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APA Corporation (APA) · Q2 2026 results and valuation
Share price: $46.74 · 2026-11-11
Results Q2 2026 vs Q1 2026 · previous quarter
Net income up 67.5% on the previous quarter. The language turned more upbeat.
Only a basic analysis is available for this company at the moment.
1 · Numbers
+67.5%
Net income vs Q1 2026
Outlook given
Net income 747.0M vs 446.0M
Revenue +2.0%
Against the same quarter last year (Q2 2025) it is +23.9% — part of the move on last quarter is seasonal.
Why Net income rose because of structural efficiency gains and cost savings that offset inflationary pressures such as global diesel costs.
2 · How management spoke
More upbeat
Language tone vs last period
Language: typical — more upbeat than in Q1 2026.
3 · What stood out
Guidance
APA is progressing toward its $3 billion net debt target while simultaneously returning capital to shareholders through dividends and buybacks.
Valuation
Is APA Corporation undervalued?
Reverse DCF on net income from the last full fiscal year (no meaningful free cash flow: a bank, insurer or a year of negative cash flow) (2025-12-31), grown for 10 years, discounted back, plus a terminal value. “Implied growth” is the rate the current price assumes.
At 10.0% growth a year (the standard assumption), the model's fair value is $83.73 a share — the stock trades 44% below it. Today's price assumes 2.6% growth a year.
Current price
$46.74
close of 2026-11-11
Market implies growth of iThe yearly free-cash-flow growth, for the next 10 years, that today’s share price already assumes. If you believe the company grows faster than this, the stock is cheap under this model; slower, and it is expensive.
+2.6% for 10 yrs
Fair value / share
$83.73
Buy below
$62.80
Price vs fair value
Undervalued 44%
Price vs buy-below price
Undervalued 26%
Read between the lines
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Guidance
Lower costs and streamlined corporate overhead support steadier cash flows through commodity cycles.
Source quote
“This lower cost base combined with disciplined capital allocation across our high-graded portfolio supports more steady free cash flow generation... With respect to financial discipline, we have streamlined our corporate overhead to drive sustainable structural efficiencies. Alongside our highly profitable gas trading business, this positions us to deliver meaningful shareholder returns while accelerating progress toward the $3 billion net debt target we set just nine months ago.”
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Guidance
Volume guidance is rising because efficiency gains now allow running four rigs for the rest of the year.
Source quote
“As a result of these structural efficiency gains and our strong operational execution, we now expect to operate 4 rigs for the remainder of the year while raising...”
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Guidance
Exploration dollars in Block 58 are cost recoverable, so they won't increase overall expenses.
Source quote
“And I just wanna remind folks that given where we expect to explore in Block 58, those exploration dollars are gonna be cost recoverable.”
Tone
How upbeat the language was, compared with other companiesiTone counts positive minus negative finance words, adjusted for length. Executives mostly speak positively, so the labels compare each call with every company's latest call: “typical” is the middle third, “very upbeat” the top tenth, “cautious” the bottom tenth.. Dot: Q2 2026. Ring: Q1 2026.
Typical — more upbeat than in Q1 2026.
Sentences that drove the tone
“With a highly capital-efficient base business, multiple high quality investment opportunities in exploration, a strengthened balance sheet, and a clear path to organic oil production growth led by GranMorgu.”
“As a result of these structural efficiency gains and our strong operational execution, we now expect to operate 4 rigs for the remainder of the year while raising our full...”
“Through sustained cost reductions, capital efficiency gains, and portfolio high grading, we have materially enhanced the cash generating capability of the company.”
Full figures
USD · ROIC.AI fundamentals (NASDAQ:APA, period end 2026-06-30)
| Metric | Q2 2026period end 2026-06-30 | Q1 2026period end 2026-03-31 | Change | Q2 2025 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.37B | 2.33B | +2.0% | 2.18B | +9.0% |
| Gross profit | 1.55B | 1.25B | +24.5% | 873.0M | +77.7% |
| Operating income | 1.32B | 1.01B | +31.2% | 671.0M | +96.9% |
| Net income | 747.0M | 446.0M | +67.5% | 603.0M | +23.9% |
| EPS | 2.12 | 1.26 | +68.0% | 1.67 | +26.7% |
| P/E today 9.3 | 6.9 | 9.9 | −3.0 | 6.3 | +0.6 |
Topics
Most discussed now
- APA's second quarter results demonstrate continued momentum consistent with each of these priorities.
- Operational performance remains strong, costs are declining, both the scale and quality of its portfolio are improving, APA continues to...
- However, these results also reflect underlying efficiency gains and cost savings, particularly in the US, which have offset inflationary…
- Particularly in the North Sea with a lifting schedule for APA's crude oil sales shifted a portion of LOE from...
- In earlier this year, what APA said was it had actually captured $300 million of savings in 2025, and then...
Faded since Q1 2026
- Fading These principles have guided APA's strategic direction and capital allocation priorities over the last several years and continue to…
- Fading Rodgers, CFO, will share further color on APA's results and outlook.
- Dropped Taking the results from Sockeye and King Street and integrating those into the new reprocessed seismic was really the right...
- Fading APA is in a pretty good place and will monitor how things play out over time.
Latest announcements
Official filings, newest first.
- Results of operations · SEC 8-K
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- Director or officer change; Shareholder vote results · SEC 8-K
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- Results of operations · SEC 8-K
- Results of operations · SEC 8-K
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