After Hours
It may be riskier to trade before market opening and after market closing than during regular market hours. Since issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities due to lower liquidity and higher volatility. Most recently, Yahoo Finance reported about the stock as it publicized that SM ENERGY ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF BARTON R. BROOKMAN TO THE COMPANY’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND PROMOTION OF JAMES B. LEBECK.
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Stocks Info
SM Energy Co is listed on the NYSE in the Energy sector while operating in the Oil & Gas E&P industry. The current market capitalization of SM Energy Co is $5.29B. A total of 1.7 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.38M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Lutey Mary Ellen sold 43,506 shares of SM for 44.50 per share on Mar 01 ’24. After the transaction, the SVP – Expl., Development & EHS now owns 12,472 company shares. In a previous transaction on Aug 30 ’23, Quintana Julio M sold 44,000 shares at 42.06 per share. SM shares that Director owns now total 89,028.
Among the insiders who sold shares, PERU RAMIRO G disposed of 15,670 shares on Aug 29 ’23 at a per-share price of $41.14. This resulted in the Director holding 73,685 shares of SM after the transaction. In another insider transaction, ROBESON ROSE M sold 30,000 shares at $39.65 per share on Aug 23 ’23. Company shares held by the Director now total 39,531.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. SM Energy Co pays an annual dividend of $0.63, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.38%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 6.65. SM’s most recent ex-dividend date was 1/18/2024 when it declared a $0.18 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 2/5/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 11/6/2023 with an ex-dividend date of 10/23/2023. The SM stock dividend was $0.15 per share in cash.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, SM has a high of $45.37 and a low of $24.66.
As of this writing, SM has an earnings estimate of $1.25 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 13 estimates, with a high estimate of $1.34 per share and a lower estimate of $1.08. The company reported an EPS of $1.73 in the last quarter, which was 8.80% higher than expectations of $1.59.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. SM’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $332.72M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $2.08B in debt and $889.33M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $31.24, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $2.06B.
Analysts Opinion
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for SM is Buy with a score of 4.18.
