Antero Resources (AR) reported $1.3 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 32.6%. EPS of $0.35 for the same period compares to -$0.19 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +3.38% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.26 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.48, the EPS surprise was -27.08%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Antero Resources performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Average Net Production per day - Natural Gas: 2230 millions of cubic feet per day compared to the 2210.91 millions of cubic feet per day average estimate based on six analysts.
- Average Net Production per day - Oil: 7,385.00 BBL/D compared to the 10,082.96 BBL/D average estimate based on six analysts.
- Average Net Production per day - Combined Natural Gas Equivalent: 3,430.00 MMcfe/D versus the five-analyst average estimate of 3,442.80 MMcfe/D.
- Production - Natural gas: 203.00 Bcf versus 201.69 Bcf estimated by four analysts on average.
- Average realized prices after effects of derivative settlements - Oil: $/50.15 versus $/51.68 estimated by four analysts on average.
- Average realized prices after effects of derivative settlements - Natural gas: $3.36 per thousand cubic feet compared to the $3.42 per thousand cubic feet average estimate based on four analysts.
- Production - Oil: 672.00 MBBL versus 920.37 MBBL estimated by four analysts on average.
- Production - Combined: 312.00 Bcfe versus the four-analyst average estimate of 313.63 Bcfe.
- Revenue and other- Natural gas sales: $688.75 million compared to the $679.51 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of +83.9% year over year.
- Revenue and other- Natural gas liquids sales: $480.76 million versus $485.49 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -1.7% change.
- Revenue and other- Oil sales: $33.7 million compared to the $46.05 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -46.9% year over year.
- Revenue and other- Marketing: $33.74 million versus $57.43 million estimated by two analysts on average.
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Shares of Antero Resources have returned -10.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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