Analysis for APA Corporation
Description & usage
APA Corporation is an oil and gas producer with upstream focus in North America and selected international regions. The company benefits from production leverage in higher commodity-price environments and a broad reserve base. Key factors are output volumes, oil and gas prices, lifting costs, and capital discipline.
Basic info
- Symbol
- APA
- Type
- Stock
- Region
- US
- Sector
- Energy
- Available history
- 11.2 years
- Last trading day
- 04/02/2026
Basic info
- Symbol
- APA
- Type
- Stock
- Region
- US
- Sector
- Energy
- Available history
- 11.2 years
- Last trading day
- 04/02/2026
Market context
- DXY
- 120.89
- US 10Y Real
- 1.99%
- Fed Balance
- $6.68T
- CPI YoY
- 2.4%
- Fed Rate
- 3.75%
- US 10Y
- 4.35%
- VIX
- 24.54
- HY OAS
- 3.17%
- Brent
- $121.88
- Core CPI
- 2.5%
- US 2Y
- 3.84%
- ISM PMI
- –
Score overview
The overall score combines Performance, Stability and Trend into one comparable value.
Market context
- DXY
- 120.89
- US 10Y Real
- 1.99%
- Fed Balance
- $6.68T
- CPI YoY
- 2.4%
- Fed Rate
- 3.75%
- US 10Y
- 4.35%
- VIX
- 24.54
- HY OAS
- 3.17%
- Brent
- $121.88
- Core CPI
- 2.5%
- US 2Y
- 3.84%
- ISM PMI
- –
Analysis summary
Technical asset picture
APA Corporation (APA) currently has a total score of 54 points, placing it in the neutral range. The score is made up of Performance (49), Stability (35) and Trend (93). The profile is clearly uneven: Trend stands out while Stability lags.
Performance scores 49 points (neutral). Key strength: 1Y return at 99.0 %. Weaker metric: 10Y return at 0.8 %. This points to a sharper upswing more recently.
Stability scores 35 points (weak). Key strength: Sharpe ratio (90d) at 3.19. Main drag: max drawdown (10Y) at -93.6 %. That indicates very deep historical drawdowns. Higher Stability points are better and typically reflect calmer swings and smaller drawdowns-but prices can still fall.
Trend scores 93 points (very strong). Key strength: Price is about 31.5 % above SMA50. Even the weakest metric remains solid in absolute terms: 12M momentum at 47.2 %.
Overall, the picture is mixed: Trend does the heavy lifting while Stability holds the score back. On a metric level, SMA50 distance stands out, while max drawdown (10Y) is the main weak spot.
Current market backdrop
The backdrop currently looks mixed and rather restrictive.
A strong US dollar currently paints a mixed risk picture.
High US real yields and elevated long yields lean toward a restrictive rate backdrop.
What that typically means here
For energy and oil-linked assets, higher Brent typically leans supportive.
Note: ISM PMI was not used actively in the effect logic.
Historical evaluation and qualitative market context only, not investment advice.
Price chart
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Scores and metrics
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