In the current session, the stock is trading at $35.23, after a 0.53% spike. Over the past month, Antero Resources Inc. (NYSE:AR) stock increased by 10.94%, and in the past year, by 51.55%. With performance like this, long-term shareholders are optimistic but others are more likely to look into the price-to-earnings ratio to see if the stock might be overvalued.

Antero Resources P/E Ratio Analysis in Relation to Industry Peers

The P/E ratio is used by long-term shareholders to assess the company's market performance against aggregate market data, historical earnings, and the industry at large. A lower P/E could indicate that shareholders do not expect the stock to perform better in the future or it could mean that the company is undervalued.

Antero Resources has a better P/E ratio of 250.36 than the aggregate P/E ratio of 16.4 of the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry. Ideally, one might believe that Antero Resources Inc. might perform better in the future than it's industry group, but it's probable that the stock is overvalued.