Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE:AR) Receives $45.93 Average Price Target from Analysts

Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE:AR) has earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the eighteen research firms that are covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, eight have issued a buy recommendation and four have assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $45.8667.

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on AR shares. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Antero Resources from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Zacks Research raised shares of Antero Resources from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Tudor Pickering raised shares of Antero Resources from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group set a $50.00 price objective on shares of Antero Resources in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on Antero Resources from $37.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Antero Resources

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Antero Resources by 1.2% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 29,797,653 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $1,200,249,000 after acquiring an additional 350,018 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its position in shares of Antero Resources by 1.2% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 10,171,885 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $341,368,000 after purchasing an additional 116,461 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of Antero Resources by 14.0% during the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 9,085,648 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $313,106,000 after purchasing an additional 1,115,258 shares during the period. Sourcerock Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Antero Resources by 10.6% during the second quarter. Sourcerock Group LLC now owns 8,156,134 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $328,529,000 after purchasing an additional 783,117 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Antero Resources by 18.4% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 5,258,305 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $211,805,000 after purchasing an additional 817,977 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 83.04% of the company’s stock.

Antero Resources Price Performance

Shares of Antero Resources stock opened at $38.88 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $12.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.25 and a beta of 0.52. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.55. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $34.34 and a 200-day moving average price of $33.70. Antero Resources has a one year low of $29.10 and a one year high of $44.01.

Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The oil and natural gas company reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $1.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.33 billion. Antero Resources had a return on equity of 6.71% and a net margin of 12.02%.Antero Resources’s quarterly revenue was up 20.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.48 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Antero Resources will post 2.74 EPS for the current year.

Trending Headlines about Antero Resources

Here are the key news stories impacting Antero Resources this week:

• Positive Sentiment: UBS raised its price target on AR to $48 and maintained a Buy rating, implying meaningful upside vs. the current price; this supports investor confidence in the shares. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Siebert Williams Shank reiterated a Buy on Antero and a $48 target (cited in coverage listing AR among affordable energy picks), reinforcing bullish analyst momentum. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Benchmark upgraded AR from Hold to Buy with a $44 target, adding another upward catalyst from the sell-side. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysis questions whether recent portfolio repositioning meaningfully strengthens the balance sheet; the piece highlights strategic moves but stops short of a clear positive/negative verdict, leaving impact ambiguous. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Unusually large options activity: traders bought ~58,929 put contracts (a ~284% increase vs. average), signaling elevated hedging or bearish positioning that can pressure the stock. No direct article link available for this trading data.
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks cut near-term earnings expectations — including a negative estimate for Q1 — which increases near-term earnings risk and could weigh on sentiment. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks also lowered Q3 EPS estimates for Antero in a separate note, adding further analyst-driven downside risk to the stock. Read More.

About Antero Resources

Antero Resources Corporation is an independent exploration and production company focused on the development of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and oil properties in the Appalachian Basin of the United States. The company’s operations target the Marcellus and Utica shales, where it applies advanced drilling and completion techniques to optimize recovery from its large acreage position. Antero’s portfolio encompasses significant reserves of ethane, propane and other NGLs, alongside dry gas volumes that are positioned to serve both domestic and export markets.

Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Antero Resources holds approximately 1.8 million net acres of leasehold interests across parts of West Virginia and Ohio.