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SM Energy (SM) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

SM Energy has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.1 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 415.44% to 0.1 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.16 through Dec 2025, down 10.84% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.16 for FY2025, 10.84% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio was 0.1 for Q4 2025 at SM Energy, down from 0.21 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.33 in Q1 2025 and troughed at 0.37 in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.04 (2023), against an average of 0.05.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Payout Ratio soared 1821.16% in 2023 and then crashed 283.75% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.01 in 2021, then skyrocketed by 507.02% to 0.02 in 2022, then soared by 79.25% to 0.04 in 2023, then crashed by 183.3% to 0.03 in 2024, then surged by 415.44% to 0.1 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SM's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.1 (Q4 2025), 0.21 (Q3 2025), and 0.14 (Q2 2025).