Based on the aggregated intelligence of 115,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, oil and gas producer Apache (NYSE:APA) has earned a coveted five-star ranking. Our data has shown that five-star stocks outperform the market by a significant margin; conversely, one-star stocks have woefully lagged the market average.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Apache's business, and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Apache facts
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Headquarters (Founded) |
Houston, Texas (1954) |
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Market Cap |
$35.65 billion |
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Industry |
Independent oil and gas |
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TTM Revenue |
$12.58 billion |
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Management |
CEO G. Steven Farris (since 2002) |
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Return on Equity (average last three years) |
24% |
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Competitors |
Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE:APC) |
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CAPS members bullish on APA also bullish on |
Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) |
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CAPS members bearish on APA also bearish on |
ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) |
Sources: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, and Motley Fool CAPS. TTM = trailing 12 months.
Over on CAPS, fully 329 of the 344 All-Star members who have rated Apache -- some 96% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These All-Star bulls include GS751 and TheGarcipian, both of whom are ranked in the top 10% of our community.
In April, GS751 reminded our community:
About 70% of Apache's reserves are in North America. This eliminates political risk. NA reserves are usually older and harder to get but apache is a low cost producer which is nice. ... If Oil stays above $90 a barrel [Apache] should do well.
In a more recent pitch, from June, TheGarcipian shared that bullish sentiment, pointing out some of the stock's bargain-like ratios (which happen to be even cheaper today):
An oil-n-gas sector play, this stock should be a winner for some time to come. Given the present investing climate of rising oil prices and seemingly insatiable demand for oil, I think this stock, with its very fair PEG ratio of 1.09 and an incredibly low EnterpriseValue-to-EBITDA ratio of only 6, is a bargain right now....
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