Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sellside) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter? Let's take a look at what these Wall Street heavyweights have to say about SM Energy (SM) before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage. SM Energy currently has an average brokera ...

SM Energy (SM) could be a solid choice for investors given its recent upgrade to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). This rating change essentially reflects an upward trend in earnings estimates -- one of the most powerful forces impacting stock prices. A company's changing earnings picture is at the core of the Zacks rating. The system tracks the Zacks Consensus Estimate -- the consensus measure of EPS estimates from the sell-side analysts covering the stock -- for the current and following years. The power of a ...

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SM Energy (SM) is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com visitors lately. So, it might be a good idea to review some of the factors that might affect the near-term performance of the stock.Shares of this independent oil and gas company have returned +1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +4.3% change. The Zacks Oil and Gas - Exploration and Production - United States industry, to which SM Energy belongs, has lost 4.3% over this period. Now the key question is: Where could the stoc ...

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SM Energy Company (NYSE:SM) Q1 2024 Summary Earnings Conference Call May 2, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Jennifer Martin Samuels - Vice President of Investor Relations and ESG Stewardship Herb Vogel - President and Chief Executive Officer Wade Pursell - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Jennifer Martin Samuels Good afternoon and welcome to SM Energy’s First Quarter 2024 Results Webcast. Before we get started on our prepared remarks, I remind you that o ...

First Quarter 2024 Financial and Operating Results May 2, 2024 ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q ☑ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024 OR ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from ___________ to ___________ Commission File Number 001-31539 SM ENERGY COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 41-0518430 (State or other ...

News Release EXHIBIT 99.1 SM ENERGY REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2024 RESULTS; EXCELLENT OPERATIONAL EXECUTION BOOSTS BOTTOM LINE RESULTS AND SUPPORTS HIGHER PRODUCTION, LOWER CAPITAL GUIDANCE DENVER, CO May 2, 2024 - SM Energy Company (the “Company”) (NYSE: SM) today announced operating and financial results for the first quarter 2024 and provided certain full year and second quarter 2024 guidance. Excellent operational execution drove a great start to 2024. First quarter 2024 highlights include: • Net production ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K ☑ Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 or ☐ Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Commission file number 001-31539 SM ENERGY COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 41-0518430 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer ...