Kinetik (KNTK) Competitors

Kinetik (NASDAQ:KNTK) and Venture Global (NYSE:VG) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in KNTK or VG?

21.1% of Kinetik shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Kinetik shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 86.7% of Venture Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KNTK or VG a better dividend stock?

Kinetik pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Venture Global pays an annual dividend of $0.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Kinetik pays out 328.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kinetik has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Kinetik is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KNTK or VG?

Kinetik received 12 more outperform votes than Venture Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Venture Global an outperform vote while only 43.55% of users gave Kinetik an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kinetik	Outperform Votes 27 43.55%	Underperform Votes 35 56.45%
Venture Global	Outperform Votes 15 50.00%	Underperform Votes 15 50.00%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, KNTK or VG?

Kinetik has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Venture Global.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kinetik	$1.58B	4.42	$386.45M	$0.95	46.75
Venture Global	$6.45B	3.89	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to KNTK or VG?

In the previous week, Kinetik had 5 more articles in the media than Venture Global. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Kinetik and 12 mentions for Venture Global. Kinetik's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Venture Global's score of 0.20 indicating that Kinetik is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kinetik	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Venture Global	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is KNTK or VG more profitable?

Kinetik has a net margin of 30.25% compared to Venture Global's net margin of 0.00%. Venture Global's return on equity of 0.00% beat Kinetik's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kinetik	30.25%	-39.48%	6.56%
Venture Global	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts recommend KNTK or VG?

Kinetik currently has a consensus target price of $57.11, indicating a potential upside of 28.59%. Venture Global has a consensus target price of $15.63, indicating a potential upside of 50.53%. Given Venture Global's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Venture Global is more favorable than Kinetik.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kinetik	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Venture Global	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Summary

Kinetik beats Venture Global on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.