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Kodiak Gas Services (KGS) Competitors

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$39.80 +0.86 (+2.21%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

KGS vs. EVRG, AGR, EBR, WTRG, SBS, KEP, DTM, KNTK, BEP, and ENLC

Should you be buying Kodiak Gas Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kodiak Gas Services include Evergy (EVRG), Avangrid (AGR), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), Korea Electric Power (KEP), DT Midstream (DTM), Kinetik (KNTK), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), and EnLink Midstream (ENLC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Kodiak Gas Services vs.

Kodiak Gas Services (NYSE:KGS) and Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and dividends.

In the previous week, Evergy had 3 more articles in the media than Kodiak Gas Services. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Evergy and 5 mentions for Kodiak Gas Services. Evergy's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Kodiak Gas Services' score of 0.78 indicating that Evergy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kodiak Gas Services
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Evergy
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kodiak Gas Services has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evergy has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Kodiak Gas Services pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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. Evergy pays out 72.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evergy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Evergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Evergy has a net margin of 14.77% compared to Kodiak Gas Services' net margin of 2.23%. Evergy's return on equity of 8.77% beat Kodiak Gas Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kodiak Gas Services2.23% 7.91% 2.63%
Evergy 14.77%8.77%2.72%

Evergy received 102 more outperform votes than Kodiak Gas Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.14% of users gave Kodiak Gas Services an outperform vote while only 59.45% of users gave Evergy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kodiak Gas ServicesOutperform Votes
27
77.14%
Underperform Votes
8
22.86%
EvergyOutperform Votes
129
59.45%
Underperform Votes
88
40.55%

25.0% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of Evergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Evergy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Kodiak Gas Services currently has a consensus target price of $37.09, suggesting a potential downside of 6.81%. Evergy has a consensus target price of $61.88, suggesting a potential upside of 0.72%. Given Evergy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Evergy is more favorable than Kodiak Gas Services.

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)
2.82
Evergy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Evergy has higher revenue and earnings than Kodiak Gas Services. Evergy 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 Ratio
Kodiak Gas Services$1.08B3.24$20.07M$0.29137.24
Evergy$5.78B2.45$731.30M$3.7016.60

Summary

Evergy beats Kodiak Gas Services on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KGS vs. The Competition

MetricKodiak Gas ServicesNatural gas transmission IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.41B$25.68B$8.33B$19.18B
Dividend Yield4.25%5.12%11.73%3.61%
P/E Ratio137.2530.3312.1541.30
Price / Sales3.243.2367.4717.58
Price / Cash17.1712.6010.8721.28
Price / Book2.703.113.365.32
Net Income$20.07M$1.27B$955.68M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-2.88%-2.33%-3.45%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-3.05%-5.62%-5.59%-3.68%
1 Year Performance102.03%42.00%1.57%12.14%

Kodiak Gas Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KGS
Kodiak Gas Services
3.0028 of 5 stars
$39.80
+2.2%
$37.09
-6.8%
+104.0%$3.41B$1.08B137.25781High Trading Volume
EVRG
Evergy
3.0442 of 5 stars
$61.42
-0.8%
$61.88
+0.7%
+20.3%$14.13B$5.78B16.714,658Positive News
AGR
Avangrid
3.3474 of 5 stars
$35.68
+0.3%
$34.67
-2.8%
+12.1%$13.80B$8.31B12.237,999News Coverage
EBR
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás
1.0352 of 5 stars
$5.78
-2.0%
N/A-30.3%$13.30B$38.08B8.238,328News Coverage
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.6269 of 5 stars
$38.35
-0.9%
$44.00
+14.7%
-0.8%$10.53B$2.05B19.353,258Analyst Revision
Positive News
SBS
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
1.6568 of 5 stars
$14.50
-1.7%
N/A-3.0%$9.91B$5.12B5.7511,170Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
KEP
Korea Electric Power
1.8069 of 5 stars
$7.55
+1.8%
N/A+1.0%$9.69B$91.66T3.4448,696News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
DTM
DT Midstream
3.9652 of 5 stars
$99.32
-0.6%
$84.78
-14.6%
+88.5%$9.65B$976M24.48360Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
KNTK
Kinetik
2.6037 of 5 stars
$56.43
-0.7%
$49.00
-13.2%
+73.0%$8.89B$1.45B20.73200Analyst Forecast
BEP
Brookfield Renewable Partners
4.486 of 5 stars
$23.85
+0.3%
$31.89
+33.7%
-13.2%$6.80B$5.77B-29.014,770Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
ENLC
EnLink Midstream
2.5831 of 5 stars
$14.48
-1.1%
$15.40
+6.4%
+13.9%$6.62B$6.65B69.711,072

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This page (NYSE:KGS) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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