Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC Increases Stock Position in Antero Resources Corporation $AR

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC increased its holdings in Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE:AR) by 146.3% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 23,281 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock after acquiring an additional 13,827 shares during the quarter. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC’s holdings in Antero Resources were worth $785,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Huntington National Bank lifted its position in Antero Resources by 91.3% during the second quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 656 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 313 shares during the period. Uhlmann Price Securities LLC boosted its stake in Antero Resources by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Uhlmann Price Securities LLC now owns 15,125 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock worth $508,000 after buying an additional 325 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in Antero Resources by 6.4% in the 2nd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,451 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $220,000 after buying an additional 328 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Antero Resources by 12.1% in the 3rd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 3,840 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $129,000 after buying an additional 413 shares during the period. Finally, ProShare Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Antero Resources by 3.9% during the 2nd quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 12,945 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $521,000 after acquiring an additional 484 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 83.04% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Bank of America increased their price objective on shares of Antero Resources from $44.00 to $47.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 10th. Roth Mkm reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $36.00 price target on shares of Antero Resources in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Antero Resources from $49.00 to $52.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a “neutral” rating and set a $39.00 price objective (down from $44.00) on shares of Antero Resources in a report on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Barclays reduced their target price on Antero Resources from $46.00 to $41.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have assigned a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $45.87.

Key Headlines Impacting Antero Resources

Here are the key news stories impacting Antero Resources this week:

• Positive Sentiment: UBS raised its price target on AR to $48 and maintained a Buy rating, implying meaningful upside vs. the current price; this supports investor confidence in the shares. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Siebert Williams Shank reiterated a Buy on Antero and a $48 target (cited in coverage listing AR among affordable energy picks), reinforcing bullish analyst momentum. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Benchmark upgraded AR from Hold to Buy with a $44 target, adding another upward catalyst from the sell-side. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysis questions whether recent portfolio repositioning meaningfully strengthens the balance sheet; the piece highlights strategic moves but stops short of a clear positive/negative verdict, leaving impact ambiguous. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Unusually large options activity: traders bought ~58,929 put contracts (a ~284% increase vs. average), signaling elevated hedging or bearish positioning that can pressure the stock. No direct article link available for this trading data.
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks cut near-term earnings expectations — including a negative estimate for Q1 — which increases near-term earnings risk and could weigh on sentiment. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks also lowered Q3 EPS estimates for Antero in a separate note, adding further analyst-driven downside risk to the stock. Read More.

Antero Resources Price Performance

Antero Resources stock opened at $38.88 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $34.34 and a 200-day moving average of $33.70. Antero Resources Corporation has a 52-week low of $29.10 and a 52-week high of $44.01. The company has a quick ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 0.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.25 and a beta of 0.52.

Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The oil and natural gas company reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.49 by $0.13. Antero Resources had a net margin of 12.02% and a return on equity of 6.71%. The firm had revenue of $1.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.33 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.48 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 20.8% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts predict that Antero Resources Corporation will post 2.74 EPS for the current year.

Antero Resources Profile

Antero Resources Corporation is an independent exploration and production company focused on the development of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs) and oil properties in the Appalachian Basin of the United States. The company’s operations target the Marcellus and Utica shales, where it applies advanced drilling and completion techniques to optimize recovery from its large acreage position. Antero’s portfolio encompasses significant reserves of ethane, propane and other NGLs, alongside dry gas volumes that are positioned to serve both domestic and export markets.

Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Antero Resources holds approximately 1.8 million net acres of leasehold interests across parts of West Virginia and Ohio.