SM Energy Valuation

Is SM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: SM ($50.13) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($107.47)

Significantly Below Fair Value: SM is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SM?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

SM key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA4.3x
PEG Ratio1.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SM's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average14.6x
MUR Murphy Oil
12x10.8%US$6.7b
RRC Range Resources
18.1x17.0%US$8.7b
MGY Magnolia Oil & Gas
11.9x8.7%US$5.1b
VNOM Viper Energy
16.4x0.1%US$6.7b
SM SM Energy
7.7x4.6%US$5.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.7x) compared to the peer average (14.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Oil and Gas Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a4.0%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.7x) compared to the US Oil and Gas industry average (10x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SM's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio7.7x
Fair PE Ratio11.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.4x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$50.13
US$57.93
+15.6%
12.8%US$76.00US$50.00n/a14
Apr ’25US$50.58
US$50.36
-0.4%
9.6%US$60.00US$42.00n/a14
Mar ’25US$44.50
US$46.29
+4.0%
10.9%US$58.00US$39.00n/a14
Feb ’25US$36.53
US$45.79
+25.3%
11.7%US$58.00US$38.00n/a14
Jan ’25US$38.72
US$48.31
+24.8%
13.2%US$62.00US$39.00n/a13
Dec ’24US$37.91
US$49.46
+30.5%
13.0%US$62.00US$40.00n/a13
Nov ’24US$39.57
US$50.58
+27.8%
12.6%US$64.00US$40.00n/a12
Oct ’24US$39.65
US$47.58
+20.0%
18.6%US$63.00US$32.00n/a12
Sep ’24US$42.93
US$46.92
+9.3%
19.2%US$63.00US$32.00n/a12
Aug ’24US$36.09
US$43.75
+21.2%
18.5%US$59.00US$32.00n/a12
Jul ’24US$31.63
US$40.75
+28.8%
22.2%US$59.00US$31.00n/a12
Jun ’24US$26.84
US$40.50
+50.9%
22.4%US$58.00US$30.00n/a12
May ’24US$28.04
US$41.50
+48.0%
22.3%US$62.00US$30.00US$47.1212
Apr ’24US$28.16
US$41.85
+48.6%
18.4%US$56.00US$32.00US$50.5813
Mar ’24US$30.51
US$45.38
+48.8%
19.6%US$61.00US$32.00US$44.5013
Feb ’24US$32.46
US$48.23
+48.6%
15.5%US$62.00US$36.00US$36.5313
Jan ’24US$34.83
US$54.17
+55.5%
14.9%US$70.00US$41.00US$38.7212
Dec ’23US$41.63
US$55.25
+32.7%
14.7%US$70.00US$41.00US$37.9112
Nov ’23US$45.89
US$54.25
+18.2%
13.7%US$70.00US$40.00US$39.5712
Oct ’23US$37.61
US$59.34
+57.8%
17.9%US$82.00US$40.00US$39.6511
Sep ’23US$42.15
US$59.16
+40.4%
20.4%US$80.00US$40.00US$42.9311
Aug ’23US$39.74
US$58.32
+46.7%
18.4%US$77.00US$40.00US$36.0911
Jul ’23US$34.08
US$61.07
+79.2%
21.9%US$81.00US$40.00US$31.6311
Jun ’23US$49.14
US$59.61
+21.3%
24.3%US$81.00US$40.00US$26.8411
May ’23US$35.53
US$57.40
+61.5%
20.4%US$80.00US$40.00US$28.0412

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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