KGS vs. LNT, EVRG, AGR, EBR, DTM, SBS, KNTK, WTRG, KEP, and ENLC
Should you be buying Kodiak Gas Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kodiak Gas Services include Alliant Energy (LNT), Evergy (EVRG), Avangrid (AGR), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), DT Midstream (DTM), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Kinetik (KNTK), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Korea Electric Power (KEP), and EnLink Midstream (ENLC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Kodiak Gas Services vs.
Kodiak Gas Services (NYSE:KGS) and Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Kodiak Gas Services had 2 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Kodiak Gas Services and 9 mentions for Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Kodiak Gas Services' score of 0.67 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kodiak Gas Services pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Kodiak Gas Services pays out 565.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliant Energy pays out 74.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliant Energy has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
Alliant Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Kodiak Gas Services. Alliant Energy 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.
Alliant Energy received 2 more outperform votes than Kodiak Gas Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.68% of users gave Kodiak Gas Services an outperform vote while only 36.14% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.
25.0% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alliant Energy has a net margin of 16.66% compared to Kodiak Gas Services' net margin of 2.23%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 10.56% beat Kodiak Gas Services' return on equity.
Kodiak Gas Services has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.6, suggesting that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kodiak Gas Services currently has a consensus target price of $39.36, suggesting a potential downside of 16.87%. Alliant Energy has a consensus target price of $63.39, suggesting a potential upside of 4.69%. Given Alliant Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alliant Energy is more favorable than Kodiak Gas Services.
Summary
Alliant Energy beats Kodiak Gas Services on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KGS) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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