Kinetik (KNTK) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, KNTK or CQP?

Kinetik has a beta of 2.85, suggesting that its share price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy Partners has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

21.1% of Kinetik shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Cheniere Energy Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Kinetik shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	$1.48B	5.64	$386.45M	$1.02	51.98
Cheniere Energy Partners	$8.70B	3.50	$4.25B	$4.26	14.78

Does the media refer more to KNTK or CQP?

In the previous week, Kinetik had 10 more articles in the media than Cheniere Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Kinetik and 1 mentions for Cheniere Energy Partners. Cheniere Energy Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Kinetik's score of 1.26 indicating that Cheniere Energy Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Kinetik	Positive
Cheniere Energy Partners	Very Positive

Is KNTK or CQP a better dividend stock?

Kinetik pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Cheniere Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Kinetik pays out 305.9% 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 72.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KNTK or CQP?

Kinetik received 24 more outperform votes than Cheniere Energy Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.64% 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 24 43.64%	Underperform Votes 31 56.36%
Cheniere Energy Partners	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 3 100.00%

Is KNTK or CQP more profitable?

Kinetik has a net margin of 30.25% compared to Cheniere Energy Partners' net margin of 28.84%. Kinetik's return on equity of -39.48% beat Cheniere Energy Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kinetik	30.25%	-39.48%	6.56%
Cheniere Energy Partners	28.84%	-325.95%	13.71%

Do analysts rate KNTK or CQP?

Kinetik presently has a consensus target price of $59.63, suggesting a potential upside of 12.46%. Cheniere Energy Partners has a consensus target price of $51.50, suggesting a potential downside of 18.19%. Given Kinetik's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Cheniere Energy Partners	4 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Summary

Kinetik beats Cheniere Energy Partners on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.