Antero Resources Corporation · AR · FY2025 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2025

Antero posts record operating metrics, while Q3 results trail consensus

Antero’s record operating execution, free cash flow and acreage expansion support its stated growth strategy, while Q3 EPS and revenue fell short of estimates. The thesis depends on converting demand expectations and new development into returns while managing commodity, basis and execution risks.

Reported After market closeNYSEEnergy $12.92B market cap
90quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $0.15 Consensus $0.22
EPS surprise -31.8% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $1.17B Consensus $1.41B
Revenue surprise -16.8% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move -5.0% Event window
SPY move -1.1% Same window
Abnormal move -3.9% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.6× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +21.3% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Management described record drilling and completion metrics, recent bolt-on acquisitions and expanded hedging. The supplied analysis says guidance sentiment was maintained; reported Q3 EPS and revenue were below estimates.

Guidance delta

Guidance was characterized as maintained. Management plans a modest increase of about 3% in 2026 maintenance capital expenditures; the supplied analysis also describes a $75–$100 million organic leasing program and a target of hedging 24% of 2026 gas volumes.

Key takeaways

  • Q3 set company records in drilling length, stages per day and continuous pumping hours, according to the supplied call analysis.
  • The analysis reports more than $90 million of quarterly free cash flow, allocated to debt reduction, share repurchases and acquisitions.
  • Management pointed to LNG export growth and data-center and power-generation demand as potential natural-gas and NGL demand drivers.
  • The supplied results show Q3 EPS and revenue below consensus estimates.

Management priorities

  • Expand the core Marcellus position through organic leasing and selective bolt-on acquisitions.
  • Assess dry-gas activity in Harrison County and a possible 2026 drilling joint venture.
  • Use hedging to protect cash-flow yields while monitoring LNG demand.
  • Explore data-center cooling and power-generation opportunities using water-system assets.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
AR REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 10 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q2 '24 estimate $971M Q2 '24 actual $984M, beat Q3 '24 estimate $1B Q3 '24 actual $1B, miss Q2 '25 estimate $1B Q2 '25 actual $1B, miss Q3 '25 estimate $1B Q3 '25 actual $1B, miss Q4 '25 estimate $1B Q4 '25 actual $1B, beat Q1 '26 estimate $2B Q1 '26 actual $2B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $2B Q2 '26 actual $2B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $2B Q3 '26 actual $2B, miss Q4 '26 estimate $2B Q1 '27 estimate $2B Q2 '27 estimate $2B Q3 '27 estimate $2B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy49 ratings
Bullish3367.3%
Neutral1632.7%
Bearish00.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$42.08Previous close
$18.5Low
$43.52Average
$65High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Nov 2, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 30, 2026
Truist Securities Buy BuyMaintainOct 30, 2026
Citigroup Buy BuyMaintainOct 30, 2026
Morgan Stanley Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 15, 2026
Mizuho Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 8, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $42.08. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$51$36.3 +21.2%Oct 15, 2026
ScotiabankMark Lear$46$36.63 +9.3%Oct 14, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$51$35.57 +21.2%Oct 8, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$54$34.69 +28.3%Oct 6, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$46$34.14 +9.3%Oct 5, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Antero Resources Corporation functions as an independent energy enterprise, primarily engaged in identifying, acquiring, developing, and extracting natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and crude oil deposits throughout the United States. As of the close of 2021 (December 31st), the company held significant land positions, including roughly 502,000 net acres within the Appalachian Basin and an additional 174,000 net acres in the Upper Devonian Shale. Its infrastructure in the Appalachian Basin also featured 494 miles of operational gas gathering pipelines and 21 compressor stations.…

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-11-02T10:00:43.504529+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-11-02T10:00:43.501574+00:00

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-11-02. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.