APA Corporation [NASDAQ: APA] stock went on an upward path that rose over 3.87% on Monday, amounting to a one-week price decrease of less than -0.40%.
Over the last 12 months, APA stock dropped by -34.23%. The one-year APA Corporation stock forecast points to a potential upside of 31.69. The average equity rating for APA stock is currently 2.66, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.
The market cap for the stock reached $8.07 billion, with 369.92 million shares outstanding and 362.15 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 6.44M shares, APA stock reached a trading volume of 8924595 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Guru’s Opinion on APA Corporation [APA]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for APA shares is $32.57 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on APA stock is a recommendation set at 2.66. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Wolfe Research have made an estimate for APA Corporation shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on July 18, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Evercore ISI dropped their target price from $52 to $39. The new note on the price target was released on June 14, 2024, representing the official price target for APA Corporation stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $55, while Wells Fargo analysts kept a Overweight rating on APA stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for APA Corporation is set at 0.78, with the Price to Sales ratio for APA stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.88. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.61, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.18. Price to Free Cash Flow for APA in the course of the last twelve months was 9.82 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.07.
APA Stock Performance Analysis:
APA Corporation [APA] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -0.40. With this latest performance, APA shares gained by 1.46% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -24.50% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -34.23% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for APA stock in for the last two-week period is set at 45.11, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 47.85, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 43.78 for APA Corporation [APA]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 23.84, while it was recorded at 22.03 for the last single week of trading, and 28.39 for the last 200 days.
Insight into APA Corporation Fundamentals:
APA Corporation’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.07 and a Current Ratio set at 1.24.
APA Stock EPS
With the latest financial reports released by the company, APA Corporation posted 1.15/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 1.33/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company fail the estimates by a Surprise Factor of -0.18. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for APA.
APA Corporation [APA] Institutonal Ownership Details
There are presently around $86.35%, or 86.70%% of APA stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of APA stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 49.79 million shares, which is approximately 16.486%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 32.12 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$945.67 million in APA stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$796.66 million in APA stock with ownership which is approximately 8.9605%.
