Kinetik (KNTK) Competitors

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) and Kinetik (NASDAQ:KNTK) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Is EXC or KNTK a better dividend stock?

Exelon pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Kinetik pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Exelon pays out 62.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinetik pays out 115.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility & risk, EXC or KNTK?

Exelon has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinetik has a beta of 2.91, indicating that its stock price is 191% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EXC or KNTK?

80.9% of Exelon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.1% of Kinetik shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Exelon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Kinetik shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer EXC or KNTK?

Exelon presently has a consensus price target of $43.29, suggesting a potential upside of 9.81%. Kinetik has a consensus price target of $59.50, suggesting a potential downside of 8.86%. Given Exelon's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Exelon is more favorable than Kinetik.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Exelon	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Kinetik	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Is EXC or KNTK more profitable?

Kinetik has a net margin of 30.25% compared to Exelon's net margin of 10.60%. Exelon's return on equity of 9.47% beat Kinetik's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Exelon	10.60%	9.47%	2.38%
Kinetik	30.25%	-39.48%	6.56%

Does the media favor EXC or KNTK?

In the previous week, Kinetik had 3 more articles in the media than Exelon. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Kinetik and 9 mentions for Exelon. Exelon's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Kinetik's score of 0.64 indicating that Exelon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Exelon	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kinetik	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, EXC or KNTK?

Exelon has higher revenue and earnings than Kinetik. Exelon 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
Exelon	$21.73B	1.82	$2.33B	$2.43	16.22
Kinetik	$1.26B	8.19	$386.45M	$2.71	24.09

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EXC or KNTK?

Exelon received 43 more outperform votes than Kinetik when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 43.84% of users gave Exelon an outperform vote while only 42.00% of users gave Kinetik an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Exelon	Outperform Votes 64 43.84%	Underperform Votes 82 56.16%
Kinetik	Outperform Votes 21 42.00%	Underperform Votes 29 58.00%

Summary

Kinetik beats Exelon on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.