Kinetik (KNTK) Competitors

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

Is FTS or KNTK a better dividend stock?

Fortis pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Kinetik pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Fortis pays out 72.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinetik pays out 305.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is FTS or KNTK more profitable?

Kinetik has a net margin of 30.25% compared to Fortis' net margin of 14.12%. Fortis' return on equity of 7.09% beat Kinetik's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fortis	14.12%	7.09%	2.34%
Kinetik	30.25%	-39.48%	6.56%

Which has more risk & volatility, FTS or KNTK?

Fortis has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinetik has a beta of 2.68, meaning that its share price is 168% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FTS or KNTK?

Kinetik has a consensus price target of $58.56, suggesting a potential upside of 42.51%. Given Kinetik's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kinetik is more favorable than Fortis.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortis	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
Kinetik	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FTS or KNTK?

Fortis received 255 more outperform votes than Kinetik when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.54% of users gave Fortis an outperform vote while only 41.38% of users gave Kinetik an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fortis	Outperform Votes 279 52.54%	Underperform Votes 252 47.46%
Kinetik	Outperform Votes 24 41.38%	Underperform Votes 34 58.62%

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

57.8% of Fortis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.1% of Kinetik shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Kinetik shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	$11.51B	2.14	$1.17B	$2.36	20.78
Kinetik	$1.48B	4.37	$386.45M	$1.02	40.28

Does the media prefer FTS or KNTK?

In the previous week, Fortis had 3 more articles in the media than Kinetik. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Fortis and 20 mentions for Kinetik. Fortis' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Kinetik's score of 0.62 indicating that Fortis is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fortis	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kinetik	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Fortis beats Kinetik on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.