Stephens Starts Apergy (APY) at Overweight

Stephens analyst Tommy Moll initiates coverage on Apergy (NYSE: APY) with a Overweight rating and a price target of $34.00.

The analyst comments "We are initiating Overweight with a $34 price target on Apergy (APY), which offers investors the rare combination of leading technologies and brands packaged in a nimble, independent platform with execution advantages vs. large, diversified competitors. In artificial lift, APY offers both continued opportunity for market share gains in electric submersible pumping as well as a longer-term tailwind from the pending rod lift conversion cycle. Additionally, the Company’s digital offering has demonstrated resiliency to grow the top-line double-digits amid a broader oilfield downdraft. In our opinion, the stock is oversold in the high-$20s, given 2020 industry headwinds are well-known and in 2021 we see earnings inflecting higher just as the Company approaches its leverage target and can pivot to shareholder returns."

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Shares of Apergy closed at $27.72 yesterday.

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