Company Analysis

Archrock Inc (AROC)

NYSE: AROC · Natural Gas Transmission · Houston, TX · filing with the SEC since 2007
Grade5.5
◀ Past 3.0● Present 5.5▶ Future 7.5

The grade of Archrock Inc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.5/10
◀ Past3.025% of the headline
● Present5.545% of the headline
▶ Future7.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.0/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2017-01-05.

weight 45% of this tense · 22nd percentile among 16 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Archrock Inc's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2017-01-05) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 8 of 10.

weight 22% of this tense · 36th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Archrock Inc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $807 million in fiscal 2016 to $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025, up 7% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 19% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2021; net income was positive in 8 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span7.0%bottom 34% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 47% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 34% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak19.1%bottom 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
3.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 4.4% a year. 32% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 7 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 38th percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Archrock Inc's diluted share count grew about 4.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 32% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 7 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 35% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.5/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 22%: 22¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 66%: owes 66¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Archrock Inc earned about 22 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 17 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 66 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 7.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 37% of its family
  • return on equitytop 14% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 30% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.0/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 40% of 16 in its family; net margin 21.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 60th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Archrock Inc's standing among 16 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 42% by size; a net margin of 21.6% ranks in the top 47%; revenue growth of 20.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 16% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.49Bbottom 42% of its family
  • net margin21.6%top 47% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth20.8%top 16% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 40% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2011.

weight 22% of this tense · 60th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Archrock Inc's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Childers, D Bradley (PRESIDENT AND CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2011-12-14, 14.9 years (top 15% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10.9 years (top 25%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (bottom 19%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 15 peoplebottom 19% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed10.9 yearstop 25% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record14.9 yearstop 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

7.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 40% of 16 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Archrock Inc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $2 million against debt of $2.4 billion leaves -55.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 28% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8% of revenue (bottom 43%); a gross margin of 48.6% (top 50%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-55.4%bottom 28% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue8.0%bottom 43% of its family
  • gross margin48.6%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
8.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 14% of 16 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 86th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Archrock Inc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 20.8% a year over the last three filed years against 7% over all 10, speeding up (top 3% of its family); the newest year grew 28.7% (top 9%); capital spending grew 27.9% a year (top 30%) (its annual reports). Archrock Inc reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Contract Operations at $1.3 billion (85%), Aftermarket Services at $218 million (15%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+13.7 points a yeartop 3% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth28.7%top 9% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending27.9%top 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
8.3/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 17% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Archrock Inc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.5 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 10% above the $1.4 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 37% of its family); net income of $322 million against a prior three-year average of $107 million (top 3%); a net margin of 21.6% against 10.2% before (top 10%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace10.0%top 37% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+201%top 3% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+11.4 pointstop 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton AROC · research, not advice