COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
SM vs VET
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. SM scored 61.4, VET scored 65.2 — VET leads.
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Different reporting periods. SM's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but VET's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
SM
SM Energy Company
61.4
$37.20 · $8.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
3.8
VET leads
VET
Vermilion Energy Inc.
65.2
$12.73 · $1.9B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- Fastest growthSM+75.4%
- Strongest balance sheetVET0.63
- Highest qualitySM73 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueVET-92%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
SM
stronger →← stronger
VET
73
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
65
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
64
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
100
SM and VET split the three pillars evenly.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
SM
VET
$743mC+
FCF
$1.0bC+
+75.4%A
Rev
+14.1%B+
0.95C+
D/E
0.63B
6.6xA
P/E
—
0.65A-
PEG
—
—
P/S
1.5xB+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
SM
VET
39% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
92% below
~-7%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
decline
+59%
1-yr DCF upside
+848%
+63%
5-yr DCF upside
+1146%
+69%
10-yr DCF upside
+1762%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
SM
Why this score
- Raising its dividend
- Cyclical growth
VET
Why this score
- Raising its dividend
- Cyclical growth
- Foreign reporter (CAD)
The companies
SMSM Energy Company
Why now
Oil & Gas E&P · market cap $8.8b. Trading near 52-week high of $38.25 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. Revenue growing +75% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.65 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 15 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $40.60 (implying +9% upside).
Moat
Net margin 18% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 13% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Trading within 3% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction. Commodity exposure — earnings power tracks the price of the underlying commodity, not management execution. A 15-20% move in the commodity reprices the equity well before fundamentals catch up.
VETVermilion Energy Inc.
Why now
Oil & Gas E&P · market cap $1.9b. 14% off the 52-week high of $14.82. Revenue growing +14%, comfortably above the S&P median.
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
Currently unprofitable (margin -37.0%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. ROE -29% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate. Jurisdictional + permitting risk — mining and extraction operations concentrate exposure to political stability, royalty regimes, and environmental review timelines that can stall production for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where SM and VET diverge
On the headline score the gap is 3.8 points in favor of VET. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
- ValueSM 63.6 · VET 100.0VET +36.4
- QualitySM 72.8 · VET 64.7SM +8.1
- GrowthSM 50.0 · VET 50.0level
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.