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SM Energy (SM) Interest Coverage Ratio (2016 - 2025)

SM Energy (SM) has disclosed Interest Coverage Ratio for 17 consecutive years, with 4.23 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Interest Coverage Ratio fell 31.37% to 4.23 in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 5.78, a 24.25% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 5.78, down 24.25% from a year prior.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio was 4.23 for Q4 2025 at SM Energy, down from 5.74 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Interest Coverage Ratio ranged from a high of 27.26 in Q3 2022 to a low of 5.29 in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 8.2 and a median of 7.54 in 2024 define the central range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for Interest Coverage Ratio: soared 782.33% in 2022, then tumbled 68.95% in 2023.
  • SM Energy's Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 11.84 in 2021, then grew by 27.89% to 15.14 in 2022, then fell by 15.67% to 12.76 in 2023, then tumbled by 51.74% to 6.16 in 2024, then plummeted by 31.37% to 4.23 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SM's Interest Coverage Ratio are 4.23 (Q4 2025), 5.74 (Q3 2025), and 6.93 (Q2 2025).