SM Co Recommendation mean

What is the Recommendation mean of SM Co?

The Recommendation mean of SM Energy Co is 2.60

What is the definition of Recommendation mean?

Recommendation mean is the mean of analysts’ ratings of the stock ranging from 1.0 (strong buy) to 5.0 (strong sell).

Mean of recommendations is an average of ratings from different analysts but it should still be used with other research and investment metrics in order to make investment decisions. It is important to understand a firm's entire scale when assimilating ratings. Additionally, analyst recommendations on stocks owned by firms employing them may be seen as potentially biased.

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What does SM Co do?

sm energy company is an independent energy company focused on the exploration, exploitation, development, acquisition, and production of natural gas and crude oil in the united states. the company was founded in 1908, incorporated in 1915, and became a public company through an initial public offering in 1992. sm energy trades on the new york stock exchange under the symbol sm. the company operates in four core areas managed by four regional offices: the mid-continent, rocky mountains, permian basin, and gulf coast regions are operated out of our offices in tulsa, oklahoma; billings, montana; midland, texas; and houston, texas, respectively. each office is staffed with a full complement of geologists, geophysicists, engineers, and landmen who have extensive experience in the region or basin where they work. the denver, colorado, headquarters provides financial and administrative support for the regional operations. at sm energy, we also take seriously the manner in which we conduct our

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