KNTK vs. DTM, ENLC, ETRN, AM, AROC, USAC, TGS, KGS, NGL, and TNP
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), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), and Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP).
DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) and Kinetik (NASDAQ:KNTK) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $2.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Kinetik pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. DT Midstream pays out 74.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinetik pays out 132.7% 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
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.
DT Midstream currently has a consensus price target of $57.57, indicating a potential downside of 5.57%. Kinetik has a consensus price target of $39.33, indicating a potential downside of 2.11%. Given DT Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kinetik is more favorable than DT Midstream.
In the previous week, Kinetik had 8 more articles in the media than DT Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Kinetik and 13 mentions for DT Midstream. DT Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Kinetik's score of 0.48 indicating that Kinetik is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DT Midstream has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinetik has a beta of 2.79, suggesting that its stock price is 179% 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. 0.0% of DT Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Kinetik shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
DT Midstream received 14 more outperform votes than Kinetik when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 38.46% of users gave DT Midstream an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Kinetik an outperform vote.
DT Midstream has a net margin of 41.65% compared to DT Midstream's net margin of 28.57%. Kinetik's return on equity of 9.11% beat DT Midstream's return on equity.
Summary
Kinetik beats DT Midstream on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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