Kodiak Gas Services (NYSE:KGS – Get Free Report) and Tetra Technologies (NYSE:TTI – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Kodiak Gas Services and Tetra Technologies, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Kodiak Gas Services | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2.86 |
| Tetra Technologies | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.00 |
Kodiak Gas Services presently has a consensus target price of $79.70, indicating a potential upside of 79.51%. Tetra Technologies has a consensus target price of $11.17, indicating a potential upside of 109.31%. Given Tetra Technologies’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tetra Technologies is more favorable than Kodiak Gas Services.
Risk & Volatility
Kodiak Gas Services has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tetra Technologies has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Kodiak Gas Services and Tetra Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Kodiak Gas Services | $1.39 billion | 3.23 | $80.52 million | $0.84 | 52.85 |
| Tetra Technologies | $630.93 million | 1.25 | $3.01 million | $0.04 | 133.38 |
Kodiak Gas Services has higher revenue and earnings than Tetra Technologies. Kodiak Gas Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tetra Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Kodiak Gas Services and Tetra Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Kodiak Gas Services | 5.77% | 11.92% | 3.70% |
| Tetra Technologies | 0.97% | 9.11% | 4.14% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
25.0% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Tetra Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Tetra Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Tetra Technologies beats Kodiak Gas Services on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Kodiak Gas Services
Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. operates contract compression infrastructure for customers in the oil and gas industry in the United States. It operates in two segments, Compression Operations and Other Services. The Compression Operations segment operates company-owned and customer-owned compression infrastructure to enable the production, gathering, and transportation of natural gas and oil. The Other Services segment provides a range of contract services, including station construction, maintenance and overhaul, and other ancillary time and material-based offerings. The company was formerly known as Frontier TopCo, Inc. Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
About Tetra Technologies
TETRA Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy services and solutions company. It operates through two segments, Completion Fluids & Products Division and Water & Flowback Services. The Completion Fluids & Products segment manufactures and markets clear brine fluids, additives, and associated products and services to the oil and gas industry for use in well drilling, completion, and workover operations in the United States, as well as in Latin America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. This segment also markets liquid and dry calcium chloride products; and TETRA PureFlow ultra-pure zinc bromide to battery technology companies. The Water & Flowback Services segment provides water management services for onshore oil and gas operators. This segment also offers frac flowback, production well testing, and other associated services in oil and gas producing regions in the United States, as well as in various basins in Latin America, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. TETRA Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
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