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APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA) closed the day trading at $23.39 down -2.05% from the previous closing price of $23.88. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.05 from its previous closing price. On the day, 5.94 million shares were traded. APA stock price reached its highest trading level at $23.935 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $23.245.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of APA, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 17.46 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 4.36. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.63 and its Current Ratio is at 0.78. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.77 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.72.
Roth Capital Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on August 13, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $22.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 03 ’25 when Joung Chansoo bought 75,000 shares for $18.25 per share. The transaction valued at 1,368,615 led to the insider holds 140,285 shares of the business.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, APA now has a Market Capitalization of 8368625152 and an Enterprise Value of 13309713408. As of this moment, APA’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 5.63, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.53. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.86 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.39. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.42 whereas that against EBITDA is 2.283.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for APA is 0.74, which has changed by 0.008445978 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.19182634 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, APA has reached a high of $27.72, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $13.58. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.17%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 11.44%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, APA traded about 6.55M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, APA traded about 4106230 shares per day. A total of 355.66M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 353.00M. Insiders hold about 0.47% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.03% stake in the company. Shares short for APA as of 1765756800 were 32191051 with a Short Ratio of 4.92, compared to 1763078400 on 34443591. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 32191051 and a Short% of Float of 10.3599995.
Dividends & Splits
APA’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.00, up from 1.0 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.041884817. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.47. . The current Payout Ratio is 43.91% for APA, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-10-22 with an ex-dividend date of 2026-01-22. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2004-01-15 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 20.0 different market analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.66, with high estimates of $1.12 and low estimates of $0.24.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $4.06 and $3.2 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $3.56. EPS for the following year is $2.61, with 26.0 analysts recommending between $4.5 and $1.06.
Revenue Estimates
6 analysts predict $2B in revenue. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $2.18B to a low estimate of $1.86B. As of . The current estimate, APA Corporation’s year-ago sales were $2.5BFor the next quarter, 6 analysts are estimating revenue of $2B. There is a high estimate of $2.12B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.75B.
A total of 6 analysts have provided revenue estimates for APA’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $9.42B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $8.92B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $9.12B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $9.74BBased on 6 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $7.98B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $8.61B and the low estimate is $7.04B.
