Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Archrock Q2 Earnings

Archrock, Inc. (NYSE:AROC - Free Report) - Analysts at Sidoti Csr dropped their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Archrock in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, May 7th. Sidoti Csr analyst S. Ferazani now expects that the energy company will post earnings per share of $0.36 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.38. The consensus estimate for Archrock's current full-year earnings is $1.09 per share. Sidoti Csr also issued estimates for Archrock's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.38 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.38 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.54 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.84 EPS.

Archrock (NYSE:AROC - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, May 5th. The energy company reported $0.42 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $347.16 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $342.98 million. Archrock had a return on equity of 16.24% and a net margin of 13.34%.

AROC has been the topic of several other research reports. Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Archrock from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 18th. Sidoti upgraded shares of Archrock to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $26.67.

Archrock Stock Up 1.5%

NYSE:AROC traded up $0.39 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $25.85. The stock had a trading volume of 1,250,600 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,469,046. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $24.36 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $25.31. The company has a market capitalization of $4.57 billion, a PE ratio of 28.41, a PEG ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.19. Archrock has a twelve month low of $17.27 and a twelve month high of $30.44. The company has a current ratio of 1.26, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.73.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Archrock

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AROC. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Archrock by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 21,571,800 shares of the energy company's stock worth $536,922,000 after buying an additional 508,214 shares during the last quarter. Earnest Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Archrock by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Earnest Partners LLC now owns 13,074,904 shares of the energy company's stock valued at $325,434,000 after acquiring an additional 47,563 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its position in Archrock by 0.8% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,951,896 shares of the energy company's stock valued at $234,898,000 after acquiring an additional 67,947 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. raised its holdings in Archrock by 9.4% in the first quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 5,388,964 shares of the energy company's stock valued at $141,406,000 after acquiring an additional 461,940 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. raised its position in shares of Archrock by 8.3% during the 4th quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 5,354,764 shares of the energy company's stock worth $133,280,000 after purchasing an additional 411,286 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.45% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Archrock

In related news, SVP Jason Ingersoll sold 42,036 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $24.49, for a total value of $1,029,461.64. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 275,911 shares in the company, valued at $6,757,060.39. This trade represents a 13.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 2.60% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Archrock announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase program on Monday, May 5th that authorizes the company to buyback $50.00 million in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the energy company to repurchase up to 1.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Archrock Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 13th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 6th were given a dividend of $0.19 per share. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 6th. Archrock's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 64.41%.

Archrock Company Profile

Archrock, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy infrastructure company in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Contract Operations and Aftermarket Services. It engages in the designing, sourcing, owning, installing, operating, servicing, repairing, and maintaining of its owned fleet of natural gas compression equipment to provide natural gas compression services.