NEW YORK (

TheStreet

) --

Approach Resources

(Nasdaq:

AREX

) hit a new 52-week high Wednesday as it is currently trading at $35.69, above its previous 52-week high of $35.67 with 287,005 shares traded as of 12:09 p.m. ET. Average volume has been 533,500 shares over the past 30 days.

Approach has a market cap of $976.1 million and is part of the

basic materials

sector and

energy

industry. Shares are up 19.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

Approach Resources Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil and gas properties in the United States. The company has a P/E ratio of 58.5, below the average energy industry P/E ratio of 59.2 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Approach as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. Although no company is perfect, currently we do not see any significant weaknesses which are likely to detract from the generally positive outlook. You can view the full

Approach Ratings Report

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