Intech Investment Management LLC Trims Stock Position in Archrock, Inc. $AROC

Intech Investment Management LLC trimmed its holdings in Archrock, Inc. (NYSE:AROC) by 49.1% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 128,370 shares of the energy company’s stock after selling 124,057 shares during the period. Intech Investment Management LLC owned 0.07% of Archrock worth $3,377,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its holdings in shares of Archrock by 0.7% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 95,866 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $2,514,000 after acquiring an additional 667 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its holdings in Archrock by 217.9% in the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 1,316 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 902 shares during the period. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd acquired a new position in Archrock during the second quarter worth approximately $771,000. Teacher Retirement System of Texas raised its stake in Archrock by 9.6% during the second quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 25,266 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $627,000 after purchasing an additional 2,215 shares during the period. Finally, Jennison Associates LLC raised its stake in Archrock by 96.7% during the second quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 69,451 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $1,724,000 after purchasing an additional 34,148 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 95.45% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently issued reports on AROC shares. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 price objective on shares of Archrock in a research note on Wednesday. Wall Street Zen upgraded Archrock from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday. Zacks Research upgraded Archrock from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Archrock in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on Archrock from $31.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $35.86.

Key Stories Impacting Archrock

Here are the key news stories impacting Archrock this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst price-target upgrades: Wells Fargo raised its target to $39 and moved AROC to “overweight,” while Stifel raised its target to $40 with a “buy” rating — both signal renewed buy-side interest. Benzinga
• Positive Sentiment: Sidoti raised near-term and multi-year EPS forecasts (FY2026 to ~$1.89 and FY2027 to ~$2.17), reflecting stronger margin and cash-flow expectations that support upside to earnings. MarketBeat / Sidoti note
• Positive Sentiment: Debt-reduction move: Archrock announced redemption of all $800M of 6.25% senior notes due 2028, which should improve the company’s leverage profile and credit optionality. GlobeNewswire
• Positive Sentiment: Strong results & guidance: Archrock reported robust Q4 2025 results and provided $865M–$915M adjusted EBITDA guidance for 2026, underpinning the bullish analyst revisions and consensus estimate upgrades. Seeking Alpha — earnings call / guidance
• Neutral Sentiment: Momentum/quant signals highlighted: Zacks and other screens rank AROC favorably on momentum metrics, which can attract short-term quant/retail flows but are not guaranteed to sustain longer-term gains. Zacks
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage & presentation materials available (earnings slides/transcript) — useful for investors doing deeper due diligence but less likely to move price immediately. Seeking Alpha — presentation
• Negative Sentiment: Profit-taking / valuation pressure: The stock is near its 52-week high and is trading with above-average volume; some investors may be locking gains after the recent run-up, which can push intraday price declines even when fundamental news is positive.

Archrock Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of Archrock stock opened at $35.28 on Monday. Archrock, Inc. has a twelve month low of $20.12 and a twelve month high of $35.90. The stock has a market cap of $6.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a current ratio of 1.54, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.62. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $29.00 and a 200 day moving average price of $26.24.

Archrock (NYSE:AROC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 24th. The energy company reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.29. Archrock had a return on equity of 23.57% and a net margin of 21.63%.The company had revenue of $377.07 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $378.04 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.34 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 15.5% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts forecast that Archrock, Inc. will post 1.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Archrock Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 18th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th were issued a $0.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, February 10th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.5%. This is a boost from Archrock’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. Archrock’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 48.09%.

Archrock 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.