APAAPA Corporation

$41.21

Is the business good?

How good a business is APA?

APA Corporation earns 29% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.

29%

Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 20 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value

Cash conversion
1.07×

Cash conversion · 1.16× a year ago · every dollar of reported profit arrived as cash, and more

Share count, year on year
−1.9%

Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company

Details
Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
$2.11B
Net income, trailing twelve months
$1.98B
Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
29%

Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.