SMC vs. KEN, EDN, CTRI, NNE, NEP, XIFR, AMPS, NGL, MNTK, and OPAL
Should you be buying Summit Midstream stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Summit Midstream include Kenon (KEN), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), Centuri (CTRI), Nano Nuclear Energy (NNE), Nextera Energy Partners (NEP), XPLR Infrastructure (XIFR), Altus Power (AMPS), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Montauk Renewables (MNTK), and OPAL Fuels (OPAL). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Summit Midstream vs.
Kenon (NYSE:KEN) and Summit Midstream (NYSE:SMC) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.
Kenon has a net margin of 22.88% compared to Summit Midstream's net margin of -23.01%. Kenon's return on equity of 2.93% beat Summit Midstream's return on equity.
In the previous week, Summit Midstream had 6 more articles in the media than Kenon. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Summit Midstream and 0 mentions for Kenon. Kenon's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Summit Midstream's score of 0.20 indicating that Kenon is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summit Midstream has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kenon. Summit Midstream is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kenon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
13.4% of Kenon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of Summit Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Kenon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Summit Midstream shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kenon has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Summit Midstream has a beta of 2.28, suggesting that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kenon received 98 more outperform votes than Summit Midstream when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Kenon beats Summit Midstream on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SMC) was last updated on 3/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
