NYSE:APY - Apergy Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Apergy Corp (NYSE:APY) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.33 by $0.06. The company earned $278.38 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $306.68 million. Apergy had a return on equity of 9.90% and a net margin of 6.87%. Apergy's revenue was down 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 updated its fourth quarter 2019 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $255-270 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $297.46 million.

11 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Apergy's stock. Their forecasts range from $24.50 to $48.00. On average, they expect Apergy's stock price to reach $36.05 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Apergy.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Apergy in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Apergy.

News coverage about APY stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Apergy earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Apergy.

Apergy saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,380,000 shares, an increase of 45.1% from the December 15th total of 2,330,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 672,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.0 days. Currently, 4.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Apergy's Current Options Chain.

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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 (0.68%), Viking Fund Management LLC (0.10%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.05%), American Research & Management Co. (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). 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, Welch & Forbes LLC, American Research & Management Co., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Tributary Capital Management LLC, Mission Wealth Management LP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Livingston Group Asset Management CO operating as Southport Capital Management. 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 Rockland Trust Co., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Allred Capital Management LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and IFP Advisors Inc. 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 $30.09.

Apergy has a market capitalization of $2.33 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]