Kodiak Gas Services (KGS) Competitors $34.42 +0.59 (+1.75%) Closing price 04/17/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$34.42 -0.01 (-0.02%) As of 04/17/2025 04:26 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock KGS vs. WTRG, KEP, DTM, TLN, KNTK, ELPC, ENLC, BEP, CWEN, and TXNMShould you be buying Kodiak Gas Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kodiak Gas Services include Essential Utilities (WTRG), Korea Electric Power (KEP), DT Midstream (DTM), Talen Energy (TLN), Kinetik (KNTK), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), Clearway Energy (CWEN), and TXNM Energy (TXNM). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry. Kodiak Gas Services vs. Essential Utilities Korea Electric Power DT Midstream Talen Energy Kinetik Companhia Paranaense de Energia EnLink Midstream Brookfield Renewable Partners Clearway Energy TXNM Energy Kodiak Gas Services (NYSE:KGS) and Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking. Do analysts rate KGS or WTRG? Kodiak Gas Services presently has a consensus price target of $41.45, suggesting a potential upside of 20.43%. Essential Utilities has a consensus price target of $43.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.41%. Given Kodiak Gas Services' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Kodiak Gas Services is more favorable than Essential Utilities.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Kodiak Gas Services 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 9 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.82Essential Utilities 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.83 Which has better earnings and valuation, KGS or WTRG? Essential Utilities has higher revenue and earnings than Kodiak Gas Services. Essential Utilities 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioKodiak Gas Services$1.16B2.63$20.07M$0.5958.34Essential Utilities$2.09B5.35$498.23M$2.1718.66 Is KGS or WTRG more profitable? Essential Utilities has a net margin of 27.84% compared to Kodiak Gas Services' net margin of 2.23%. Kodiak Gas Services' return on equity of 7.91% beat Essential Utilities' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Kodiak Gas Services2.23% 7.91% 2.63% Essential Utilities 27.84%7.89%2.79% Which has more volatility & risk, KGS or WTRG? Kodiak Gas Services has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essential Utilities has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KGS or WTRG? Essential Utilities received 1 more outperform votes than Kodiak Gas Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.09% of users gave Kodiak Gas Services an outperform vote while only 36.36% of users gave Essential Utilities an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformKodiak Gas ServicesOutperform Votes3172.09% Underperform Votes1227.91% Essential UtilitiesOutperform Votes3236.36% Underperform Votes5663.64% Is KGS or WTRG a better dividend stock? Kodiak Gas Services pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Essential Utilities pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Kodiak Gas Services pays out 278.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Essential Utilities pays out 59.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Essential Utilities has raised its dividend for 32 consecutive years. Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of KGS or WTRG? 25.0% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of Essential Utilities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Essential Utilities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Does the media favor KGS or WTRG? In the previous week, Essential Utilities had 10 more articles in the media than Kodiak Gas Services. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Essential Utilities and 14 mentions for Kodiak Gas Services. Essential Utilities' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Kodiak Gas Services' score of 0.78 indicating that Essential Utilities is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Kodiak Gas Services 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 3 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Essential Utilities 15 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryEssential Utilities beats Kodiak Gas Services on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Kodiak Gas Services News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for KGS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart KGS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricKodiak Gas ServicesNatural gas transmission IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$3.05B$26.62B$6.99B$18.43BDividend Yield4.90%5.33%11.03%4.20%P/E Ratio118.7030.2644.4031.10Price / Sales2.633.3219,455.5626.58Price / Cash17.7712.6735.4417.54Price / Book2.332.943.394.30Net Income$20.07M$1.38B$4.28B$1.02B7 Day Performance6.03%4.76%3.92%1.42%1 Month Performance-8.32%-6.08%-6.05%-7.33%1 Year Performance30.09%25.07%144.25%2.26% Kodiak Gas Services Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)KGSKodiak Gas Services2.9788 of 5 stars$34.42+1.7%$41.45+20.4%+31.7%$3.05B$1.16B118.70781Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↑News CoverageWTRGEssential Utilities4.0406 of 5 stars$38.35-3.1%$43.50+13.4%+17.4%$10.57B$2.09B19.183,210Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeKEPKorea Electric Power1.4232 of 5 stars$7.59+4.8%N/A+19.3%$9.74B$93.40T3.5148,800High Trading VolumeDTMDT Midstream3.6922 of 5 stars$88.49+1.4%$105.08+18.8%+54.9%$8.99B$981M21.53360Positive NewsGap UpHigh Trading VolumeTLNTalen Energy2.5389 of 5 stars$183.06+5.0%$241.09+31.7%+118.8%$8.33B$2.07B9.804,981Positive NewsKNTKKinetik4.256 of 5 stars$43.50+0.1%$59.63+37.1%+13.5%$6.86B$1.48B16.05200Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastPositive NewsHigh Trading VolumeELPCCompanhia Paranaense de EnergiaN/A$6.36-1.7%N/A+7.0%$6.81B$22.65B9.096,320Dividend CutNews CoverageENLCEnLink MidstreamN/A$14.56+2.9%$15.40+5.8%+8.4%$6.65B$6.65B69.331,130High Trading VolumeBEPBrookfield Renewable Partners4.2591 of 5 stars$20.50-0.3%$30.18+47.2%+6.4%$5.84B$5.88B-23.043,200Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeCWENClearway Energy2.3081 of 5 stars$27.33-2.7%$34.71+27.0%+31.3%$5.52B$1.37B26.2760Positive NewsTXNMTXNM Energy1.5997 of 5 stars$49.76-2.9%$53.57+7.7%N/A$4.61B$1.97B25.921,635News CoveragePositive NewsHigh Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies WTRG Competitors KEP Competitors DTM Competitors TLN Competitors KNTK Competitors ELPC Competitors ENLC Competitors BEP Competitors CWEN Competitors TXNM Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:KGS) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump Orders 'National Digital Asset Stockpile'‘Digital Asset Reserve’ for THIS Coin??? 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