Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for Antero Midstream Co.’s Q2 2024 Earnings (NYSE:AM)

Antero Midstream Co. (NYSE:AMFree Report) – Analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q2 2024 EPS estimates for Antero Midstream in a research note issued on Thursday, September 7th. Zacks Research analyst U. Dutta now anticipates that the pipeline company will post earnings per share of $0.23 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.22. The consensus estimate for Antero Midstream’s current full-year earnings is $0.81 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Antero Midstream’s Q3 2024 earnings at $0.25 EPS, Q4 2024 earnings at $0.25 EPS, FY2024 earnings at $0.94 EPS, Q1 2025 earnings at $0.24 EPS, Q2 2025 earnings at $0.24 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $0.96 EPS.

Antero Midstream (NYSE:AMGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 27th. The pipeline company reported $0.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $258.29 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $267.03 million. Antero Midstream had a return on equity of 18.13% and a net margin of 34.36%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.20 earnings per share.

AM has been the topic of a number of other research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on Antero Midstream from $12.00 to $11.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, July 21st. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on shares of Antero Midstream from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 20th. Finally, StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Antero Midstream in a research note on Thursday, August 17th. They set a “hold” rating on the stock. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Antero Midstream has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $12.25.

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Antero Midstream Stock Performance

AM opened at $11.85 on Monday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $11.85 and its 200-day moving average is $11.00. The stock has a market cap of $5.68 billion, a PE ratio of 16.93 and a beta of 2.38. The company has a current ratio of 0.97, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54. Antero Midstream has a twelve month low of $8.80 and a twelve month high of $12.35.

Antero Midstream Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, August 9th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 26th were given a dividend of $0.225 per share. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.59%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, July 25th. Antero Midstream’s payout ratio is 128.57%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Antero Midstream news, insider Sheri Pearce sold 16,600 shares of Antero Midstream stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $12.05, for a total transaction of $200,030.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 138,667 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,670,937.35. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. In other Antero Midstream news, insider Sheri Pearce sold 16,600 shares of Antero Midstream stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $12.05, for a total transaction of $200,030.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 138,667 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,670,937.35. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Janine J. Mcardle acquired 6,011 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 22nd. The shares were purchased at an average price of $11.96 per share, for a total transaction of $71,891.56. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 54,093 shares in the company, valued at approximately $646,952.28. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Antero Midstream

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. BlackRock Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Antero Midstream by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 38,226,899 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $443,432,000 after buying an additional 460,065 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Antero Midstream by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 32,273,854 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $296,274,000 after purchasing an additional 481,124 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in shares of Antero Midstream by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 10,590,071 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $122,839,000 after purchasing an additional 77,160 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its holdings in Antero Midstream by 1.3% in the 1st quarter. State Street Corp now owns 9,788,932 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $102,686,000 after acquiring an additional 123,885 shares during the period. Finally, Clearbridge Investments LLC raised its holdings in Antero Midstream by 6.3% in the 2nd quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 7,205,393 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $83,583,000 after acquiring an additional 428,900 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 52.02% of the company’s stock.

About Antero Midstream

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Antero Midstream Corporation owns, operates, and develops midstream energy infrastructure in the Appalachian Basin. It operates through Gathering and Processing, and Water Handling segments. The Gathering and Processing segment includes a network of gathering pipelines and compressor stations that collects and processes production from Antero Resources' wells in West Virginia and Ohio.

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