ETRN vs. KNTK, AM, ENLC, USAC, AROC, TGS, KGS, WES, UGP, and FLNC
Should you be buying Equitrans Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equitrans Midstream include Kinetik (KNTK), Antero Midstream (AM), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Archrock (AROC), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Ultrapar Participações (UGP), and Fluence Energy (FLNC). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Equitrans Midstream vs.
Equitrans Midstream (NYSE:ETRN) and Kinetik (NASDAQ:KNTK) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Equitrans Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Kinetik pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Equitrans Midstream pays out -82.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinetik pays out 182.9% 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 lower revenue, but higher earnings than Equitrans Midstream. Equitrans Midstream is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinetik, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kinetik has a net margin of 8.88% compared to Equitrans Midstream's net margin of -18.60%. Equitrans Midstream's return on equity of 20.49% beat Kinetik's return on equity.
Equitrans Midstream currently has a consensus target price of $9.69, indicating a potential upside of 1.62%. Kinetik has a consensus target price of $39.13, indicating a potential upside of 14.23%. Given Kinetik's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kinetik is more favorable than Equitrans Midstream.
Equitrans Midstream received 8 more outperform votes than Kinetik when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 28.57% of users gave Kinetik an outperform vote while only 26.67% of users gave Equitrans Midstream an outperform vote.
86.7% of Equitrans Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Equitrans Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Kinetik shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kinetik had 2 more articles in the media than Equitrans Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kinetik and 4 mentions for Equitrans Midstream. Equitrans Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Kinetik's score of 0.36 indicating that Equitrans Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Equitrans Midstream has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinetik has a beta of 2.63, suggesting that its stock price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kinetik beats Equitrans Midstream on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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