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SM Energy (SM) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

SM Energy (SM) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 0.02 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 123.64% to 0.02 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.16, a 10.84% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.16, down 10.84% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.02 for Q4 2025 at SM Energy, down from 0.02 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.33 in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.37 in Q1 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.05 and a median of 0.03 in 2024 define the central range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: crashed 505.63% in 2022, then skyrocketed 13808.41% in 2023.
  • SM Energy's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.01 in 2021, then tumbled by 505.63% to 0.03 in 2022, then surged by 325.59% to 0.07 in 2023, then surged by 44.98% to 0.1 in 2024, then tumbled by 123.64% to 0.02 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SM's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.02 (Q4 2025), 0.02 (Q3 2025), and 0.14 (Q2 2025).