ReNew Energy Global (RNW) Competitors

Kinetik (NASDAQ:KNTK) and ReNew Energy Global (NASDAQ:RNW) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Do analysts rate KNTK or RNW?

Kinetik currently has a consensus target price of $59.75, suggesting a potential upside of 36.63%. ReNew Energy Global has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.77%. Given Kinetik's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kinetik is more favorable than ReNew Energy Global.

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
ReNew Energy Global	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in KNTK or RNW?

Kinetik received 7 more outperform votes than ReNew Energy Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 45.95% of users gave ReNew Energy Global an outperform vote while only 42.11% of users gave Kinetik an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kinetik	Outperform Votes 24 42.11%	Underperform Votes 33 57.89%
ReNew Energy Global	Outperform Votes 17 45.95%	Underperform Votes 20 54.05%

Is KNTK or RNW more profitable?

Kinetik has a net margin of 30.25% compared to ReNew Energy Global's net margin of 2.17%. ReNew Energy Global's return on equity of 1.75% beat Kinetik's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kinetik	30.25%	-39.48%	6.56%
ReNew Energy Global	2.17%	1.75%	0.24%

Does the media prefer KNTK or RNW?

In the previous week, Kinetik had 12 more articles in the media than ReNew Energy Global. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Kinetik and 3 mentions for ReNew Energy Global. ReNew Energy Global's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Kinetik's score of 1.05 indicating that ReNew Energy Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kinetik	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ReNew Energy Global	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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

21.1% of Kinetik shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.6% of ReNew Energy Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of Kinetik shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.7% of ReNew Energy Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, KNTK or RNW?

Kinetik has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ReNew Energy Global. Kinetik is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ReNew Energy Global, 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	4.65	$386.45M	$1.02	42.87
ReNew Energy Global	$86.14B	0.03	$41M	$0.05	124.20

Which has more risk and volatility, KNTK or RNW?

Kinetik has a beta of 2.68, meaning that its share price is 168% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ReNew Energy Global has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kinetik beats ReNew Energy Global on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.