KNTK vs. DTM, ENLC, ETRN, AM, AROC, TGS, USAC, KGS, NXT, and MUR
Should you be buying Kinetik stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinetik include DT Midstream (DTM), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), Antero Midstream (AM), Archrock (AROC), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), Nextracker (NXT), and Murphy Oil (MUR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) and Kinetik (NASDAQ:KNTK) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
DT Midstream received 13 more outperform votes than Kinetik when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 39.13% of users gave DT Midstream an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Kinetik an outperform vote.
DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Kinetik pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. DT Midstream pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinetik pays out 123.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. DT Midstream has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Kinetik has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Kinetik had 6 more articles in the media than DT Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Kinetik and 8 mentions for DT Midstream. Kinetik's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat DT Midstream's score of 0.71 indicating that DT Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DT Midstream has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinetik has a beta of 2.81, indicating that its share price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500.
81.5% of DT Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.1% of Kinetik shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of DT Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Kinetik shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
DT Midstream presently has a consensus price target of $61.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.23%. Kinetik has a consensus price target of $40.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.37%. Given DT Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kinetik is more favorable than DT Midstream.
DT Midstream has a net margin of 42.46% compared to DT Midstream's net margin of 29.62%. Kinetik's return on equity of 9.41% beat DT Midstream's return on equity.
Kinetik has higher revenue and earnings than DT Midstream. DT Midstream is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinetik, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kinetik beats DT Midstream on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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