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) 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 business had revenue of $278.38 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $306.68 million. Apergy had a return on equity of 9.90% and a net margin of 6.87%. The company's revenue 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 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 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Apergy's shares. Their forecasts range from $24.50 to $48.00. On average, they expect Apergy's stock price to reach $36.05 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.2% 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.

Headlines about APY stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Apergy earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. 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 trading volume of 672,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.0 days. Currently, 4.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Apergy's Current Options Chain.

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Apergy's stock is owned by a variety 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, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Livingston Group Asset Management CO operating as Southport Capital Management and Huntington National Bank. 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 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 $31.02.

Apergy has a market capitalization of $2.40 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]