APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA) kicked off on Friday, down -14.43% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $17.74. Over the past 52 weeks, APA has traded in a range of $17.66-$36.04.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Energy Sector giant was 15.89%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -14.04%. With a float of $356.29 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $365.40 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 2305 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 57.72%, operating margin of 38.31%, and the pretax margin is 15.76%.
APA Corporation (APA) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Oil & Gas E&P Industry. The insider ownership of APA Corporation is 2.14%, while institutional ownership is 89.82%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Apr 03 ’25, was worth 1,368,615. In this transaction Director of this company bought 75,000 shares at a rate of $18.25, taking the stock ownership to the 140,285 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 12 ’24, when Company’s Director bought 4,391 for $22.78, making the entire transaction worth $100,027. This insider now owns 12,436 shares in total.
APA Corporation (APA) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.81 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -14.04% per share during the next fiscal year.
APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at APA Corporation’s (APA) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.01. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.57. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 7.79.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.25, a number that is poised to hit 0.74 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.21 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of APA Corporation (APA)
Looking closely at APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA), its last 5-days average volume was 10.15 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 7.94 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 28.94%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.05.
During the past 100 days, APA Corporation’s (APA) raw stochastic average was set at 2.92%, which indicates a significant decrease from 4.83% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 96.76% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 51.44% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $21.15, while its 200-day Moving Average is $24.58. However, in the short run, APA Corporation’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $16.49. Second resistance stands at $17.81. The third major resistance level sits at $18.62. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $14.36, it is likely to go to the next support level at $13.55. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $12.23.
APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 5.53 billion has total of 364,064K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 9,737 M in contrast with the sum of 804,000 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 2,502 M and last quarter income was 354,000 K.
