Nextracker (NXT) Competitors

Kinetik (NASDAQ:KNTK) and Nextracker (NASDAQ:NXT) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

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

21.1% of Kinetik shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of Nextracker shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Kinetik shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Nextracker shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, KNTK or NXT?

Kinetik has a beta of 2.8, meaning that its stock price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nextracker has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor KNTK or NXT?

In the previous week, Kinetik and Kinetik both had 6 articles in the media. Nextracker's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Kinetik's score of 0.38 indicating that Kinetik is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kinetik	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Nextracker	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend KNTK or NXT?

Kinetik currently has a consensus target price of $39.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.60%. Nextracker has a consensus target price of $59.41, indicating a potential upside of 33.41%. Given Kinetik's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Nextracker is more favorable than Kinetik.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kinetik	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46
Nextracker	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has higher valuation & earnings, KNTK or NXT?

Kinetik has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Nextracker. Kinetik is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nextracker, 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	$1.26B	4.73	$386.45M	$2.26	17.11
Nextracker	$1.90B	3.20	$1.14M	$1.87	23.81

Is KNTK or NXT more profitable?

Kinetik has a net margin of 28.57% compared to Kinetik's net margin of 4.48%. Kinetik's return on equity of -5.98% beat Nextracker's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kinetik	28.57%	-49.32%	5.71%
Nextracker	4.48%	-5.98%	10.11%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KNTK or NXT?

Nextracker received 29 more outperform votes than Kinetik when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.13% of users gave Nextracker an outperform vote while only 35.29% of users gave Kinetik an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kinetik	Outperform Votes 12 35.29%	Underperform Votes 22 64.71%
Nextracker	Outperform Votes 41 66.13%	Underperform Votes 21 33.87%

Summary

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