SM has a beta of -0.44, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. SM has a correlation of 0.02 to the broad based SPY ETF.

SM has a market cap of $6.55 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.

Last quarter SM Energy Company reported $705 million in Revenue and $.83 earnings per share. This fell short of revenue expectation by $-58 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.04.

In the last 3 years, SM traded as high as $53.26 and as low as $17.45.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that SM belongs to (by Net Assets): IJR, AVUV, VTI, IWM, VB.

SM has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +29.1% while the SPY ETF gained +31.2%. However, in the short term, SM had mixed performance relative to the market. It has outperformed in the last 3 months, returning +48.4% vs +1.6% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, SM shares have been beat by the market, returning -12.3% compared to an SPY return of +7.6%.

SM support price is $26.63 and resistance is $28.67 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that SM shares will trade within this expected range on the day.