Kinetik (KNTK) Competitors

Cheniere Energy Partners (NYSE:CQP) and Kinetik (NYSE:KNTK) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.

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

46.6% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.1% of Kinetik shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Kinetik shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CQP or KNTK?

Cheniere Energy Partners presently has a consensus price target of $55.80, suggesting a potential downside of 0.14%. Kinetik has a consensus price target of $56.56, suggesting a potential upside of 28.98%. Given Kinetik's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kinetik is more favorable than Cheniere Energy Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cheniere Energy Partners	5 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Kinetik	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CQP or KNTK?

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
Cheniere Energy Partners	$8.70B	3.11	$2.51B	$4.16	13.43
Kinetik	$1.48B	4.67	$244.23M	$0.95	46.16

Does the media favor CQP or KNTK?

In the previous week, Kinetik had 7 more articles in the media than Cheniere Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Kinetik and 0 mentions for Cheniere Energy Partners. Kinetik's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Cheniere Energy Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Kinetik is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cheniere Energy Partners	Neutral
Kinetik	Positive

Is CQP or KNTK a better dividend stock?

Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Kinetik pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays out 74.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. 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.

Is CQP or KNTK more profitable?

Cheniere Energy Partners has a net margin of 26.27% compared to Kinetik's net margin of 10.74%. Kinetik's return on equity of -8.05% beat Cheniere Energy Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cheniere Energy Partners	26.27%	-414.56%	13.56%
Kinetik	10.74%	-8.05%	2.47%

Which has more risk & volatility, CQP or KNTK?

Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.42, suggesting that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinetik has a beta of 3, suggesting that its stock price is 200% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kinetik beats Cheniere Energy Partners on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.