Antero Resources Corp (NYSE: AR)’s stock price has dropped by -1.31 in relation to previous closing price of 40.46. Nevertheless, the company has seen a gain of 4.26% in its stock price over the last five trading days. prnewswire.com reported 2025-01-14 that DENVER, Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Antero Resources (NYSE: AR) (“Antero” or the “Company”) announced today that the Company plans to issue its fourth quarter 2024 earnings release on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. A conference call is scheduled on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 9:00 am MT to discuss the financial and operational results.
Is It Worth Investing in Antero Resources Corp (NYSE: AR) Right Now?
Antero Resources Corp (NYSE: AR) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 277.87x compared to its average ratio. AR has 36-month beta value of 3.35. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 7 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 5 as “overweight,” 11 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for AR is 288.04M, and currently, short sellers hold a 2.88% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of AR on January 22, 2025 was 4.06M shares.
AR’s Market Performance
AR stock saw an increase of 4.26% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 26.40% and a quarterly increase of 46.26%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.90%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.25% for Antero Resources Corp (AR). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 10.69% for AR’s stock, with a 29.18% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of AR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AR stocks, with Wells Fargo repeating the rating for AR by listing it as a “Equal Weight.” The predicted price for AR in the upcoming period, according to Wells Fargo is $32 based on the research report published on December 17, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
BofA Securities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see AR reach a price target of $36. The rating they have provided for AR stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on October 28th, 2024.
UBS gave a rating of “Neutral” to AR, setting the target price at $33 in the report published on October 16th of the previous year.
AR Trading at 19.51% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought AR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -2.44% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.25%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.90%, as shares surge +30.70% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +49.61% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, AR rose by +4.26%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +35.77% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $36.07. In addition, Antero Resources Corp saw 13.92% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at AR starting from Schultz Yvette K, who sale 50,000 shares at the price of $25.24 back on Aug 05 ’24. After this action, Schultz Yvette K now owns 248,363 shares of Antero Resources Corp, valued at $1,262,000 using the latest closing price.
Yvette Schultz, the Officer of Antero Resources Corp, proposed sale 50,000 shares at $25.24 during a trade that took place back on Aug 05 ’24, which means that Yvette Schultz is holding shares at $1,261,813 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for AR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.03 for the present operating margin
- 0.3 for the gross margin
The net margin for Antero Resources Corp stands at 0.01. The total capital return value is set at 0.01. Equity return is now at value 0.65, with 0.33 for asset returns.
Based on Antero Resources Corp (AR), the company’s capital structure generated 0.38 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.21. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.61. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 1.16.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.23 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 4.57. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.92. The receivables turnover for the company is 12.35for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.32. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.28.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Antero Resources Corp (AR) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
