APA Corp
About: Based in Houston, APA is an independent exploration and production company. It operates primarily in the US, Egypt, the North Sea, and Suriname. At year-end 2023, proved reserves totaled 807 million barrels of oil equivalent, with net reported production of 405 thousand boe/day that year (64% of which was oil and natural gas liquids, with the remainder natural gas).
Employees: 2,271
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
25% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q2] → 5 (+1) [Q3]
8% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 233 | Existing positions reduced: 216
0.37% less ownership
Funds ownership: 84.82% [Q2] → 84.45% (-0.37%) [Q3]
6% less funds holding
Funds holding: 654 [Q2] → 615 (-39) [Q3]
15% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $9.27B [Q2] → $7.85B (-$1.42B) [Q3]
36% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 69 | Existing positions closed: 108
38% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $225M | Put options by funds: $363M
Research analyst outlook
13 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
13 analyst ratings
Piper Sandler Mark Lear 33% 1-year accuracy 53 / 163 met price target | 9%upside $23 | Neutral Maintained | 17 Dec 2024 |
Wells Fargo Roger Read 23% 1-year accuracy 23 / 99 met price target | 19%upside $25 | Equal-Weight Downgraded | 17 Dec 2024 |
Mizuho William Janela 32% 1-year accuracy 8 / 25 met price target | 14%upside $24 | Underperform Maintained | 16 Dec 2024 |
UBS Josh Silverstein 11% 1-year accuracy 5 / 47 met price target | 28%upside $27 | Neutral Maintained | 9 Dec 2024 |
Citigroup Scott Gruber 41% 1-year accuracy 27 / 66 met price target | 14%upside $24 | Neutral Maintained | 26 Nov 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 9 articles about APA published over the past 30 days