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

SM Energy (SM) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.16% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Sales fell 6.0% to 0.16% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.21%, a 8.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.21%, down 8.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Sales was 0.16% for Q4 2025 at SM Energy, down from 0.19% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.58% in Q3 2022 to a low of 0.57% in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 0.22% and a median of 0.27% in 2025 define the central range for Return on Sales.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: skyrocketed 103bps in 2021, then fell -23bps in 2023.
  • SM Energy's Return on Sales stood at 0.51% in 2021, then dropped by -26bps to 0.38% in 2022, then increased by 9bps to 0.41% in 2023, then tumbled by -47bps to 0.22% in 2024, then decreased by -29bps to 0.16% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SM's Return on Sales are 0.16% (Q4 2025), 0.19% (Q3 2025), and 0.26% (Q2 2025).