Antero Resources Corp (NYSE: AR) is -8.02% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $24.53 and a high of $42.62 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The AR stock was last observed hovering at around $34.15 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.91%.
Currently trading at $32.24, the stock is -16.94% and -15.50% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 13.21 million and changing -5.59% at the moment leaves the stock -0.38% off its SMA200. AR registered 10.07% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 7.50%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $38.152 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $32.3634.
The stock witnessed a -7.06% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -10.47%, and is -21.21% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 10.31% over the week and 4.94% over the month.
Antero Resources Corp (AR) has around 616 employees, a market worth around $10.03B and $4.32B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 178.61 and Fwd P/E is 8.18. Profit margin for the company is 1.32%. Distance from 52-week low is 31.43% and -24.36% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.54%).
with sales reaching $1.38B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 901.05% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 33.24% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 22.71% in year-over-year returns.
Antero Resources Corp (AR) Top Institutional Holders
636.0 institutions hold shares in Antero Resources Corp (AR), with institutional investors hold 91.66% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 311.17M, and float is at 287.87M with Short Float at 5.12%. Institutions hold 86.22% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is FMR LLC with over 43.59 million shares valued at $1.42 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 14.0244% of the AR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 29.49 million shares valued at $962.16 million to account for 9.6696 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 25.63 million shares representing 8.2454% and valued at over $836.22 million, while WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP holds 5.4005 of the shares totaling 16.79 million with a market value of $547.69 million.
Antero Resources Corp (AR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Pearce Sheri. SEC filings show that Pearce Sheri sold 9,830 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 12 ’25 at a price of $35.60 per share for a total of $0.35 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 81887.0 shares.
Antero Resources Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 19 ’25 that Keenan W Howard JR (Director) sold a total of 700,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 19 ’25 and was made at $40.57 per share for $28.4 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 1.1 million shares of the AR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 18 ’25, Keenan W Howard JR (Director) disposed off 200,000 shares at an average price of $39.76 for $7.95 million. The insider now directly holds 1,800,000 shares of Antero Resources Corp (AR).
