Central Puerto (CEPU) Competitors

Central Puerto (NYSE:CEPU) and Kinetik (NASDAQ:KNTK) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Which has more risk & volatility, CEPU or KNTK?

Central Puerto has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinetik has a beta of 3.03, indicating that its share price is 203% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CEPU or KNTK a better dividend stock?

Central Puerto pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Kinetik pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Central Puerto pays out 56.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. 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.

Does the media prefer CEPU or KNTK?

In the previous week, Kinetik had 15 more articles in the media than Central Puerto. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Kinetik and 2 mentions for Central Puerto. Central Puerto's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Kinetik's score of 0.93 indicating that Central Puerto is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Central Puerto	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kinetik	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

3.0% of Central Puerto shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.1% of Kinetik shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Central Puerto shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Kinetik 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.

Do analysts prefer CEPU or KNTK?

Central Puerto currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.31%. Kinetik has a consensus target price of $57.11, suggesting a potential upside of 28.59%. Given Kinetik's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kinetik is more favorable than Central Puerto.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Central Puerto	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Kinetik	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CEPU or KNTK?

Central Puerto received 93 more outperform votes than Kinetik when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.34% of users gave Central Puerto an outperform vote while only 43.55% of users gave Kinetik an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Central Puerto	Outperform Votes 120 56.34%	Underperform Votes 93 43.66%
Kinetik	Outperform Votes 27 43.55%	Underperform Votes 35 56.45%

Which has better earnings & valuation, CEPU or KNTK?

Central Puerto has higher revenue and earnings than Kinetik. Central Puerto 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
Central Puerto	$738.17B	0.00	$562.57M	$0.55	24.33
Kinetik	$1.58B	4.42	$386.45M	$0.95	46.75

Is CEPU or KNTK more profitable?

Central Puerto has a net margin of 56.44% compared to Kinetik's net margin of 30.25%. Central Puerto's return on equity of 22.76% beat Kinetik's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Central Puerto	56.44%	22.76%	14.97%
Kinetik	30.25%	-39.48%	6.56%

Summary

Kinetik beats Central Puerto on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.