New Fortress Energy (NFE) Competitors

Kinetik (NASDAQ:KNTK) and New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KNTK or NFE?

New Fortress Energy received 90 more outperform votes than Kinetik when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.92% of users gave New Fortress Energy 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%
New Fortress Energy	Outperform Votes 117 53.92%	Underperform Votes 100 46.08%

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

21.1% of Kinetik shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.6% of New Fortress Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Kinetik shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.4% of New Fortress Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is KNTK or NFE more profitable?

Kinetik has a net margin of 30.25% compared to New Fortress Energy's net margin of 7.84%. New Fortress Energy's return on equity of 15.60% beat Kinetik's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kinetik	30.25%	-39.48%	6.56%
New Fortress Energy	7.84%	15.60%	2.42%

Is KNTK or NFE a better dividend stock?

Kinetik pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. New Fortress Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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. New Fortress Energy pays out -7.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, KNTK or NFE?

New Fortress Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Kinetik. New Fortress Energy 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
Kinetik	$1.58B	4.42	$386.45M	$0.95	46.75
New Fortress Energy	$2.15B	0.33	$547.88M	-$1.26	-2.07

Does the media refer more to KNTK or NFE?

In the previous week, New Fortress Energy had 12 more articles in the media than Kinetik. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for New Fortress Energy and 17 mentions for Kinetik. Kinetik's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat New Fortress Energy's score of 0.54 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
New Fortress Energy	8 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, KNTK or NFE?

Kinetik has a beta of 3.03, indicating that its share price is 203% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Fortress Energy has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer KNTK or NFE?

Kinetik currently has a consensus price target of $57.11, suggesting a potential upside of 28.59%. New Fortress Energy has a consensus price target of $11.83, suggesting a potential upside of 353.38%. Given New Fortress Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New Fortress Energy 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
New Fortress Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Kinetik beats New Fortress Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.