APA APA Corporation

$APA turned green on monthly as well. Already Green on daily and weekly too. Can give a good run from here for long term. Improving RS Strength on daily, and 74 and 85 on weekly and monthly respectively. Every dip can be opportunity to accumulate #forlearningpurpose #keeptiming

$APA I love seeing APA pre-releasing the good news on the quarter. Time to celebrate the good times.

sld some winners (partial) to take gains. sld $APA for a 55% gain; sld $DVN for a 25% gain; sld $HXL for a 10% gain; sld $NOW for a 45% gain; sld $RRC for a 15% GAIN;

$APA APA pre-released its Q3 numbers Wednesday afternoon and gapped up Thursday, from $43.81 to a $45.15 open. The headline: estimated realized oil of $87.50 a barrel in the US and $98.50 internationally, plus a $190 million pretax gain on oil and gas purchases and sales. One level down: the buyback. APA repurchased 10.5 million shares at an average $42.78, about $449 million in the quarter, roughly 3% of its share count. The median analyst price target is $40.50, below the price management paid. Either the sell side is wrong or the company overpaid, and management bet $449 million on the first one. Zacks flipped to Strong Buy and raised its Q3 estimate. Full results land November 5.

$APA bought back 10.5M of its own shares in Q3 at an average $42.78, about $450M, or roughly 3% of the oil producer's shares in one quarter. In all of the first half it bought 2.8M for about $100M, while most spare cash repaid $752M of bonds. It aims to return at least 60% of 2026 free cash flow; H1 returns were $277M of $1.2B. Other side: it paid 21% more per share, and Q3 US oil is est. $87.50 a barrel vs $98.46 in Q2. Results call Nov 5.

$APA Russell small caps still supplied the biggest rank jumps, but $100 oil gave the S&P climbers the real horsepower. Why the beat was not what the market cared about, and the number that decides what comes next: https://thedailyrip.stocktwits.com/p/stocktwits-top-25-week-41-f8ae?utm_source=stocktwits&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=daily_rip&utm_content=apa_mid-cap-micro-cap-top-movers-of-the-week

$APA Finally sold my 6255 shares that I started acquired in 2018. It took that long to get to a gain. A lot of missed opportunity along the way. 42.5 average, sold all of it at 47.5 when Friday's strike price was hit on 62 calls. Sold 55 shares for 49. Happy I don't have to worry about it anymore. It'll probably move into the 50's now. Just my luck.