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

SM Energy (SM) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.96 for Q1 2026, up 189.41% year-over-year from 0.33 in Q1 2025, and up 1725.3% quarter-over-quarter 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.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.96, up 189.41% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.08 (down 76.97% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.05, down 74.16% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio climbed to 0.96 in Q1 2026 per SM's latest filing, from 0.05 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.96 in Q1 2026 and troughed at 0.04 in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 0.12 and a median of 0.05 in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Payout Ratio plunged 505.63% in 2022, then surged 806.78% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.03 in 2022, then tumbled by 41.92% to 0.04 in 2023, then soared by 330.46% to 0.1 in 2024, then slumped by 48.1% to 0.05 in 2025, then soared by 1725.3% to 0.96 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SM's FCF Payout Ratio at 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 Woodside Energy 630.08 Bn 624.14 Bn - -
2 Canadian Natural Resources 388.31 Bn 388.31 Bn 6.72 Bn -0.59
3 Conocophillips 142.98 Bn 136.61 Bn 9.48 Bn 0.77
4 Eog Resources 72.93 Bn 69.08 Bn - 0.19
5 Occidental Petroleum 55.91 Bn 52.73 Bn 4.87 Bn 0.33
6 Diamondback Energy 54.95 Bn 61.11 Bn 4.22 Bn 0.13
7 Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V 35.18 Bn 34.56 Bn 472.36 Mn -
8 Eqt 32.94 Bn 36.28 Bn 2.98 Bn 0.04
9 Vermilion Energy 31.24 Bn 31.05 Bn 370.10 Mn 0.00
10 SM Energy 6.19 Bn 5.54 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 0.10
Sep 30, 2024 -0.04
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 -0.03
Jun 30, 2022 0.00
Dec 31, 2021 -0.01
Dec 31, 2020 0.00
Dec 31, 2019 0.02
Dec 31, 2018 0.03
Dec 31, 2017 0.00