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Archrock, Inc. AROC

$30.33 -0.30% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $5.32B

Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Operating margin narrowed to 27.0% from 51.7% a year earlier.
  2. At 16.3× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
  3. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.86, up 40.9% year over year.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth78Positive

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 49%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 26%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 3%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 14%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 10%
Quality63Neutral

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 47%
  • Gross marginTop 21%
  • Operating marginTop 26%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 40%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 40%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 27%
  • Interest coverBottom 36%
Value60Neutral

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 37%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 48%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 49%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 18%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 3%
Momentum37Weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 48%
  • 6-month returnBottom 39%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 45%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 35%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Revisions69Positive

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 41%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 13%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 33%
Stability49Neutral

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 34%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 20%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 31%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 27%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)22.7%11.5%↓
EPS growth (YoY)55.9%40.9%↓
Gross margin62.8%58.1%↓
Operating margin51.7%27.0%↓
FCF margin1.2%19.4%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)11.5%22.7%↓Top 49%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)40.9%55.9%↓Top 26%
Gross margin58.1%62.8%↓Top 21%
Operating margin27.0%51.7%↓Top 26%
Net margin21.8%17.2%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin19.4%1.2%↑—
Return on invested capital7.3%—Top 47%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR20.8%—Top 14%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
2.21×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-8.9%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
1.3%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+8.2 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
2.92×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.5×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
2.87%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.84%
Shareholder yield
3.71%
Share count change, 1 year
-0.3%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+4.2%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
5 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+12.3%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+1.0%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$42.17
Target vs current price
+39.0%
Analysts with a rating
18
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
83%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 4, 2026-15.1%+1.8%-5.7%-10.3%—
May 5, 2026-10.6%+2.5%-5.6%-12.0%-8.9%
Feb 24, 2026+72.5%+2.7%+12.1%+12.1%+15.9%
Oct 28, 2025+2.4%+0.4%+0.3%-8.6%+8.9%
Aug 4, 2025+5.4%+1.5%+3.3%+10.1%+13.7%
May 5, 2025+7.7%-2.6%+0.6%+3.8%-5.7%
Feb 24, 2025+12.9%-2.2%+2.8%+0.1%-4.1%
Nov 11, 2024-18.5%+4.4%+2.7%+11.9%+23.7%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 4, 2026$0.38$0.45-15.1%$371.2M
May 5, 2026$0.42$0.47-10.6%$373.8M
Feb 24, 2026$0.69$0.40+72.5%$377.1M
Oct 28, 2025$0.42$0.41+2.4%$382.4M
Aug 4, 2025$0.39$0.37+5.4%$383.2M
May 5, 2025$0.42$0.39+7.7%$347.2M
Feb 24, 2025$0.35$0.31+12.9%$326.4M
Nov 11, 2024$0.22$0.27-18.5%$292.2M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)16.3×26.2×0thTop 37%
P/E (forward)17.6×———
EV / EBITDA9.5×——Bottom 49%
EV / Sales5.10×——Bottom 18%
Free-cash-flow yield5.48%——Bottom 48%
Earnings yield6.13%——Top 37%

P/E over the past five years

Range 16.6× – 50.0× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+17.2%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+40.9%
Change in P/E multiple
+9.4%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✓ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-8.3%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+2.0%
Distance from 50-day average
-6.7%
Distance from 200-day average
-10.0%
RSI (14)
40.2
Relative volume
0.84×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
33.5%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
43th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.78
Correlation with S&P 500
0.31
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-27.7%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-30.8%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Mar 5, 2021Sep 26, 2022-41.1%393 days104 days (Feb 24, 2023)
Jan 21, 2025Apr 8, 2025-30.8%54 days208 days (Feb 5, 2026)
Jun 26, 2026Sep 29, 2026-28.5%65 daysNot yet recovered
Jul 22, 2024Aug 5, 2024-23.6%10 days69 days (Nov 11, 2024)
Mar 3, 2023May 31, 2023-21.5%61 days40 days (Jul 28, 2023)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$5.32B
P/E (TTM)
16.3
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$1.86
Revenue (TTM)
$1.50B
Dividend yield
2.90%
52-week range
$22.88 – $42.23
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$781.5M$845.6M$990.3M$1.16B$1.49B
Gross profit$422.5M$426.1M$541.3M$699.1M$723.6M
Operating income$315.4M$308.9M$424.7M$560.0M$575.8M
Net income$28.2M$44.3M$105.0M$172.2M$322.3M
EPS (diluted)$0.18$0.28$0.67$1.05$1.84
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$292.2M$326.4M$347.2M$383.2M$382.4M$377.1M$373.8M$371.2M
Net income$37.5M$59.8M$70.8M$63.4M$71.2M$116.8M$73.8M$66.7M
EPS (diluted)$0.22$0.34$0.40$0.36$0.40$0.67$0.41$0.38
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$237.4M$203.4M$310.2M$429.6M$622.1M
Capital expenditure-$97.9M-$239.9M-$298.6M-$359.0M-$502.5M
Free cash flow$139.5M-$36.4M$11.6M$70.6M$119.6M
Dividends paid-$89.3M-$90.3M-$95.8M-$110.4M-$141.6M
Net share buybacks$1.6M$2.4M-$8.0M$242.4M-$68.6M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$2.0M
Total assets
$4.44B
Total liabilities
$2.89B
Total debt
$2.36B
Net debt
$2.36B
Shareholders’ equity
$1.55B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 4, 2026$0.23Aug 11, 2026
May 12, 2026$0.22May 19, 2026
Feb 10, 2026$0.22Feb 18, 2026
Nov 4, 2025$0.21Nov 13, 2025
Aug 5, 2025$0.21Aug 12, 2025
May 6, 2025$0.19May 13, 2025
Feb 12, 2025$0.19Feb 19, 2025
Nov 6, 2024$0.18Nov 13, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
7,615,905
Days to cover
4.04
Change vs previous report
+4.4%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Aug 21, 2007
13-for-40
Jun 14, 2000
2-for-1