SM Energy Company (SM)

SM Energy Company Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 11 analysts that cover SM Energy Company stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $35.55, which forecasts a 14.05% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $29 and the highest is $49.

Price Target: $35.55 (+14.05%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$29	$35.55	$33	$49
Change	-6.96%	+14.05%	+5.87%	+57.20%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for SM Energy Company stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26	May '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	2	2	2
Buy	3	3	3	4	4	4
Hold	5	4	4	3	5	5
Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	9	8	8	10	12	12

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Gabe Daoud Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $38 → $39	Strong Buy	Maintains	$38 → $39	+25.12%	May 12, 2026
Biju Perincheril Susquehanna	Susquehanna	Hold Maintains $30 → $31	Hold	Maintains	$30 → $31	-0.55%	May 11, 2026
Hanwen Chang Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $25 → $29	Hold	Maintains	$25 → $29	-6.96%	Apr 21, 2026
Leo Mariani Roth Capital	Roth Capital	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades $24 → $33	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$24 → $33	+5.87%	Apr 8, 2026
Phillip Jungwirth BMO Capital	BMO Capital	Hold Maintains $26 → $33	Hold	Maintains	$26 → $33	+5.87%	Apr 2, 2026

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

7.07B

Increased by 133.40%

from 3.03B

Revenue Next Year

7.48B

Increased by 5.85%

from 7.07B

EPS This Year

6.21

Increased by 10.14%

from 5.63

EPS Next Year

7.48

Increased by 20.47%

from 6.21

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	2.50B	3.20B	2.27B	2.57B	3.03B	7.07B	7.48B
Revenue Growth	131.53%	27.75%	-29.01%	13.44%	17.60%	133.40%	5.85%
EPS	0.29	8.96	6.86	6.67	5.63	6.21	7.48
EPS Growth	-	2,989.66%	-23.44%	-2.77%	-15.52%	10.14%	20.47%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	5.02	4.17
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	17	16

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028
High	8.5B	8.2B
Avg	7.1B	7.5B
Low	5.7B	6.7B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	180.9%	15.8%
Avg	133.4%	5.8%
Low	88.5%	-5.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	9.33	9.75
Avg	6.21	7.48
Low	3.54	5.16

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	65.7%	57.2%
Avg	10.1%	20.5%
Low	-37.2%	-16.8%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data sources.