<div id="readability-page-1"><p>Oak Thistle LLC boosted its stake in  APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA - Free Report) by 106.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor  owned 98,901 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 51,084 shares during the quarter. Oak Thistle LLC's holdings in APA were worth $2,401,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.</p><ul><li>3 Oil Stocks Rebounding Off Multi-Month Lows</li></ul><p>Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of APA. Hotchkis &amp; Wiley Capital Management LLC grew its position in  APA by 2.9% during the 1st quarter. Hotchkis &amp; Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 36,439,749 shares of the company's stock worth $765,964,000 after acquiring an additional 1,029,961 shares during the last quarter.  Harris Associates L P grew its holdings in shares of  APA by 1.9% during the first quarter. Harris Associates L P now owns 25,708,527 shares of the company's stock worth $540,393,000 after purchasing an additional 488,530 shares during the last quarter.  Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of  APA by 2.0% during the second quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 14,208,961 shares of the company's stock worth $259,882,000 after purchasing an additional 275,981 shares during the last quarter.  Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its stake in shares of  APA by 46.8% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 9,080,787 shares of the company's stock valued at $190,876,000 after buying an additional 2,894,543 shares in the last quarter.  Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of  APA by 157.1% in the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 3,060,135 shares of the company's stock valued at $55,970,000 after buying an additional 1,869,891 shares during the last quarter. 83.01% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. </p><h2>Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades</h2><p>A number of brokerages recently weighed in on APA. Barclays raised their price target on shares of APA from $22.00 to $24.00 and gave the company an &#34;equal weight&#34; rating in a report on Wednesday, November 19th. Wolfe Research lifted their target price on APA from $35.00 to $37.00 and gave the company an &#34;outperform&#34; rating in a research note on Monday, October 20th. Susquehanna boosted their target price on APA from $30.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock a &#34;positive&#34; rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Capital One Financial raised their price target on APA from $31.00 to $32.00 and gave the company an &#34;overweight&#34; rating in a report on Wednesday, November 19th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lifted their price objective on APA from $28.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a &#34;market perform&#34; rating in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have issued  a Hold rating and three have issued  a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of &#34;Hold&#34; and a consensus target price of $26.73.</p><p><b>Check Out Our Latest Report on APA</b></p><h2>APA Price Performance</h2><p>Shares of APA opened at $23.96 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $24.12 and a 200 day simple moving average of $22.00. APA Corporation has a 52-week low of $13.58 and a 52-week high of $27.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a current ratio of 0.78. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.50 billion, a PE ratio of 5.76, a P/E/G ratio of 6.81 and a beta of 0.75. </p><p>APA (NASDAQ:APA - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The company reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.19. The firm had revenue of $2.12 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.06 billion. APA had a net margin of 15.49% and a return on equity of 19.86%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 16.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.00 EPS.  Sell-side analysts predict that  APA Corporation will post 4.03 EPS for the current fiscal year. </p><h2>APA Announces Dividend</h2><p>The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, February 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 22nd will be paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 22nd. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.2%. APA's dividend payout ratio  is currently 24.04%. </p><h2>APA Profile</h2> (Free Report)<p>APA Corporation, an independent energy company, explores for, develops, and produces natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids. It has oil and gas operations in the United States, Egypt, and North Sea. 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<p>Oak Thistle LLC boosted its stake in APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA - Free Report) by 106.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).</p>

Oak Thistle LLC Buys 51,084 Shares of APA Corporation $APA