APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 8.90x compared to its average ratio. APA has 36-month beta value of 2.79. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 16 as “hold,” and 3 as “sell.”
The public float for APA is 356.29M, and currently, short sellers hold a 9.04% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of APA on March 17, 2025 was 7.82M shares.
APA) stock’s latest price update
The stock of APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA) has increased by 2.04 when compared to last closing price of 19.61.Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 5.21% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-03-14 that While the top- and bottom-line numbers for APA (APA) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
APA’s Market Performance
APA Corporation (APA) has seen a 5.21% rise in stock performance for the week, with a -11.03% decline in the past month and a -10.59% plunge in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.18%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 4.76% for APA. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -2.88% for APA’s stock, with a -20.61% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of APA
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for APA stocks, with Raymond James repeating the rating for APA by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for APA in the upcoming period, according to Raymond James is $32 based on the research report published on March 10, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Wells Fargo, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see APA reach a price target of $25, previously predicting the price at $42. The rating they have provided for APA stocks is “Equal Weight” according to the report published on December 17th, 2024.
Wolfe Research gave a rating of “Outperform” to APA, setting the target price at $42 in the report published on July 18th of the previous year.
APA Trading at -9.88% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought APA to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -44.49% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 4.76%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.18%, as shares sank -13.72% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -13.53% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, APA rose by +4.97%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -33.07% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $20.60. In addition, APA Corporation saw -13.34% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at APA starting from Ellis Juliet S, who purchase 4,391 shares at the price of $22.78 back on Dec 12 ’24. After this action, Ellis Juliet S now owns 12,436 shares of APA Corporation, valued at $100,027 using the latest closing price.
LANNIE P ANTHONY, the Former Officer of APA Corporation, proposed sale 89,501 shares at $23.97 during a trade that took place back on Oct 28 ’24, which means that LANNIE P ANTHONY is holding shares at $2,145,212 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for APA
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.38 for the present operating margin
- 0.58 for the gross margin
The net margin for APA Corporation stands at 0.08. The total capital return value is set at 0.23. Equity return is now at value 20.26, with 4.64 for asset returns.
Based on APA Corporation (APA), the company’s capital structure generated 0.54 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.59. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.17. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 10.0.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 4.17 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 1.25. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.32. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.97for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.5. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.15.
Conclusion
To put it simply, APA Corporation (APA) has had a bad 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’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
