Sidoti Predicts Archrock’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:AROC)

Archrock, Inc. (NYSE:AROC) – Research analysts at Sidoti issued their Q1 2027 earnings per share estimates for shares of Archrock in a report issued on Wednesday, April 22nd. Sidoti analyst S. Ferazani forecasts that the energy company will post earnings per share of $0.51 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Archrock’s current full-year earnings is $1.90 per share. Sidoti also issued estimates for Archrock’s Q2 2027 earnings at $0.54 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.55 EPS and Q4 2027 earnings at $0.56 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also issued reports on AROC. Mizuho raised their target price on Archrock from $32.00 to $38.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 2nd. Dawson James reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Archrock in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Archrock in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Citigroup raised their target price on Archrock from $31.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on Archrock from $32.00 to $40.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, March 16th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $39.00.

Archrock Trading Up 1.9%

Shares of Archrock stock opened at $35.87 on Thursday. Archrock has a 1 year low of $21.17 and a 1 year high of $37.72. The firm has a market cap of $6.29 billion, a PE ratio of 19.60, a P/E/G ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 0.91. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $35.21 and a 200-day moving average price of $29.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.62, a current ratio of 1.54 and a quick ratio of 0.99.

Archrock (NYSE:AROC) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The energy company reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.29. Archrock had a return on equity of 23.57% and a net margin of 21.63%.The firm had revenue of $377.07 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $378.04 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.34 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 15.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Archrock Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 10th were issued a $0.22 dividend. This is an increase from Archrock’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 10th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.5%. Archrock’s payout ratio is 48.09%.

Insider Transactions at Archrock

In other Archrock news, CFO Doug S. Aron sold 98,050 shares of Archrock stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $34.76, for a total transaction of $3,408,218.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 484,337 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $16,835,554.12. The trade was a 16.84% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CAO Donna A. Henderson sold 10,413 shares of Archrock stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $36.74, for a total value of $382,573.62. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 27,757 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,019,792.18. The trade was a 27.28% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 179,963 shares of company stock valued at $6,336,907 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 2.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AROC. Royal Bank of Canada grew its holdings in Archrock by 0.7% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 95,866 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $2,514,000 after buying an additional 667 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its holdings in Archrock by 217.9% during the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 1,316 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $35,000 after buying an additional 902 shares in the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Archrock by 482.9% during the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,699 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $67,000 after buying an additional 2,236 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP grew its holdings in Archrock by 24.6% during the 2nd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 279,100 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $6,930,000 after buying an additional 55,059 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. grew its holdings in Archrock by 19.8% during the 2nd quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 9,700 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $241,000 after buying an additional 1,600 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.45% of the company’s stock.

Archrock Company Profile

Archrock, Inc is a Houston‐based provider of natural gas compression services and equipment to the oil and gas industry in North America. Founded in 2004, the company supplies both short‐term rentals and long‐term contracts for compression solutions, serving upstream and midstream producers. Archrock’s offerings include engineered compression systems, aftermarket parts, maintenance and field services designed to optimize wellhead and pipeline operations.

The company’s core business activities focus on the design, manufacture, rental and sale of gas compression equipment.