Q1 EPS Forecast for Antero Midstream Increased by Analyst

Antero Midstream Corporation (NYSE:AM) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research upped their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for Antero Midstream in a report issued on Wednesday, March 4th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the pipeline company will earn $0.27 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.24. Zacks Research has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Antero Midstream’s current full-year earnings is $0.95 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Antero Midstream’s FY2028 earnings at $1.19 EPS.

Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The pipeline company reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $297.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $292.46 million. Antero Midstream had a return on equity of 20.12% and a net margin of 34.77%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 3.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.23 earnings per share.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on AM. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on shares of Antero Midstream from $19.00 to $20.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 12th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Antero Midstream from $20.00 to $21.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on Antero Midstream from $18.00 to $23.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b+)” rating on shares of Antero Midstream in a research report on Monday, December 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $21.33.

Antero Midstream Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:AM opened at $22.94 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $19.59 and its 200 day simple moving average is $18.63. Antero Midstream has a fifty-two week low of $15.07 and a fifty-two week high of $23.10. The company has a market capitalization of $10.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.67 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.63, a current ratio of 3.41 and a quick ratio of 3.41.

Institutional Trading of Antero Midstream

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in Antero Midstream by 22.3% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 7,848,461 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $152,574,000 after acquiring an additional 1,430,138 shares during the last quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. lifted its position in shares of Antero Midstream by 40.8% in the third quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 504,755 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $9,812,000 after purchasing an additional 146,300 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. lifted its position in shares of Antero Midstream by 21.0% in the third quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 3,081,943 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $59,913,000 after purchasing an additional 535,245 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its holdings in Antero Midstream by 54.3% during the second quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 614,068 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $11,637,000 after purchasing an additional 216,022 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Boston Trust Walden Corp grew its position in Antero Midstream by 5.5% in the third quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp now owns 3,738,016 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $72,667,000 after purchasing an additional 194,480 shares in the last quarter. 53.97% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Brooks J. Klimley sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $17.59, for a total value of $87,950.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 72,622 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,277,420.98. This represents a 6.44% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.86% of the company’s stock.

Antero Midstream Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 11th. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 28th were issued a dividend of $0.225 per share. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, January 28th. Antero Midstream’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 104.65%.

About Antero Midstream

Antero Midstream Corporation is a publicly traded midstream service provider that was established in 2014 as a spin-off from Antero Resources. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the company owns, operates and develops midstream infrastructure to support the gathering, compression, processing, transportation and storage of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and crude oil. Antero Midstream plays a critical role in connecting upstream production in the Appalachian Basin to end-market pipelines and processing facilities.

The company’s core operations include a network of gathering pipelines and compression stations that serve the Marcellus and Utica shale formations across West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio.