APA (APA) Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for APA in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings, 9 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" APA shares.
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17 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for APA's shares. Their APA share price forecasts range from $37.00 to $57.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $46.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 47.5% from the stock's current price.
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APA's stock was trading at $46.68 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, APA stock has decreased by 31.9% and is now trading at $31.78.
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APA saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,010,000 shares, an increase of 7.9% from the April 30th total of 10,200,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 6,240,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.8 days. Currently, 3.6% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 2nd 2023.
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APA Co. (NASDAQ:APA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 4th. The company reported $1.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.21. The firm earned $2.03 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.84 billion. APA had a net margin of 19.72% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 158.38%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 47.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.92 earnings per share.

APA announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, July 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, August 22nd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 20th.
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APA (NASDAQ:APA) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.99%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 16.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, APA will have a dividend payout ratio of 16.92% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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APA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, September 14th 2022, which authorizes the company to buyback 40,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

111 employees have rated APA Chief Executive Officer John J. Christmann, IV on Glassdoor.com. John J. Christmann, IV has an approval rating of 29% among the company's employees. This puts John J. Christmann, IV in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 41.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at APA to a friend.

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APA trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "APA."

APA's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.92%), State Street Corp (7.04%), Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (5.54%), Harris Associates L P (3.53%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.30%) and Pacer Advisors Inc. (1.58%). Insiders that own company stock include Chansoo Joung, Juliet S Ellis, P Anthony Lannie and Stephen J Riney.
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Shares of APA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of APA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $31.78.

APA (NASDAQ:APA) has a market capitalization of $9.81 billion and generates $12.13 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $3.67 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.15 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,273 workers across the globe.

APA's mailing address is ONE POST OAK CENTRAL 2000 POST OAK BLVD STE 100, HOUSTON TX, 77056. The official website for the company is www.apachecorp.com. The company can be reached via phone at (713) 296-6000, via email at gary.clark@apachecorp.com, or via fax at 713-296-6455.