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$6.10 -0.01 (-0.16%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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NEXT vs. KNTK, CWEN, TXNM, CIG, ELP, BIPC, BEPC, SR, OGS, and AQN

Should you be buying NextDecade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextDecade include Kinetik (KNTK), Clearway Energy (CWEN), TXNM Energy (TXNM), Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS (CIG), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) (ELP), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Brookfield Renewable (BEPC), Spire (SR), ONE Gas (OGS), and Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

NextDecade vs. Its Competitors

Kinetik (NYSE:KNTK) and NextDecade (NASDAQ:NEXT) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Kinetik has a beta of 3.11, indicating that its share price is 211% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextDecade has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, NextDecade had 6 more articles in the media than Kinetik. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for NextDecade and 2 mentions for Kinetik. NextDecade's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Kinetik's score of -0.50 indicating that NextDecade is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kinetik
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
NextDecade
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kinetik has a net margin of 8.21% compared to NextDecade's net margin of 0.00%. Kinetik's return on equity of -6.16% beat NextDecade's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kinetik8.21% -6.16% 1.95%
NextDecade N/A -26.59%-6.45%

Kinetik presently has a consensus target price of $52.44, indicating a potential upside of 46.53%. NextDecade has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.54%. Given NextDecade's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NextDecade is more favorable than Kinetik.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kinetik
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55
NextDecade
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

21.1% of Kinetik shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of NextDecade shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Kinetik shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of NextDecade shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kinetik$1.48B3.91$244.23M$0.7448.36
NextDecadeN/AN/A-$61.75M-$0.78-7.82

Summary

Kinetik beats NextDecade on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NEXT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NEXT vs. The Competition

MetricNextDecadeOil/Gas Prod Pipeline MLP IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.60B$28.23B$7.70B$10.48B
Dividend YieldN/A7.86%10.86%4.80%
P/E Ratio-7.8213.0072.9227.09
Price / SalesN/A1.441,419.66179.64
Price / CashN/A6.8436.6061.22
Price / Book0.9111.614.696.52
Net Income-$61.75M$2.23B$4.28B$276.75M
7 Day Performance-5.57%-1.22%-0.25%1.97%
1 Month Performance-5.43%-7.07%0.24%2.23%
1 Year Performance10.51%-7.83%15.68%35.58%

NextDecade Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NEXT
NextDecade
4.21 of 5 stars
$6.10
-0.2%
$9.00
+47.5%
+11.9%$1.60BN/A-7.8260News Coverage
KNTK
Kinetik
4.2921 of 5 stars
$38.91
+0.9%
$54.67
+40.5%
-28.0%$6.24B$1.48B52.58200Analyst Forecast
CWEN
Clearway Energy
3.1932 of 5 stars
$32.31
+6.5%
$36.33
+12.5%
+15.0%$6.13B$1.37B49.7160
TXNM
TXNM Energy
1.9378 of 5 stars
$56.87
-0.1%
$55.67
-2.1%
+31.0%$6.00B$1.97B29.311,695News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CIG
Comp En De Mn Cemig ADS
N/A$2.01
-1.5%
N/A+1.8%$5.84B$7.38B4.375,028Positive News
Short Interest ↓
ELP
Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL)
1.9329 of 5 stars
$9.51
flat
N/A+38.0%$5.66B$4.20B55.944,396
BIPC
Brookfield Infrastructure
1.6036 of 5 stars
$44.09
+2.2%
$46.00
+4.3%
+3.3%$5.25B$3.65B30.621,700News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
BEPC
Brookfield Renewable
3.1819 of 5 stars
$38.04
+6.1%
$35.75
-6.0%
+22.9%$5.19B$5.88B-42.741,890News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SR
Spire
3.4165 of 5 stars
$81.37
-1.1%
$78.80
-3.2%
+34.0%$4.86B$2.59B17.573,475
OGS
ONE Gas
3.1309 of 5 stars
$79.96
+0.3%
$78.06
-2.4%
+10.1%$4.78B$2.08B19.083,900Positive News
AQN
Algonquin Power & Utilities
3.5191 of 5 stars
$5.79
+0.3%
$6.36
+9.9%
+16.5%$4.43B$2.38B-3.223,786Analyst Downgrade

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