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SM Energy (SM) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.
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SM's Q1 2025 production ended up near the high end of expectations, helped by the improved Uinta Basin volumes. SM's free cash flow is projected at close to $700 million for the full year at current strip. The company's capex is front-loaded into 1H 2025, resulting in expectations for higher 2H 2025 free cash flow.
SM Energy Company (NYSE:SM ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 2, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Pat Lytle - SVP of Finance Herb Vogel - President and CEO Beth McDonald - COO Wade Pursell - CFO Conference Call Participants Tim Rezvan - KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. Oliver Huang - Tudor, Pickering, Holt Michael Furrow - Pickering Energy Partners Michael Scialla - Stephens Zach Parham - JP Morgan Gabe Daoud - TD Cowen Operator Greetings, and welcome to SM Energy's First Quarter 2025 Financial and Operating Results Q&A session [Operator Instructions]. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.
SM Q1 earnings and revenues rise year over year due to higher realized oil-equivalent prices.
The headline numbers for SM Energy (SM) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended March 2025, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.
SM Energy (SM) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.76 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.60 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.41 per share a year ago.
SM Energy Company (NYSE:SM ) Q1 2025 Results Prepared Remarks May 1, 2025 4:15 PM ET Company Participants Patrick Lytle - Senior Vice President, Finance Herbert Vogel - President and CEO Beth McDonald - Chief Operating Officer Wade Pursell - Chief Financial Officer Patrick Lytle Good afternoon. This is Pat Lytle, Senior Vice President of Finance.
DENVER , May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SM Energy Company (the "Company") (NYSE: SM) today reported operating and financial results for the first quarter 2025 and provided certain full year and second quarter 2025 guidance. Highlights include: Net production was 17.8 MMBoe, or 197.3 MBoe/d, at 53% oil or 103.7 MBbls/d, at the high end of guidance, driven largely by our Uinta Basin assets outperforming expectations.
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