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SM Energy (SM) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

SM Energy (SM) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 16 consecutive years, with 0.16% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Invested Capital fell 5.0% to 0.16% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.16%, a 5.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.16%, down 5.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.16% for Q4 2025 at SM Energy, down from 0.19% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.49% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.32% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.19% and a median of 0.22% in 2024 define the central range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: fell -24bps in 2021, then surged 68bps in 2022.
  • SM Energy's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.07% in 2021, then surged by 467bps to 0.41% in 2022, then plummeted by -39bps to 0.25% in 2023, then fell by -17bps to 0.21% in 2024, then decreased by -24bps to 0.16% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SM's Return on Invested Capital are 0.16% (Q4 2025), 0.19% (Q3 2025), and 0.21% (Q2 2025).