SM Energy (SM) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026)

SM Energy (SM) reported Deferred Taxes of -$85.0 million for Q1 2026, down 426.92% year-over-year from $26.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 358.74% quarter-over-quarter from $32.9 million in Q4 2025.

SM Energy (SM) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

SM Energy (SM) has 18 years of Deferred Taxes data on file, last reported at -$85.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Deferred Taxes for Q1 2026 came in at -$85.0 million, down 426.92% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $66.7 million (down 61.56% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $178.0 million, up 1.71% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes retreated to -$85.0 million in Q1 2026 per SM's latest filing, from $32.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Deferred Taxes peaked at $110.0 million in Q3 2022 and troughed at -$85.0 million in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of $36.8 million and a median of $44.3 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Deferred Taxes.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: Deferred Taxes jumped 161935.29% in 2022, then tumbled 426.92% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Deferred Taxes shows it stood at $66.1 million in 2022, then plunged by 32.14% to $44.8 million in 2023, then jumped by 30.45% to $58.5 million in 2024, then tumbled by 43.82% to $32.9 million in 2025, then slumped by 358.74% to -$85.0 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SM's Deferred Taxes at -$85.0 million in Q1 2026, $32.9 million in Q4 2025, and $75.7 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Woodside Energy 630.08 Bn 624.14 Bn - -
2 Canadian Natural Resources 388.31 Bn 388.31 Bn 6.72 Bn -126.15 Mn
3 Conocophillips 142.98 Bn 136.61 Bn 9.48 Bn 102.00 Mn
4 Eog Resources 72.93 Bn 69.08 Bn - 18.00 Mn
5 Occidental Petroleum 55.91 Bn 52.73 Bn 4.87 Bn 50.00 Mn
6 Diamondback Energy 54.95 Bn 61.11 Bn 4.22 Bn -242.00 Mn
7 Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V 35.18 Bn 34.56 Bn 472.36 Mn 19.69 Mn
8 Eqt 32.94 Bn 36.28 Bn 2.98 Bn 410.40 Mn
9 Vermilion Energy 31.24 Bn 31.05 Bn 370.10 Mn -82.94 Mn
10 SM Energy 6.19 Bn 5.54 Bn 1.05 Bn -85.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -85.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 32.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 75.69 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 43.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 26.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 58.48 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 45.62 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 43.52 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 27.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 44.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -51.08 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 44.28 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 49.97 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 66.06 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 110.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 81.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 11.95 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 9.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 -68,000.00
Jun 30, 2021 -162,000.00