Crescent Energy vs SM Energy
CRGY and SM side by side, both in crude petroleum and natural gas. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CRGY and SM compare
SM Energy is the larger company, worth 2.0 times as much as Crescent Energy ($9.6B against $4.7B).
SM Energy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (75.4% versus 24.3% for Crescent Energy).
SM Energy keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 18.2% compared with 1.3% at Crescent Energy.
Both pay dividends: Crescent Energy yields 3.4% and SM Energy 2.1%.
SM Energy scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 7 for Crescent Energy), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CRGY | SM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $4.7B | $9.6B |
| Share price | $14.20 | $40.38 |
| Change, 1 year | 74.4% | 95.8% |
| Change, 5 years | – | 9.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.85 | 0.92 |
| Employees | 1,066 | 1,241 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 | 3 |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 7.9× |
| P/S | 1.1× (better) | 1.7× |
| P/B | – | 1.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | 4.4× (better) | 5.5× |
| Fair value | $30.25 | $45.25 |
| Margin of safety | 53.1% (better) | 10.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 24.3% | 75.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 36.5% (better) | 22.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 137% (better) | 23.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −27.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 74.2% |
| Operating margin | 20.6% | 29.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 18.2% (better) |
| Return on equity | – | 16.1% |
| Return on invested capital | – | 21.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.24 | – |
| Interest coverage | 2.5× | 5.2× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.94 (better) | 0.62 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.01 | 1.31 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.4% (better) | 2.1% |
| Payout ratio | 256% | 18.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 4 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 109% |
| Buyback yield | −0.01% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 3.4% (better) | 2.1% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 91.3% | 96.7% |
| Held by insiders | 34.8% | 0.90% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$402M | −$1.6M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 17.1% | 5.9% |
Go deeper
- CRGY stock overview
- CRGY income statement
- CRGY valuation and score
- SM stock overview
- SM income statement
- SM valuation and score
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