APA Corporation (APA) is up 3.7% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement.
Analysis: The most likely driver is a sharp rise in crude prices, which tends to boost sentiment for upstream oil producers like APA. Recent company disclosures may also be helping, as APA flagged strong second-quarter realized oil prices and a sizable gain tied to oil and gas purchases and sales, even though it also curtailed some U.S. gas output because of weak regional pricing. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/2d6744b09c68b5473d0bc8584b89e60e))
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APA Corporation, AP News
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$APA Insider Trading Activity
$APA insiders have traded $APA stock on the open market 2 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 2 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $APA stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- MATTHEW REGIS BOB sold 23,000 shares for an estimated $833,372
- MARK D MADDOX (Executive VP - Administration) sold 9,800 shares for an estimated $392,392
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard. You can access data on insider stock transactions through the Quiver Quantitative API insider transaction endpoint.
$APA Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 411 institutional investors add shares of $APA stock to their portfolio, and 299 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- HARRIS ASSOCIATES L P removed 11,644,670 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $494,199,794
- BLACKROCK, INC. added 9,338,315 shares (+38.2%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $396,318,088
- ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP added 4,569,779 shares (+1726.2%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $193,941,420
- HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC removed 3,431,530 shares (-9.7%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $145,634,133
- CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC removed 2,369,610 shares (-16.1%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $100,566,248
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC added 1,996,338 shares (+27.8%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $84,724,584
- FMR LLC added 1,730,143 shares (+15.7%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $73,427,268
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.
$APA Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $APA in the last several months. We have seen 1 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 1 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Roth Capital issued a "Buy" rating on 06/22/2026
- Barclays issued a "Underweight" rating on 01/21/2026
To track analyst ratings and price targets for $APA, check out Quiver Quantitative's $APA forecast page.
$APA Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $APA recently. We have seen 17 analysts offer price targets for $APA in the last 6 months, with a median target of $39.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Devin McDermott from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $41.0 on 06/29/2026
- Leo Mariani from Roth Capital set a target price of $38.0 on 06/22/2026
- William Janela from Mizuho set a target price of $36.0 on 05/27/2026
- Betty Jiang from Barclays set a target price of $41.0 on 05/26/2026
- John Freeman from Raymond James set a target price of $57.0 on 05/26/2026
- Scott Gruber from Citigroup set a target price of $44.0 on 05/20/2026
- Bob Brackett from Bernstein set a target price of $40.0 on 05/11/2026
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