Kinetik (NYSE:KNTK) & ProPetro (NYSE:PUMP) Head to Head Analysis

Kinetik (NYSE:KNTK) and ProPetro (NYSE:PUMP) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for Kinetik and ProPetro, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kinetik	1	6	6	0	2.38
ProPetro	1	3	4	0	2.38

Kinetik presently has a consensus target price of $46.18, suggesting a potential upside of 1.72%. ProPetro has a consensus target price of $12.83, suggesting a potential downside of 12.37%. Given Kinetik’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kinetik is more favorable than ProPetro.

Volatility and Risk

Kinetik has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProPetro has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

21.1% of Kinetik shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of ProPetro shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Kinetik shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of ProPetro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Kinetik and ProPetro’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kinetik	29.23%	-32.70%	7.41%
ProPetro	0.06%	0.10%	0.07%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Kinetik and ProPetro”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kinetik	$1.76 billion	4.16	$525.93 million	$2.57	17.67
ProPetro	$1.27 billion	1.41	$820,000.00	$0.01	1,464.50

Kinetik has higher revenue and earnings than ProPetro. Kinetik is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ProPetro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Kinetik beats ProPetro on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Kinetik

Kinetik Holdings Inc. operates as a midstream company in the Texas Delaware Basin. It provides gathering, transportation, compression, processing, and treating services for companies that produce natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil, and water. The company is headquartered in Midland, Texas.

About ProPetro

ProPetro Holding Corp. operates as an integrated oilfield services company. The company provides hydraulic fracturing, wireline, cementing, and other complementary oilfield completion services to upstream oil and gas companies in the Permian Basin. ProPetro Holding Corp. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.