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APA Corporation (APA) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for APA, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta −1.73 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How APA has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −1.73 — moves strongly against bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), APA Corporation moved −1.73% on average · correlation −0.35 · higher than 0% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −1.65 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +1.74% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.05% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas E&P · United States · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas E&P · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against APA on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — APA Corporation

APA in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
APA Corporation explores for, develops and produces natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids. It runs oil and gas operations in the United States, Egypt and the North Sea, with exploration work in Suriname and interests in Uruguay. The company is based in Houston, Texas.
Where it sits in the stack
APA Corporation holds no seat in our Rubin index, the ledger we use for the AI build-out; it sits instead in the oil and gas exploration and production sleeve of our wider universe, outside the layers we track for that build-out.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group carries no comparison set for this name; the market commonly places it alongside other independent US producers such as Devon Energy.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
APA Corporation holds a seat in the S&P 500 but none in our Rubin index, carries no Closelooknet score, and appears in no quotes across our editions, so the diary has not yet built a build-out read on it.
What the diary watches
The diary watches oil and gas prices here, since the company's results move with commodity cycles rather than any technology build-out we follow.

APA Corporation (APA) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 4 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Truist, 2026-09-21

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for APA from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Truist — target 44 from 39 Target raised to $44 from $39 (-1.9% to spot) 2026-09-21
  • Price target Stifel — target 62 Target set to $62 (+38.3% to spot) 2026-09-09
  • Price target Goldman Sachs — target 43 from 31 Target raised to $43 from $31 (+0.5% to spot) 2026-09-07

4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.34%, quarterly · last 0.25 USD on 2026-07-22

Dividends and capital return

What APA pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.00 USD per share · a 2.34% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.00 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.25 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-22
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.25 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.00 USD · 2025: 1.00 USD · 2026: 0.75 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-20

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is APA Corporation (APA)?

APA Corporation trades as APA on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is APA in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — APA Corporation is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does APA trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +4.6% vs the 50-day and +22.9% vs the 200-day average, 9.9% below the 52-week high and +100.8% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does APA Corporation trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year APA Corporation had a beta of −1.73 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly against bonds, higher than 0% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +1.74% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does APA Corporation do?

APA Corporation explores for, develops and produces natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids. It runs oil and gas operations in the United States, Egypt and the North Sea, with exploration work in Suriname and interests in Uruguay. The company is based in Houston, Texas. Closelooknet's peer group carries no comparison set for this name; the market commonly places it alongside other independent US producers such as Devon Energy.

Where does APA Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

APA Corporation holds no seat in our Rubin index, the ledger we use for the AI build-out; it sits instead in the oil and gas exploration and production sleeve of our wider universe, outside the layers we track for that build-out. APA Corporation holds a seat in the S&P 500 but none in our Rubin index, carries no Closelooknet score, and appears in no quotes across our editions, so the diary has not yet built a build-out read on it.

Does APA Corporation pay a dividend?

APA Corporation has paid 1.00 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.34% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.25 USD on 2026-07-22. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on APA Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on APA Corporation on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Truist on 2026-09-21 (target 44 from 39). 4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for APA, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Oil & Gas E&P. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.