SM Energy (SM) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

SM Energy (SM) reported Interest Coverage Ratio of 2.64 for Q1 2026, down 142.04% year-over-year from 6.27 in Q1 2025, and down 162.38% quarter-over-quarter from 4.23 in Q4 2025.

SM Energy (SM) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

SM Energy (SM) has 18 years of Interest Coverage Ratio data on file, last reported at 2.64 in Q1 2026.

  • Interest Coverage Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 2.64, down 142.04% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.76 (down 75.51% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 5.78, down 24.25% from the prior year.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio declined to 2.64 in Q1 2026 per SM's latest filing, from 4.23 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Interest Coverage Ratio peaked at 27.26 in Q3 2022 and troughed at 2.64 in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 9.2 and a median of 8.16 in 2024 frame the typical range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2026: Interest Coverage Ratio soared 782.33% in 2022, then slumped 142.04% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 15.14 in 2022, then decreased by 15.67% to 12.76 in 2023, then sank by 51.74% to 6.16 in 2024, then plunged by 31.37% to 4.23 in 2025, then tumbled by 162.38% to 2.64 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows SM's Interest Coverage Ratio at 2.64 in Q1 2026, 4.23 in Q4 2025, and 5.74 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Interest Cover (Qtr)
1 Woodside Energy 630.08 Bn 624.14 Bn - -
2 Canadian Natural Resources 388.31 Bn 388.31 Bn 6.72 Bn -
3 Conocophillips 142.98 Bn 136.61 Bn 9.48 Bn 36.37
4 Eog Resources 72.93 Bn 69.08 Bn - 39.36
5 Occidental Petroleum 55.91 Bn 52.73 Bn 4.87 Bn 8.69
6 Diamondback Energy 54.95 Bn 61.11 Bn 4.22 Bn -
7 Vista Energy, S.A.B. de C.V 35.18 Bn 34.56 Bn 472.36 Mn 3.93
8 Eqt 32.94 Bn 36.28 Bn 2.98 Bn 21.04
9 Vermilion Energy 31.24 Bn 31.05 Bn 370.10 Mn 13.70
10 SM Energy 6.19 Bn 5.54 Bn 1.05 Bn -2.64

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -2.64
Dec 31, 2025 4.23
Sep 30, 2025 5.74
Jun 30, 2025 6.93
Mar 31, 2025 6.27
Dec 31, 2024 6.16
Sep 30, 2024 6.53
Jun 30, 2024 12.81
Mar 31, 2024 8.16
Dec 31, 2023 12.76
Sep 30, 2023 8.47
Jun 30, 2023 9.45
Mar 31, 2023 12.11
Dec 31, 2022 15.14
Sep 30, 2022 27.26
Jun 30, 2022 14.45
Mar 31, 2022 2.58
Dec 31, 2021 11.84
Sep 30, 2021 3.09
Jun 30, 2021 -4.57