Kinetik (KNTK) Competitors

Fortis (NYSE:FTS) and Kinetik (NYSE:KNTK) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.

Is FTS or KNTK more profitable?

Fortis has a net margin of 14.48% compared to Kinetik's net margin of 8.21%. Fortis' return on equity of 7.24% beat Kinetik's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortis	14.48%	7.24%	2.38%
Kinetik	8.21%	-6.16%	1.95%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FTS or KNTK?

Fortis has higher revenue and earnings than Kinetik. Fortis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinetik, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fortis	$11.87B	2.10	$1.23B	$2.43	20.41
Kinetik	$1.48B	4.67	$244.23M	$0.74	57.82

Which has more risk & volatility, FTS or KNTK?

Fortis has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinetik has a beta of 3.03, indicating that its stock price is 203% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FTS or KNTK?

Fortis presently has a consensus price target of $72.00, indicating a potential upside of 45.21%. Kinetik has a consensus price target of $55.33, indicating a potential upside of 29.31%. Given Fortis' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fortis is more favorable than Kinetik.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortis	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Kinetik	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FTS or KNTK?

57.8% of Fortis shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.1% of Kinetik shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Kinetik shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is FTS or KNTK a better dividend stock?

Fortis pays an annual dividend of $1.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Kinetik pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Fortis pays out 72.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinetik pays out 421.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fortis has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Kinetik has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to FTS or KNTK?

In the previous week, Fortis had 1 more articles in the media than Kinetik. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Fortis and 11 mentions for Kinetik. Kinetik's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Fortis' score of 1.02 indicating that Kinetik is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fortis	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kinetik	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Fortis beats Kinetik on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.