Archrock (NYSE:AROC) Price Target Raised to $40.00

Archrock (NYSE:AROC) had its price target increased by Stifel Nicolaus from $31.00 to $40.00 in a report issued on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a buy rating on the energy company’s stock.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Archrock in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Zacks Research raised Archrock from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 3rd. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and set a $40.00 price objective on shares of Archrock in a research report on Wednesday. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on Archrock from $31.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Dawson James reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Archrock in a research report on Wednesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $35.86.

Archrock Stock Performance

NYSE:AROC opened at $35.28 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $6.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.28, a PEG ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.93. Archrock has a 1 year low of $20.12 and a 1 year high of $35.90. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $29.00 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $26.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a current ratio of 1.56 and a quick ratio of 1.01.

Archrock (NYSE:AROC) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 24th. The energy company reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.29. The company had revenue of $377.07 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $378.04 million. Archrock had a net margin of 21.63% and a return on equity of 23.99%. Archrock’s quarterly revenue was up 15.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.34 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Archrock will post 1.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Archrock Increases Dividend

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

Institutional Trading of Archrock

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Financial Security Advisor Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Archrock by 3.0% in the fourth quarter. Financial Security Advisor Inc. now owns 12,000 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $312,000 after purchasing an additional 344 shares during the last quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. boosted its position in Archrock by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 10,290 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $268,000 after buying an additional 366 shares during the period. Severin Investments LLC boosted its position in Archrock by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. Severin Investments LLC now owns 20,111 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $523,000 after buying an additional 400 shares during the period. Sound Income Strategies LLC grew its stake in Archrock by 71.0% in the 4th quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 971 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 403 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Allworth Financial LP raised its stake in shares of Archrock by 3.0% during the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 15,030 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $395,000 after acquiring an additional 436 shares in the last quarter. 95.45% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Archrock

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.

About Archrock

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.