APA (APA) heads into a closely watched quarterly earnings release, with Wall Street expecting higher year over year revenue and profit as the market weighs cost controls against gas prices and geopolitical risks.
Recent trading has been strong for APA, with the share price at about $51.50 and a 30 day share price return of 22.07%. This contributes to a 103.08% year to date gain, while the 1 year total shareholder return of 136.49% reflects sustained momentum as investors react to earnings estimate upgrades, valuation debates around discounted cash flow work, and the upcoming November 4 earnings release as the next key catalyst.
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Most Popular Narrative: 19% Undervalued
APA closed at $51.50 while the most followed narrative pins fair value at about $63.71, so the current price sits well below that modeled outcome even after the recent rally.
APA is using the Savant Alaska acquisition, including the Badami processing facility, 25 mile Nutaaq Pipeline and existing pad, airstrip and dock, to turn its King Street and Sockeye discoveries into a more modular development concept. This could shorten the time between appraisal success and first production and pull forward oil revenue and earnings from this new hub relative to what infrastructure light models assume.
See why 5 investors see APA as 19% undervalued.
Result: Fair Value of $63.71 (UNDERVALUED)
Still, the bullish APA narrative can unravel if projects in Suriname, Alaska or Uruguay disappoint commercially, or if global decarbonisation trends erode long term fossil fuel demand.
Find out about the key risks to this APA narrative.
Next Steps
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