Chord Energy vs SM Energy
CHRD 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 CHRD and SM compare
Chord Energy and SM Energy are about the same size, with market caps of $8.0B and $7.8B.
SM Energy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (108% versus 30.1% for Chord Energy).
SM Energy keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.7% compared with 13.4% at Chord Energy.
Both pay dividends: Chord Energy yields 3.5% and SM Energy 2.6%.
Chord Energy scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 12 for SM 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 | CHRD | SM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $8.0B | $7.8B |
| Share price | $147.05 | $32.77 |
| Change, 1 year | 61.6% | 69.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 17.6% | 8.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.66 | 0.99 |
| Employees | 676 | 1,241 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 16 (better) | 12 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 8.0× |
| P/S | 1.2× | 1.1× (better) |
| P/B | 1.0× (better) | 1.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 2.8× (better) | 4.5× |
| Fair value | $282.20 | $39.42 |
| Margin of safety | 47.9% (better) | 16.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 30.1% | 108% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 22.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 427% (better) | 29.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −34.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 73.7% | 74.2% (better) |
| Operating margin | 22.8% | 23.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 13.4% | 13.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | 11.0% | 15.0% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 13.6% | 20.5% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.18 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.22 | – |
| Interest coverage | 14.3× (better) | 4.2× |
| Current ratio | 1.34 (better) | 0.57 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.01 (better) | 1.27 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.5% (better) | 2.6% |
| Payout ratio | 32.6% | 22.4% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 109% |
| Buyback yield | 5.3% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 8.8% (better) | 2.6% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 97.9% | 96.7% |
| Held by insiders | 0.93% | 0.90% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$11.7M | −$1.6M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.0% | 5.5% |
Go deeper
- CHRD stock overview
- CHRD income statement
- CHRD valuation and score
- SM stock overview
- SM income statement
- SM valuation and score
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