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$35.26 +1.25 (+3.66%)
Closing price 05/1/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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KGS vs. KEP, WTRG, DTM, TLN, ELPC, ENLC, KNTK, BEP, CWEN, and TXNM

Should you be buying Kodiak Gas Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kodiak Gas Services include Korea Electric Power (KEP), Essential Utilities (WTRG), DT Midstream (DTM), Talen Energy (TLN), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Kinetik (KNTK), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Clearway Energy (CWEN), and TXNM Energy (TXNM). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Kodiak Gas Services vs.

Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) and Kodiak Gas Services (NYSE:KGS) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Korea Electric Power has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kodiak Gas Services has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Kodiak Gas Services has a consensus target price of $41.45, indicating a potential upside of 17.58%. Given Kodiak Gas Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kodiak Gas Services is more favorable than Korea Electric Power.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Korea Electric Power
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Kodiak Gas Services
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

Korea Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Kodiak Gas Services pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Korea Electric Power pays out 2.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kodiak Gas Services pays out 305.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

25.0% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Korea Electric Power shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Kodiak Gas Services had 5 more articles in the media than Korea Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kodiak Gas Services and 1 mentions for Korea Electric Power. Kodiak Gas Services' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Korea Electric Power's score of 0.91 indicating that Kodiak Gas Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Korea Electric Power
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kodiak Gas Services
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kodiak Gas Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Korea Electric Power. Korea Electric Power is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kodiak Gas Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Korea Electric Power$93.40T0.00-$3.86B$2.004.52
Kodiak Gas Services$1.16B2.70$20.07M$0.5959.75

Korea Electric Power has a net margin of 4.03% compared to Kodiak Gas Services' net margin of 2.23%. Korea Electric Power's return on equity of 9.64% beat Kodiak Gas Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Korea Electric Power4.03% 9.64% 1.53%
Kodiak Gas Services 2.23%7.91%2.63%

Korea Electric Power received 208 more outperform votes than Kodiak Gas Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.09% of users gave Kodiak Gas Services an outperform vote while only 55.32% of users gave Korea Electric Power an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Korea Electric PowerOutperform Votes
239
55.32%
Underperform Votes
193
44.68%
Kodiak Gas ServicesOutperform Votes
31
72.09%
Underperform Votes
12
27.91%

Summary

Kodiak Gas Services beats Korea Electric Power on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KGS vs. The Competition

MetricKodiak Gas ServicesNatural gas transmission IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.13B$26.08B$7.03B$18.96B
Dividend Yield4.70%5.06%10.94%4.01%
P/E Ratio121.5729.9346.7032.87
Price / Sales2.703.2725,024.0528.03
Price / Cash17.7712.6735.4417.52
Price / Book2.392.883.514.47
Net Income$20.07M$1.38B$4.29B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.31%-3.06%-0.42%0.73%
1 Month Performance-6.11%-9.29%-5.52%-2.62%
1 Year Performance33.74%21.58%162.67%4.59%

Kodiak Gas Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KGS
Kodiak Gas Services
3.3563 of 5 stars
$35.26
+3.7%
$41.45
+17.6%
+33.7%$3.13B$1.16B121.57781Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
KEP
Korea Electric Power
2.6256 of 5 stars
$8.79
+2.4%
N/A+18.0%$11.29B$93.40T4.0748,800News Coverage
High Trading Volume
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.4831 of 5 stars
$40.21
-0.8%
$43.50
+8.2%
+9.5%$11.08B$2.09B20.113,210
DTM
DT Midstream
4.5399 of 5 stars
$93.05
-4.0%
$104.67
+12.5%
+58.6%$9.45B$981M22.64360Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
TLN
Talen Energy
1.5501 of 5 stars
$191.37
-5.9%
$240.18
+25.5%
+122.3%$8.71B$2.07B10.244,981Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
ELPC
Companhia Paranaense de Energia
N/A$6.72
-1.9%
N/A+11.9%$7.19B$22.65B9.606,320Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
ENLC
EnLink Midstream
N/A$14.56
+2.9%
$15.33
+5.3%
+13.1%$6.65B$6.65B69.331,130Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
KNTK
Kinetik
4.2145 of 5 stars
$40.90
-6.5%
$59.75
+46.1%
+8.0%$6.45B$1.48B15.09200Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
BEP
Brookfield Renewable Partners
4.4101 of 5 stars
$21.54
-0.1%
$30.18
+40.1%
-0.1%$6.12B$5.88B-24.203,200Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CWEN
Clearway Energy
2.8489 of 5 stars
$27.32
-6.5%
$34.71
+27.1%
+24.0%$5.52B$1.37B26.2760Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
TXNM
TXNM Energy
1.6295 of 5 stars
$51.49
-3.6%
$53.57
+4.0%
N/A$4.77B$1.97B26.821,635Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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