SM Energy (SM) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

SM Energy's (SM) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.96 in Q1 2026, up 189.41% year-on-year from 0.33 in Q1 2025, and up 1725.3% on a QoQ basis from 0.05 in Q4 2025.

SM Energy (SM) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

SM Energy (SM) has 18 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.96 in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose 189.41% year-over-year to 0.96 in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 0.08, a 76.97% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.05, down 74.16% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.96, up from 0.05 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for SM reached as high as 0.96 in Q1 2026 and fell as low as 0.03 in Q4 2024.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.13 across 5 years, with a median of 0.05 in 2024.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio soared 1581.93% in 2022 and plunged 183.3% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.02 in 2022, then soared by 79.25% to 0.04 in 2023, then plunged by 183.3% to 0.03 in 2024, then jumped by 269.16% to 0.05 in 2025, then soared by 1725.3% to 0.96 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Payout Ratio figures were 0.96 in Q1 2026, 0.05 in Q4 2025, and 0.05 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Conocophillips 141.43 Bn 135.06 Bn 9.48 Bn 0.77
2 Eog Resources 74.61 Bn 70.76 Bn - 0.19
3 Diamondback Energy 55.39 Bn 55.39 Bn 4.22 Bn 0.13
4 Woodside Energy 41.28 Bn 35.34 Bn 2.71 Bn -
5 Occidental Petroleum 32.80 Bn 28.99 Bn 4.87 Bn -1.50
6 Eqt 32.48 Bn 32.37 Bn 1.42 Bn 0.26
7 Texas Pacific Land 27.36 Bn 27.11 Bn - 0.26
8 Devon Energy 26.53 Bn 24.72 Bn 3.61 Bn -
9 Expand Energy 21.67 Bn 19.37 Bn 4.21 Bn 0.08
10 SM Energy 6.05 Bn 5.40 Bn 1.05 Bn 0.96

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.96
Dec 31, 2025 0.05
Sep 30, 2025 0.05
Jun 30, 2025 0.02
Mar 31, 2025 0.33
Dec 31, 2024 -0.03
Sep 30, 2024 0.05
Jun 30, 2024 0.04
Mar 31, 2024 0.08
Dec 31, 2023 0.04
Sep 30, 2023 0.05
Jun 30, 2023 0.03
Mar 31, 2023 0.20
Dec 31, 2022 0.02
Jun 30, 2022 0.00
Dec 31, 2021 0.00
Dec 31, 2020 0.00
Dec 31, 2019 -0.01
Dec 31, 2018 0.03
Dec 31, 2017 0.00