Kodiak Gas Services (KGS) Competitors

Kodiak Gas Services (NYSE:KGS) and Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (NYSE:SBS) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more risk and volatility, KGS or SBS?

Kodiak Gas Services has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in KGS or SBS?

25.0% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.6% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is KGS or SBS a better dividend stock?

Kodiak Gas Services pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays an annual dividend of $0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP pays out 8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KGS or SBS?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP received 200 more outperform votes than Kodiak Gas Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.79% of users gave Kodiak Gas Services an outperform vote while only 58.25% of users gave Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kodiak Gas Services	Outperform Votes 26 78.79%	Underperform Votes 7 21.21%
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	Outperform Votes 226 58.25%	Underperform Votes 162 41.75%

Does the media prefer KGS or SBS?

In the previous week, Kodiak Gas Services had 17 more articles in the media than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Kodiak Gas Services and 1 mentions for Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Kodiak Gas Services' score of 0.77 indicating that Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kodiak Gas Services	7 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts rate KGS or SBS?

Kodiak Gas Services presently has a consensus target price of $34.64, indicating a potential downside of 11.44%. Given Kodiak Gas Services' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kodiak Gas Services is more favorable than Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP.

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
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Is KGS or SBS more profitable?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has a net margin of 25.62% compared to Kodiak Gas Services' net margin of 2.23%. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP's return on equity of 27.73% beat Kodiak Gas Services' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kodiak Gas Services	2.23%	7.91%	2.63%
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	25.62%	27.73%	13.50%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, KGS or SBS?

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP has higher revenue and earnings than Kodiak Gas Services. Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kodiak Gas Services	$850.38M	4.03	$20.07M	$0.29	134.87
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP	$5.12B	2.28	$705.76M	$2.54	6.73

Summary

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP beats Kodiak Gas Services on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.