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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EGY Vaalco Energy	$3.75 -0.4%	$3.74	$3.00 ▼ $6.82	$392.01M	0.89	712,073 shs	969,986 shs
KOS Kosmos Energy	$1.75 -0.9%	$2.01	$1.39 ▼ $5.08	$841.73M	1.49	9.12 million shs	9.73 million shs
LPI Laredo Petroleum		$56.22	$46.61 ▼ $120.86	$808.59M	3.31	672,250 shs	678,100 shs
SM SM Energy	$26.75 -1.1%	$26.72	$19.67 ▼ $47.69	$3.11B	2.29	2.07 million shs	1.29 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EGY Vaalco Energy	0.00%	+5.64%	+3.31%	+7.28%	-42.47%
KOS Kosmos Energy	-0.85%	-3.86%	-11.65%	0.00%	-64.46%
LPI Laredo Petroleum	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
SM SM Energy	-1.15%	+2.24%	+2.03%	+9.26%	-40.50%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
EGY Vaalco Energy	2.4703 of 5 stars	0.0	2.0	2.5	0.0	3.5	0.8	1.9
KOS Kosmos Energy	3.0458 of 5 stars	3.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.5	0.6
LPI Laredo Petroleum	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SM SM Energy	4.512 of 5 stars	4.3	1.0	2.5	0.0	3.4	1.7	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
EGY Vaalco Energy	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
KOS Kosmos Energy	2.50	Moderate Buy	$4.93	182.71% Upside
LPI Laredo Petroleum	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
SM SM Energy	2.54	Moderate Buy	$42.50	58.88% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest LPI, SM, KOS, and EGY Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/1/2025	SM SM Energy	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$42.00 ➝ $44.00
7/23/2025	SM SM Energy	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$24.00 ➝ $27.00
7/7/2025	SM SM Energy	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
6/24/2025	SM SM Energy	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Underperform
6/16/2025	SM SM Energy	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$33.00 ➝ $29.00
6/5/2025	KOS Kosmos Energy	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold ➝ Hold
5/28/2025	SM SM Energy	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$30.00 ➝ $34.00
5/19/2025	KOS Kosmos Energy	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$3.50 ➝ $3.00

(Data available from 8/15/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
EGY Vaalco Energy	$458.56M	0.85	$1.77 per share	2.12	$4.91 per share	0.76
KOS Kosmos Energy	$1.68B	0.50	$1.37 per share	1.27	$2.13 per share	0.82
LPI Laredo Petroleum	$1.39B	0.00	N/A	2.26	$30.10 per share	0.00
SM SM Energy	$2.69B	1.14	$13.86 per share	1.93	$39.93 per share	0.67

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
EGY Vaalco Energy	$58.49M	$0.36	10.40	14.98	N/A	8.26%	4.64%	2.48%	N/A
KOS Kosmos Energy	$189.85M	-$0.33	N/A	5.82	N/A	-10.74%	-14.16%	-3.00%	11/3/2025 (Estimated)
LPI Laredo Petroleum	$145.01M	$43.15	1.11	0.00	N/A	35.99%	55.37%	13.23%	N/A
SM SM Energy	$770.29M	$7.08	3.78	3.36	N/A	25.94%	18.06%	9.08%	10/30/2025 (Estimated)

Latest LPI, SM, KOS, and EGY Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/7/2025	Q2 2025	EGY Vaalco Energy	$0.02	$0.02	N/A	$0.08	$89.40 million	$96.89 million
8/4/2025	Q2 2025	KOS Kosmos Energy	-$0.06	-$0.19	-$0.13	-$0.18	$444.26 million	$393.52 million
7/31/2025	Q2 2025	SM SM Energy	$1.23	$1.50	+$0.27	$1.76	$792.58 million	$792.94 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
EGY Vaalco Energy	$0.25	6.68%	N/A	69.44%	N/A
KOS Kosmos Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LPI Laredo Petroleum	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
SM SM Energy	$0.80	2.99%	N/A	11.30%	4 Years

Latest LPI, SM, KOS, and EGY Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/7/2025	EGY Vaalco Energy	quarterly	$0.0625	7.05%	8/22/2025	8/22/2025	9/19/2025
6/26/2025	SM SM Energy	quarterly	$0.20	3.15%	7/18/2025	7/18/2025	8/4/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
EGY Vaalco Energy	0.24	1.39	1.09
KOS Kosmos Energy	2.56	0.45	0.25
LPI Laredo Petroleum	1.18	0.47	0.47
SM SM Energy	0.59	0.69	0.69

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
EGY Vaalco Energy	50.32%
KOS Kosmos Energy	95.33%
LPI Laredo Petroleum	81.46%
SM SM Energy	94.56%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
EGY Vaalco Energy	1.70%
KOS Kosmos Energy	1.99%
LPI Laredo Petroleum	2.20%
SM SM Energy	1.50%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
EGY Vaalco Energy	120	104.26 million	102.49 million	Optionable
KOS Kosmos Energy	240	478.25 million	468.74 million	Optionable
LPI Laredo Petroleum	273	16.81 million	16.44 million	Optionable
SM SM Energy	540	114.95 million	113.23 million	Optionable

