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SM Energy (SM) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

SM Energy has reported Gross Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 71.2% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Gross Margin fell 361.0% to 71.2% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 71.95% through Dec 2025, down 436.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 71.94% for FY2025, 438.0% down from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was 71.2% for Q4 2025 at SM Energy, down from 71.78% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 83.28% in Q2 2022 and troughed at 71.2% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 77.28% (2021), against an average of 77.13%.
  • Year-over-year, Gross Margin surged 2512bps in 2021 and then plummeted -992bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 83.24% in 2021, then decreased by -7bps to 77.49% in 2022, then decreased by 0bps to 77.3% in 2023, then fell by -3bps to 74.81% in 2024, then fell by -5bps to 71.2% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SM's Gross Margin are 71.2% (Q4 2025), 71.78% (Q3 2025), and 71.47% (Q2 2025).