Antero Resources (AR) Gets a Buy Rating from BMO Capital


BMO Capital analyst Phillip Jungwirth reiterated a Buy rating on Antero Resources (NYSE: AR) today and set a price target of $21. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $18.72.

According to TipRanks.com, Jungwirth is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 7.4% and a 58.0% success rate. Jungwirth covers the Basic Materials sector, focusing on stocks such as HighPoint Resources Corporation, Whiting Petroleum Corp, and Occidental Petroleum.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Antero Resources with a $24 average price target, implying a 28.2% upside from current levels. In a report issued on August 2, TD Securities also reiterated a Buy rating on the stock with a $25 price target.

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Based on Antero Resources’ latest earnings release for the quarter ending June 30, the company reported a quarterly GAAP net loss of $136 million. In comparison, last year the company had a GAAP net loss of $5.13 million.

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Antero Resources Corp. is an independent oil and natural gas company, which engages in the exploration, development and acquisition of unconventional oil and liquids-rich natural gas properties located in the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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