Victory Capital Management Inc. Sells 1,223,464 Shares of Antero Resources Corporation $AR

Victory Capital Management Inc. reduced its position in Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE:AR) by 51.7% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,141,058 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock after selling 1,223,464 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. owned approximately 0.37% of Antero Resources worth $38,294,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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

Key Stories 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 Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE AR opened at $38.88 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $12.00 billion, a PE ratio of 19.25 and a beta of 0.52. Antero Resources Corporation has a 1 year low of $29.10 and a 1 year high of $44.01. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $34.34 and a 200-day moving average price of $33.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a current ratio of 0.55 and a quick ratio of 0.55.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

AR has been the topic of a number of research reports. Jefferies Financial Group set a $50.00 price objective on shares of Antero Resources in a report on Friday, February 13th. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of Antero Resources from $45.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Antero Resources from $49.00 to $52.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on Antero Resources from $37.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, TD Cowen upgraded Antero Resources to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have assigned a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Antero Resources has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $45.87.

About Antero Resources

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.