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SM Energy (SM) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

SM Energy (SM) has disclosed Return on Equity for 16 consecutive years, with 0.14% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Equity fell 5.0% to 0.14% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.14%, a 5.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.14%, down 5.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Equity was 0.14% for Q4 2025 at SM Energy, down from 0.16% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.48% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.44% in Q2 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.15% and a median of 0.2% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Equity.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: skyrocketed 83bps in 2022, then fell -23bps in 2023.
  • SM Energy's Return on Equity stood at 0.02% in 2021, then surged by 1808bps to 0.37% in 2022, then tumbled by -38bps to 0.23% in 2023, then fell by -20bps to 0.19% in 2024, then fell by -27bps to 0.14% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SM's Return on Equity are 0.14% (Q4 2025), 0.16% (Q3 2025), and 0.18% (Q2 2025).