Intech Investment Management LLC Reduces Holdings in Archrock, Inc. $AROC

Intech Investment Management LLC lowered its position in Archrock, Inc. (NYSE:AROC) by 49.1% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 128,370 shares of the energy company’s stock after selling 124,057 shares during the quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Archrock were worth $3,377,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB increased its position in shares of Archrock by 164.5% during the third quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB now owns 1,082 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 673 shares during the last quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC purchased a new position in Archrock in the third quarter valued at about $34,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its stake in Archrock by 217.9% during the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 1,316 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 902 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Archrock by 49.9% during the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,640 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $43,000 after purchasing an additional 546 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. acquired a new position in shares of Archrock in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $59,000. 95.45% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Archrock Stock Performance

Archrock stock opened at $35.28 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.62, a current ratio of 1.54 and a quick ratio of 0.99. Archrock, Inc. has a 12 month low of $20.12 and a 12 month high of $35.90. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $29.00 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $26.24. The company has a market cap of $6.17 billion, a PE ratio of 19.28, a P/E/G ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.87.

Archrock (NYSE:AROC) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 24th. The energy company reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.29. Archrock had a net margin of 21.63% and a return on equity of 23.57%. The company had revenue of $377.07 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $378.04 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.34 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 15.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts expect that Archrock, Inc. will post 1.09 earnings per share for the current year.

Archrock Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 18th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 10th were issued a $0.22 dividend. This is an increase from Archrock’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, February 10th. Archrock’s dividend payout ratio is 48.09%.

Key Archrock News

Here are the key news stories impacting Archrock this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst price-target upgrades: Wells Fargo raised its target to $39 and moved AROC to “overweight,” while Stifel raised its target to $40 with a “buy” rating — both signal renewed buy-side interest. Benzinga
• Positive Sentiment: Sidoti raised near-term and multi-year EPS forecasts (FY2026 to ~$1.89 and FY2027 to ~$2.17), reflecting stronger margin and cash-flow expectations that support upside to earnings. MarketBeat / Sidoti note
• Positive Sentiment: Debt-reduction move: Archrock announced redemption of all $800M of 6.25% senior notes due 2028, which should improve the company’s leverage profile and credit optionality. GlobeNewswire
• Positive Sentiment: Strong results & guidance: Archrock reported robust Q4 2025 results and provided $865M–$915M adjusted EBITDA guidance for 2026, underpinning the bullish analyst revisions and consensus estimate upgrades. Seeking Alpha — earnings call / guidance
• Neutral Sentiment: Momentum/quant signals highlighted: Zacks and other screens rank AROC favorably on momentum metrics, which can attract short-term quant/retail flows but are not guaranteed to sustain longer-term gains. Zacks
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage & presentation materials available (earnings slides/transcript) — useful for investors doing deeper due diligence but less likely to move price immediately. Seeking Alpha — presentation
• Negative Sentiment: Profit-taking / valuation pressure: The stock is near its 52-week high and is trading with above-average volume; some investors may be locking gains after the recent run-up, which can push intraday price declines even when fundamental news is positive.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Archrock in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of Archrock from $30.00 to $39.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 price objective on shares of Archrock in a report on Wednesday. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on shares of Archrock from $31.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Archrock from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $35.86.

Archrock Profile

Archrock, Inc is a Houston‐based provider of natural gas compression services and equipment to the oil and gas industry in North America. Founded in 2004, the company supplies both short‐term rentals and long‐term contracts for compression solutions, serving upstream and midstream producers. Archrock’s offerings include engineered compression systems, aftermarket parts, maintenance and field services designed to optimize wellhead and pipeline operations.

The company’s core business activities focus on the design, manufacture, rental and sale of gas compression equipment.