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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and earnings.

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 MarketBeat Community favor 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 43.64% of users gave Kinetik an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kinetik	Outperform Votes 24 43.64%	Underperform Votes 31 56.36%
ReNew Energy Global	Outperform Votes 17 45.95%	Underperform Votes 20 54.05%

Does the media prefer KNTK or RNW?

In the previous week, Kinetik had 8 more articles in the media than ReNew Energy Global. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Kinetik and 2 mentions for ReNew Energy Global. ReNew Energy Global's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Kinetik's score of 1.15 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ReNew Energy Global	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	5.36	$386.45M	$1.02	49.37
ReNew Energy Global	$86.14B	0.03	$41M	$0.05	120.40

Do analysts prefer KNTK or RNW?

Kinetik currently has a consensus price target of $59.63, suggesting a potential upside of 18.40%. ReNew Energy Global has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.58%. Given ReNew Energy Global's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ReNew Energy Global is more favorable than Kinetik.

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

Which has more risk and volatility, KNTK or RNW?

Kinetik has a beta of 2.85, suggesting that its share price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ReNew Energy Global has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Kinetik beats ReNew Energy Global on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.