profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
APA
$46.74+3.59% today
+90.1% in 1 year
1-year low $23.381-year high $52.82
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $10.94 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What APA sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $11.1 billion in 2022 to $8.92 billion in 2025, with $1.43 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
APA handed back 20% of the cash it generated last year.
$360M
Free cash flow 2025$1.8B
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$360M
Cash vs. debt$516M vs. $4.6B
APA vs. similar companies
APA grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| APA | 10.9× · Cheap | ||
 EQT | 16.2× · Fair price | ||
 Coterra Energy | 14.4× · Cheap | ||
 Expand Energy | 11.3× · Cheap | ||
 Permian Resources | 20.0× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads APA's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,075 | 8,279 | 9,737 | 8,920 | |
| 6,255 | 4,227 | 4,302 | 3,618 | |
| 5,082 | 3,358 | 3,199 | 2,750 | |
| 7,281 | 4,750 | 4,174 | 5,373 | |
| 3,604 | 2,855 | 804 | 1,434 | |
| 11.02 | 9.25 | 2.27 | 3.99 | |
| 56.5% | 51.1% | 44.2% | 40.6% | |
| 45.9% | 40.6% | 32.9% | 30.8% | |
| 32.5% | 34.5% | 8.3% | 16.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 13,147 | 15,244 | 19,390 | 17,761 |
| Cash | 245 | 87 | 625 | 516 |
| Total debt | 5,620 | 5,304 | 6,162 | 4,590 |
| Total liabilities | 11,802 | 11,553 | 13,028 | 10,758 |
| 423 | 2,655 | 5,280 | 6,093 | |
| 333 | 309 | 353 | 359 | |
| 79.1% | 31.9% | 13.2% | 22.7% | |
| 852.0% | 107.5% | 15.2% | 23.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,943 | 3,129 | 3,620 | 4,545 | |
| 2,398 | 2,357 | 2,911 | 2,766 | |
| 2,545 | 772 | 709 | 1,779 | |
| Dividends paid | 207 | 308 | 353 | 360 |
| 1,423 | 329 | – | – | |
| 348 | 84 | 49 | 107 |
Valuation
- 10.9×
- 8.5×
- –
- 2.1×
- 1.8×
- 8.8×
- 3.7×
- 11.3%
- 9.1%
- 2.6%
Profitability
- 40.6%
- 30.8%
- 16.1%
- 65.4%
- 12.1%
- 27.1%
- 25.1%
- 8.5%
- 19.1%
- –
Growth
- −7.0%
- −28.7%
- +131.3%
- +25.2%
- −1.0%
Financial health
- 0.7×
- 0.68
- 24.4%
- 12.8×
- 0.92
- 0.92
- 0.48
How it ranks in Energy
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 24%of 467
Top 18%of 466
Top 23%of 386
Bottom 28%of 460
Top 19%of 459
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $32.46
- Range
- $21.00 – $45.00
- 4 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 1.38 | 1.11 | +24.3% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 0.91 | 0.64 | +41.3% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 0.93 | 0.79 | +17.3% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 0.87 | 0.45 | +93.3% |
| May 7, 2025 | 1.06 | 0.83 | +27.7% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | 0.79 | 0.97 | −18.6% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | 1.00 | 1.01 | −1.0% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 1.17 | 0.94 | +24.5% |
2.6%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$26a year at today's yield, before tax
+25.2%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.00 in 2015 → $1.00 in 2025
How safe it looks
25.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 20.2%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
74Pass
Benjamin Graham
66Pass
Philip Fisher
62Pass
Peter Lynch
27No pass
Joel Greenblatt
58No pass
Charlie Munger
71Pass
Terry Smith
66Pass
Questions about APA
Is APA a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the APA AI analysis
What does APA do?
APA Corporation, through its subsidiaries, explores for, develops, and produces oil and gas properties. It has operations in the United States, Egypt, and the United Kingdom, as well as has exploration activities offshore Suriname. It is in Oil & Gas Exploration & Production, based in Houston, TX, United States, with 1,791 employees.
Does APA pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.6% a year, about 25% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $360 million in dividends.
Is APA stock halal?
Yes. APA passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 29% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has APA stock done over the past year?
Up 90.1% over the past twelve months, to $46.74. It traded between $23.38 and $52.82 and is 11.5% below its high.
Who are APA's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are EQT, Coterra Energy, Expand Energy and Permian Resources. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with APA's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.