Antero Resources Corporation $AR Shares Sold by Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. cut its holdings in shares of Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE:AR) by 13.2% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,698,677 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock after selling 258,241 shares during the quarter. Antero Resources accounts for about 0.3% of Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 24th largest holding. Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in Antero Resources were worth $57,008,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Huntington National Bank increased its stake in shares of 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 worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 313 shares during the period. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new position in Antero Resources during the third quarter valued at $26,000. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its position in Antero Resources by 114.2% during the second quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 938 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 500 shares during the period. Clearstead Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Antero Resources by 100.1% in the third quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 2,487 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $83,000 after purchasing an additional 1,244 shares during the last quarter. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Antero Resources by 701.3% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,989 shares of the oil and natural gas company’s stock valued at $120,000 after purchasing an additional 2,616 shares during the last quarter. 83.04% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have weighed in on AR. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price objective on Antero Resources from $37.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. Zacks Research upgraded Antero Resources from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Antero Resources from $49.00 to $52.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $39.00 price target (down from $44.00) on shares of Antero Resources in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Mizuho set a $47.00 price target on Antero Resources in a report on Friday, December 12th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have given a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Antero Resources currently has an average 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 Stock Down 0.1%

AR opened at $38.88 on Monday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $34.34 and a two-hundred day moving average of $33.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.25 and a beta of 0.52. Antero Resources Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $29.10 and a fifty-two week high of $44.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.55.

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

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.