Centuri (CTRI) Competitors

Kinetik (NYSE:KNTK) and Centuri (NYSE:CTRI) are both mid-cap transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in KNTK or CTRI?

21.1% of Kinetik shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Kinetik shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Centuri shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, KNTK or CTRI?

Kinetik has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Centuri. Kinetik is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centuri, 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	4.44	$150.06M	$0.95	46.92
Centuri	$2.66B	0.77	-$186.18M	$0.02	1,153.00

Do analysts recommend KNTK or CTRI?

Kinetik currently has a consensus target price of $56.56, suggesting a potential upside of 26.89%. Centuri has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential downside of 17.61%. Given Kinetik's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kinetik is more favorable than Centuri.

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
Centuri	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk and volatility, KNTK or CTRI?

Kinetik has a beta of 3.05, indicating that its stock price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centuri has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor KNTK or CTRI?

In the previous week, Kinetik had 8 more articles in the media than Centuri. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Kinetik and 5 mentions for Centuri. Centuri's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Kinetik's score of 0.75 indicating that Centuri is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kinetik	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Centuri	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KNTK or CTRI?

Centuri received 6 more outperform votes than Kinetik when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.00% of users gave Kinetik an outperform vote while only 45.00% of users gave Centuri an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kinetik	Outperform Votes 3 50.00%	Underperform Votes 3 50.00%
Centuri	Outperform Votes 9 45.00%	Underperform Votes 11 55.00%

Is KNTK or CTRI more profitable?

Kinetik has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Centuri's net margin of -8.90%. Kinetik's return on equity of 0.00% beat Centuri's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kinetik	N/A	N/A	N/A
Centuri	-8.90%	-55.33%	-9.48%

Summary

Kinetik beats Centuri on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.