KGS vs. AM, DTM, KNTK, ETRN, ENLC, AROC, TGS, USAC, NGL, and SMLP
Should you be buying Kodiak Gas Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kodiak Gas Services include Antero Midstream (AM), DT Midstream (DTM), Kinetik (KNTK), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Archrock (AROC), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), USA Compression Partners (USAC), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), and Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
Kodiak Gas Services (NYSE:KGS) and Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Kodiak Gas Services pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Kodiak Gas Services pays out 172.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Antero Midstream pays out 112.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Antero Midstream is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Antero Midstream has higher revenue and earnings than Kodiak Gas Services. Antero Midstream 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.
Kodiak Gas Services currently has a consensus price target of $28.14, indicating a potential upside of 9.55%. Antero Midstream has a consensus price target of $12.70, indicating a potential downside of 12.29%. Given Kodiak Gas Services' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kodiak Gas Services is more favorable than Antero Midstream.
In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 5 more articles in the media than Kodiak Gas Services. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Antero Midstream and 0 mentions for Kodiak Gas Services. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Kodiak Gas Services' score of 0.72 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Antero Midstream has a net margin of 36.67% compared to Kodiak Gas Services' net margin of 7.15%. Antero Midstream's return on equity of 20.82% beat Kodiak Gas Services' return on equity.
Antero Midstream received 445 more outperform votes than Kodiak Gas Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Kodiak Gas Services an outperform vote while only 65.06% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote.
25.0% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Antero Midstream beats Kodiak Gas Services on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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