KGS vs. KEP, TLN, WTRG, DTM, ELPC, KNTK, BEP, ENLC, CWEN, and ENIC
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), Talen Energy (TLN), Essential Utilities (WTRG), DT Midstream (DTM), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC), Kinetik (KNTK), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Clearway Energy (CWEN), and Enel Chile (ENIC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Kodiak Gas Services vs.
Kodiak Gas Services (NYSE:KGS) and Korea Electric Power (NYSE:KEP) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk.
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.
Korea Electric Power received 208 more outperform votes than Kodiak Gas Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.73% of users gave Kodiak Gas Services an outperform vote while only 55.43% of users gave Korea Electric Power an outperform vote.
Kodiak Gas Services has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Korea Electric Power has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kodiak Gas Services pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Korea Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Kodiak Gas Services pays out 339.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Korea Electric Power pays out 2.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kodiak Gas Services has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Kodiak Gas Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Kodiak Gas Services presently has a consensus target price of $40.55, suggesting a potential upside of 18.16%. Given Kodiak Gas Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kodiak Gas Services is more favorable than Korea Electric Power.
Kodiak Gas Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
25.0% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Korea Electric Power shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kodiak Gas Services had 10 more articles in the media than Korea Electric Power. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Kodiak Gas Services and 3 mentions for Korea Electric Power. Kodiak Gas Services' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Korea Electric Power's score of 0.67 indicating that Kodiak Gas Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Kodiak Gas Services beats Korea Electric Power on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KGS) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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