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

SM Energy has reported Net Margin over the past 17 years, most recently at 15.17% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Net Margin fell 689.0% to 15.17% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 20.54% through Dec 2025, down 809.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 20.55% for FY2025, 808.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin was 15.17% for Q4 2025 at SM Energy, down from 19.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 57.6% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 56.61% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 26.55% (2023), against an average of 21.73%.
  • Year-over-year, Net Margin surged 10129bps in 2021 and then crashed -2291bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 49.7% in 2021, then decreased by -22bps to 38.62% in 2022, then increased by 5bps to 40.73% in 2023, then crashed by -46bps to 22.06% in 2024, then plummeted by -31bps to 15.17% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SM's Net Margin are 15.17% (Q4 2025), 19.11% (Q3 2025), and 25.69% (Q2 2025).