---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-051537"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AR"
cik: "0001433270"
company_name: "ANTERO RESOURCES Corp"
filed_at: "2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T01:41:05.167351+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Antero Q1 2026: net income $535M, record production 3.9 Bcfe/d, EBITDAX up 32%

## Summary
- Net income $535M; Adj. Net Income $357M; Adj. EBITDAX $723M, up 32% YoY; cash from ops $859M, up 88%.
- Record net production 3.9 Bcfe/d (+13% YoY); nat gas +21%; liquids flat; pre-hedge gas at $5.57/Mcf, $0.53 premium.
- Closed HG acquisition early Feb, adding 385K acres, 400 locations; net debt rose $1.5B from year-end 2025.
- Q2 full HG quarter expected to yield 6% prod growth and 15% lower cash costs per Mcfe vs Q1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-051537
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AR
- cik: 0001433270
- company_name: ANTERO RESOURCES Corp
- filed_at: 2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433270/000110465926051537/0001104659-26-051537-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433270/000110465926051537/tm2612870d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  ANTERO RESOURCES Corp reported the quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: net income Net income was $535 million.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Net income: Net income was $535 million
  - Result: reported results
  source text: price of $5.57 per Mcf, a $0.53 per Mcf premium to NYMEX · Realized a pre-hedge C3+ NGL price of $37.83 per barrel, a $0.94 per barrel premium to the benchmark · Net income was $535 million and Adjusted Net Income was $357 million (Non-GAAP) · Adjusted EBITDAX was $723 million (Non-GAAP) and net cash provided by operating activities was $859 million, increases of
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433270/000110465926051537/0001104659-26-051537-index.htm

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