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  • Book 50% Gains With This Energy Growth Stock

    By Zachary Scheidt - June 11, 2013 | Tickers: APA, SWN, SM

    Shares of SM Energy (NYSE: SM) are likely to increase by 50% over the next year as the company continues to execute on its robust growth strategy.
     
    The company is a rapidly growing energy producer which operates strictly onshore in the continental US. Over the past several quarters, its earnings have been rapidly improving as SM Energy dramatically increased production.
     
    Over the next few quarters, analysts and investors will be more »

  • The Bargain Hunters Should Check Out This Oil and Gas Producer

    By Nathan Kirykos - June 6, 2013 | Tickers: RTK, PVA, SM

    Editor's Note: This article has been amended to better reflect Spyglass Resources' dividend payment.
     
    According to the latest news from the energy patch, Pace Oil & Gas, AvenEx Energy, and Charger Energy merged in March 2013, forming Spyglass Resources (TSX: SGL). Spyglass is an intermediate oil and gas producer with a balanced production mix. Its assets are distributed fairly evenly across various oil producing areas of Alberta, providing diverse development more »

  • Has Billionaire Ken Griffin Found Alpha in Small Caps?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - June 3, 2013 | Tickers: GPOR, LSI, RAM, SLE, SM

    We have found that the most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds -- as determined by an analysis of 13F filings -- outperform the S&P 500 by an average of 18 percentage points per year, and our live testing of this strategy has returned 38% since September 2012. Why do hedge funds’ small cap picks do so well? We think that it is because these stocks generally receive less attention more »

  • $2 Billion Hedge Fund’s Small-Cap Picks

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - May 1, 2013 | Tickers: IGT, NFX, PENN, SM, WLT

    The most popular small cap stocks among hedge funds (which we define as those stocks with market capitalizations between $1 billion and $5 billion) generate an average excess return of 18 percentage points per year (see the details here). We think that this is because small cap stocks receive less attention from large institutional investors such as mutual funds, and so are more likely to be either undervalued or overvalued more »

  • Billionaire Steve Cohen’s SAC Owns 5.2% of This Energy Stock

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 18, 2013 | Tickers: COG, CHK, EOG, SM

    According to a filing with the SEC, billionaire Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors owns 3.4 million shares of SM Energy (NYSE: SM), a $3.8 billion market cap oil and gas exploration and production company. SM is notable for its positions in many onshore U.S. shale plays, including the Eagle Ford in Texas and the Bakken in North Dakota. We track quarterly 13F filings from hedge funds more »

  • 5 Stocks With Bullish Sentiment From This Underrated Indicator

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - March 3, 2013 | Tickers: CBI, PENN, SM, WLT, WLL

    Hedge fund sentiment is an underrated indicator of a stock’s bullish potential. At Insider Monkey, we’ve discovered strategies that retail investors have used to beat the market, and quite handily at that. Our small-cap strategy outpaced the broader indexes by 18% a year for more than a decade in our back tests, and since we started sharing these picks with the public, we've beaten the market by more »

  • 3 Companies With Significant Potential for the A.M. (After Mayans) Hours

    By Nathan Kirykos - December 24, 2012 | Tickers: CLR, MHR, PVA, SM

    The end of the world 

    Turns out the world didn't end on Dec 21. Phew. Here, then, is my "Apocalypse Kit." 

    The first element of my kit is SM Energy (NYSE: SM), which holds 149,000 net acres at the Maverick, Dimmit and Webb counties of Texas, which border Mexico. This land is rich in natural gas as it sits on the wet gas window of the Eagle Ford more »

  • This Hedge Fund Returned 14% Last Quarter

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 28, 2012 | Tickers: SLB, SM, TSO, SHAW, WNR

    We track over 400 funds and investors and have calculated the value-weighted returns for all funds in the 1,500 largest stocks, while compiling a list of the top performing funds for the first three quarters of 2012. The returns are based on the fund’s 13F long positions only, as we do not have access to their short positions. Balyasny Asset Management was a top performing hedge fund during more »

  • The Best Way to Play Natural Gas Recovery

    By Piyush Arora - October 13, 2012 | Tickers: COG, CHK, DVN, SM

    Natural gas prices have recovered nearly 85%, since the lows it created this year. Fears regarding the shortage in the storage capacities of gas, no longer hold ground. Also, the world is moving to natural gas as an alternative for coal. Additionally, the gas rig count is down 45% compared to the year ago quarter, which is expected to put an upward pressure on the price of gas. We believe more »

  • Do You Really Know What Natural Gas Offers the Investor

    By John Mylant - September 18, 2012 | Tickers: CNP, EPD, SM, XEL

    While we have heard how the low prices of natural gas has hindered many businesses because of revenue shortfalls, I believe investors will find a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Not many people have seen it but many of the opportunities abound for investors in both growth and income investing. Let’s look at what natural gas has done right now for some utilities and what more »

  • What SM Energy said at the Barclays CEO Energy Conference

    By Eric Fox - September 13, 2012 | Tickers: EPD, FST, NFX, QEP, SM

    SM Energy (NYSE: SM) highlighted the company’s continued focus on the development of its Eagle Ford Shale position and reiterated a commitment to maintaining a strong balance sheet in the midst of rapid growth for the company. These and other comments on the company’s strategy were made at the Barclays CEO Energy Power conference held last week in New York City.

    Overview

    SM Energy is an exploration and more »

  • Kodiak - Buy Ahead of Earnings

    By Jordo Bivona - July 23, 2012 | Tickers: APC, APA, XOM, KOG, SM

    Williston Basin producers, Kodiak Oil & Gas (NYSE: KOG) included, might have a better than expected second quarter to discuss if recent hints from Williston players are any indication. Although Kodiak is staying quiet on its recent production levels, several competitors are sharing predictions falling within or ahead of guidance for the quarter.

    Voyager Oil & Gas (VOG), recently released an operations update that indicated Voyager increased its second quarter production by more »