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SM Energy Co
NYSE· Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas· Inc. DE· CIK 0000893538 Traditional Energy
$40.15 +0.04 (+0.10%)
Oct 26 4:00 PM ET · prev $40.11
Market cap
$9.1B
Mid cap
Consensus
Buy
73% Buy or better · 26 analysts
Median target
$46.50
+16% · range $35.00–60.00
Next earnings
Nov 3
in 8 days
1 year
+90.4%
from $21.09 · Oct 27
30 days
+19.7%
from $33.55
52-week range
$17.57–41.29
−3% from high · low Jan 7
Avg volume 20D
2.52M
shares / day
Short interest
13.96M
≈5.9% of shares · +3.5%
Days to cover
3.0
at average volume
Insider net
−$1.6M
0 buyers · 3 sellers · since May 21
New fund stakes
1
Q2 2026 13F · 0 exits
SecBot read MIXED 2 reports · 90 days
Balance 0 bearish · 0 bullish · 2 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 1/2 ·Next Earnings date, Nov 3, 2026
Strongest NEUTRAL SM Energy Co filed an 8-K with preliminary Q3 2026 earnings considerations, disclosing average realized oil…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersBEARISH

    3 insiders sold $1.6M.

  • InstitutionsMIXED

    Q2 2026: 37 added (1 new), 27 trimmed or exited. Largest new: Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, $59.5M.

  • AnalystsBULLISH

    19 of 26 rate it Buy or better. Median target $46.50 (+16%).

  • Short sellersSTEADY

    Short interest +3.5% to 13.96M shares. 3.0 days to cover, ≈5.9% of shares.

  • TrendUPTREND

    9% above its 50-day average.

  • SocialQUIET

    Crowd 50° (neutral) this week from 1 mention: 0 bullish, 0 bearish. No setup call.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
1
new positions
0
exits
$59.5M
in new stakes
FundMoveSharesValue
MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORPADD3,674,134$95.9M
FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.NEW2,280,261$59.5M
Qube Research & Technologies LtdDOUBLED1,691,744$44.2M
TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET ALDOUBLED1,085,503$28.3M
Boston PartnersDOUBLED937,303$25.0M
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LPTRIM918,135$24.0M
UBS Group AGTRIM844,527$22.0M
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P.DOUBLED839,539$21.9M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

26 analysts
Buy 73% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy5Buy14Hold6Sell1Strong Sell0
12-month targets · 18 analysts

Price is inside the target range. Median implies +16%.Targets as of Oct 26, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Oct 20, 2026Susquehanna
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINNeutral
Oct 15, 2026Scotiabank
INITIATE
INITIATESector Perform
Oct 7, 2026Truist Securities
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINBuy
Sep 15, 2026Keybanc
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOverweight
Sep 14, 2026UBS
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINBuy
Sep 3, 2026Seaport Global
INITIATE
INITIATESell

Insider ledger

Form 4
$0
bought · 0 insiders
$1.6M
sold · 3 insiders
DateInsiderTypeValue
Sep 10, 2026
Venkatraman Ashwin
Director
SELL$139.7K
Aug 21, 2026
Lebeck James Barker
EVP, GC & Corp Secretary
SELL$647.9K
Aug 21, 2026
PURSELL A WADE
EVP & CFO
GIFT5,000 sh
Jul 24, 2026
McDonald Elizabeth Anne
President & CEO
AWARD90,168 sh
Jul 24, 2026
Lebeck James Barker
EVP, GC & Corp Secretary
EXERCISE7,520 sh
Jul 24, 2026
Bennett Alan D
Vice President - Controller
AWARD7,288 sh
Jul 24, 2026
Lebeck James Barker
EVP, GC & Corp Secretary
TAX W/H$85.9K
Jul 24, 2026
Lebeck James Barker
EVP, GC & Corp Secretary
AWARD42,752 sh

Earnings setup

Estimates
Nov 3
reports in 8 days

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Reddit
Crowd this week 50° Neutral 0 bullish · 0 bearish
Mentions, 7 days 1 0 in posts · 1 in comments
Recent comments
r/smallstreetbets Neutral 2d ago
Direct E&P, I hold $KOS, $GPRK, $MTDR, $MUR, $CHRD, $CRGY, $CRK and $SM.
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Short side

FINRA· Sep 30, 2026
13,957,972
shares short
+3.5%
vs prior settlement
3.0
days to cover
≈5.9%
of shares outstanding
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 14, 2026 SEC
SM Energy Co filed an 8-K with preliminary Q3 2026 earnings considerations, disclosing average realized oil prices of…
8-K — Impact 4/10
Oct 5, 2026 SEC
SM Energy Company announced it will host a conference call on November 4, 2026 to discuss its Q3 2026 results.
PRESS-RELEASE — Impact 1/10
Oct 5, 2026 Earnings
SM Energy Schedules Third Quarter 2026 Conference Call for November 4, 2026
DENVER, Oct. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SM Energy Company (the "Company" or "SM") (NYSE: SM) today anno
Sep 10, 2026 Insider
Venkatraman Ashwin sold 3,650 shares
Director @ $38.28 ($139.7K)
Aug 21, 2026 Insider
Lebeck James Barker sold 17,500 shares
EVP, GC & Corp Secretary @ $37.02 ($647.9K)
Aug 21, 2026 Insider
PURSELL A WADE gifted 5,000 shares
EVP & CFO
Jul 8, 2026 SEC
SM Energy Company announced it will host a conference call on August 6, 2026 to discuss its Q2 2026 results.
PRESS-RELEASE — Impact 1/10
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP — ADD
3,674,134 shares ($95.9M)
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Upcoming
Nov 3, 2026
Earnings date
SM Q3 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-11-03
Recent
Oct 5, 2026
Earnings
SM Energy Schedules Third Quarter 2026 Conference Call for November 4, 2026
DENVER, Oct. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SM Energy Company (the "Company" or "SM") (NYSE: SM) today announced that it plans to release third quarter…
Aug 24, 2026
Dividend
SM Energy Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
DENVER, Aug. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SM Energy Company (the "Company" or "SM") (NYSE: SM) today announced that its Board of Directors approved the…
Aug 5, 2026
Earnings date
SM Q2 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-08-05
Jul 8, 2026
Earnings
SM Energy Schedules Second Quarter 2026 Conference Call for August 6, 2026
DENVER, July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SM Energy Company (the "Company" or "SM") (NYSE: SM) today announced that it plans to release second quarter…
May 6, 2026
Earnings date
SM Q1 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-05-06

SecBot reports

12 filings · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 10 neutral
All SM filing & press-release reports (12)