LPI, SM, KOS, and EGY Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

SM Energy: Continues To Deleverage

August 14 at 12:57 PM | seekingalpha.com

SM ENERGY PUBLISHES UPDATED SUSTAINABILITY DISCLOSURES

August 14 at 8:24 AM | gurufocus.com

SM ENERGY PUBLISHES UPDATED SUSTAINABILITY DISCLOSURES

August 14 at 7:30 AM | prnewswire.com

Public Sector Pension Investment Board Purchases 120,275 Shares of SM Energy Company (NYSE:SM)

August 14 at 5:37 AM | marketbeat.com

Virtu Financial LLC Purchases New Shares in SM Energy Company (NYSE:SM)

August 14 at 4:53 AM | marketbeat.com

This Stock Has A 2.97% Yield And Sells For Less Than Book

August 13 at 3:20 PM | forbes.com

Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. Acquires 264,915 Shares of SM Energy Company (NYSE:SM)

August 13 at 4:26 AM | marketbeat.com

SM Energy Company (NYSE:SM) Shares Sold by Townsquare Capital LLC

August 13 at 4:25 AM | marketbeat.com

SM Energy's (NYSE:SM) Profits May Not Reveal Underlying Issues

August 9, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

J.P. Morgan Keeps Their Hold Rating on SM Energy (SM)

August 9, 2025 | theglobeandmail.com

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August 8, 2025 | 247wallst.com

Siebert Williams Shank & Co. Lifts PT on SM Energy (SM) to $43 From $39

August 7, 2025 | msn.com

SM Energy Company Just Recorded A 45% EPS Beat: Here's What Analysts Are Forecasting Next

August 6, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

Westwood Holdings Group Inc. Has $96.06 Million Stock Holdings in SM Energy Company (NYSE:SM)

August 6, 2025 | marketbeat.com

21,888 Shares in SM Energy Company (NYSE:SM) Purchased by Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

August 6, 2025 | marketbeat.com

LSV Asset Management Has $13.85 Million Stake in SM Energy Company (NYSE:SM)

August 5, 2025 | marketbeat.com

SM Energy (SM) Reports Q2 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

August 4, 2025 | zacks.com

SM Energy Company (SM) Is a Trending Stock: Facts to Know Before Betting on It

August 4, 2025 | zacks.com

Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. Reduces Position in SM Energy Company (NYSE:SM)

August 4, 2025 | marketbeat.com

SM Energy Company (NYSE:SM) Shares Sold by Mackenzie Financial Corp

August 4, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Federated Hermes Inc. Sells 200,521 Shares of SM Energy Company (NYSE:SM)

August 3, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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LPI, SM, KOS, and EGY Company Descriptions

Vaalco Energy NYSE:EGY

$3.74 -0.02 (-0.40%)

Closing price 08/14/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$3.76 +0.01 (+0.27%)

As of 08/14/2025 07:45 PM Eastern

VAALCO Energy, Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in Gabon, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, and Canada. The company holds 58.8% interest in the Etame production sharing contract related to the Etame Marin block covering an area of approximately 46,200 gross acres located offshore in the Republic of Gabon in West Africa. It also owns 100% interest in the Eastern Desert, which contains West Gharib, West Bakr and North West Gharib merged concessions covering as area of approximately 45,067 acres, as well as Western Desert, which contains the South Ghazalat concession covering as area of approximately 7,340 acres located in Egypt. In addition, the company production and working interests in Cardium light oil and Mannville liquids-rich gas assets covering as area of 47,400 gross acres located near the north of Calgary, Alberta; and an undeveloped block offshore Equatorial Guinea, West Africa. VAALCO Energy, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Kosmos Energy NYSE:KOS

$1.74 -0.02 (-0.85%)

Closing price 08/14/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$1.74 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 08/14/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

Kosmos Energy Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas along the Atlantic Margins in the United States. The company's primary assets include production projects located in offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as well as gas projects located in offshore Mauritania and Senegal. It undertakes a proven basin exploration program in Equatorial Guinea and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Kosmos Energy Ltd. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Laredo Petroleum NYSE:LPI

Laredo Petroleum, Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin of West Texas, the United States. The company sells oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas. As of December 31, 2021, it had assembled 166,064 net acres in the Permian Basin; and had total proved undeveloped reserves of 86,592 thousand barrels of oil equivalent. The company was formerly known as Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Laredo Petroleum, Inc. in December 2013. Laredo Petroleum, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

SM Energy NYSE:SM

$26.75 -0.29 (-1.08%)

Closing price 08/14/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$26.50 -0.25 (-0.93%)

As of 08/14/2025 08:00 PM Eastern

SM Energy Company, an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil, gas, and natural gas liquids in the state of Texas. It has working interests in oil and gas producing wells in the Midland Basin and South Texas. The company was formerly known as St. Mary Land & Exploration Company and changed its name to SM Energy Company in May 2010. SM Energy Company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

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