Apergy Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:APY)

Apergy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "APY."

Apergy Corp (NYSE:APY) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The company reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.06. The firm earned $278.38 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $306.68 million. Apergy had a return on equity of 9.89% and a net margin of 6.87%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. View Apergy's Earnings History.

Apergy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 17th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Apergy.

Apergy issued an update on its fourth quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $255-270 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $297.46 million.

10 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Apergy's stock. Their forecasts range from $24.50 to $48.00. On average, they anticipate Apergy's stock price to reach $36.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 40.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Apergy.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Apergy in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Apergy.

Press coverage about APY stock has trended extremely negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Apergy earned a media sentiment score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Apergy.

Apergy saw a decline in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,040,000 shares, a decline of 9.7% from the September 15th total of 2,260,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 670,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 2.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Apergy's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Apergy investors own include Intelsat (I), Bank of America (BAC), Associated British Foods (ABF), Chaarat Gold (CGH), Fossil Group (FOSL), Ciena (CIEN), First Data (FDC), NVIDIA (NVDA), AMC Entertainment (AMC) and Apollo Global Management (APO).

Apergy's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.69%), Rice Hall James & Associates LLC (0.52%), Chartwell Investment Partners LLC (0.50%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.49%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.25%) and Eagle Asset Management Inc. (0.24%). Company insiders that own Apergy stock include Amy Thompson Broussard, Kenneth M Fisher, Shankar Annamalai, Sivasankaran Somasundaram and Syed Raza. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Apergy.

APY stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Viking Fund Management LLC, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC , Rice Hall James & Associates LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., New York State Teachers Retirement System, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Tributary Capital Management LLC and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Apergy company stock in the last year include Amy Thompson Broussard, Shankar Annamalai, Sivasankaran Somasundaram and Syed Raza. View Insider Buying and Selling for Apergy.

APY stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Scout Investments Inc., Comerica Bank, Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Eagle Asset Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP and California Public Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Apergy.

Shares of APY can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of APY stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.78.

Apergy has a market capitalization of $2.00 billion and generates $1.22 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $94.04 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.44 on an earnings per share basis. Apergy employs 3,300 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Apergy.

The official website for Apergy is http://www.apergy.com/.

Apergy's mailing address is 2445 TECHNOLOGY FOREST BLVD BUILDING 4 FLOOR 12, THE WOODLANDS TX, 77381. The company can be reached via phone at 281-403-5772 or via email at [email protected]