Stifel Nicolaus Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Archrock (NYSE:AROC) Stock

Archrock (NYSE:AROC) had its price objective increased by equities research analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $31.00 to $40.00 in a note issued to investors on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has a “buy” rating on the energy company’s stock. Stifel Nicolaus’ price objective indicates a potential upside of 13.39% from the company’s current price.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on AROC. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Archrock in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Evercore boosted their price objective on Archrock from $31.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Zacks Research raised shares of Archrock from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Dawson James reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Archrock in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $40.00 price objective on shares of Archrock in a research note on Wednesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $35.86.

Archrock Trading Down 0.4%

NYSE AROC opened at $35.28 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a quick ratio of 1.01 and a current ratio of 1.56. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $29.00 and a 200-day simple moving average of $26.21. Archrock has a one year low of $20.12 and a one year high of $35.90. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.19 billion, a PE ratio of 19.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.93.

Archrock (NYSE:AROC) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 24th. The energy company reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.29. The company had revenue of $377.07 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $378.04 million. Archrock had a return on equity of 23.99% and a net margin of 21.63%.The business’s revenue was up 15.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.34 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts forecast that Archrock will post 1.09 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Archrock

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Archrock by 1.4% during the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 9,080,037 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $225,457,000 after buying an additional 128,141 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Archrock by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 7,018,889 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $182,631,000 after purchasing an additional 152,312 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its position in Archrock by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 6,833,290 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $177,805,000 after acquiring an additional 111,218 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. raised its stake in Archrock by 3.3% in the third quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 6,077,999 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $159,912,000 after buying an additional 191,914 shares during the period. Finally, Sei Investments Co. raised its position in shares of Archrock by 3.5% in the third quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 5,499,093 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $144,681,000 after purchasing an additional 187,252 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.45% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about 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.

About Archrock

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.