---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-013420"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AR"
cik: "0001433270"
company_name: "ANTERO RESOURCES Corp"
filed_at: "2026-02-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:16:12.623941+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Antero Resources reports Q4 net income $194M; guides 2026 production avg 4.1 Bcfe/d

## Summary
- Q4 net production 3.5 Bcfe/d (+2% YoY); pre-hedge gas equivalent price $3.97/Mcfe.
- Net income $194M; adjusted net income $133M; adjusted EBITDAX $422M.
- Closed HG Energy acquisition in early Feb 2026, increasing dry gas exposure and scale.
- 2026 guidance: production avg 4.1 Bcfe/d; D&C capital $1B ($900M maintenance).
- Up to $200M discretionary growth capital may boost 2027 production to 4.5 Bcfe/d; leverage expected under 1.0x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-013420
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AR
- cik: 0001433270
- company_name: ANTERO RESOURCES Corp
- filed_at: 2026-02-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433270/000110465926013420/0001104659-26-013420-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433270/000110465926013420/tm265893d1_8k.htm

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