Kinetik (KNTK) Competitors

Kinetik (NYSE:KNTK) and Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) are both transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Does the media refer more to KNTK or CQP?

In the previous week, Kinetik had 8 more articles in the media than Cheniere Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Kinetik and 2 mentions for Cheniere Energy Partners. Cheniere Energy Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Kinetik's score of 0.76 indicating that Cheniere Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kinetik	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cheniere Energy Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is KNTK or CQP more profitable?

Cheniere Energy Partners has a net margin of 28.84% compared to Kinetik's net margin of 0.00%. Kinetik's return on equity of 0.00% beat Cheniere Energy Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kinetik	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cheniere Energy Partners	28.84%	-325.95%	13.71%

Is KNTK or CQP a better dividend stock?

Kinetik pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. 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. Cheniere Energy Partners pays out 74.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinetik has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Kinetik is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate KNTK or CQP?

Kinetik presently has a consensus target price of $56.56, indicating a potential upside of 27.92%. Cheniere Energy Partners has a consensus target price of $54.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.30%. Given Kinetik's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Kinetik is more favorable than Cheniere Energy Partners.

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
Cheniere Energy Partners	5 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of KNTK or CQP?

21.1% of Kinetik shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Kinetik shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, KNTK or CQP?

Kinetik has a beta of 3.05, indicating that its share price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, KNTK or CQP?

Cheniere Energy Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Kinetik. Cheniere Energy Partners 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
Kinetik	$1.58B	4.41	$150.06M	$0.95	46.54
Cheniere Energy Partners	$9.40B	2.97	$4.25B	$4.16	13.85

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KNTK or CQP?

Kinetik received 3 more outperform votes than Cheniere Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.00% of users gave Kinetik an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Cheniere Energy Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kinetik	Outperform Votes 3 50.00%	Underperform Votes 3 50.00%
Cheniere Energy Partners	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 6 100.00%

Summary

Kinetik beats Cheniere Energy Partners on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.