Central Puerto (CEPU) Competitors

Kinetik (NYSE:KNTK) and Central Puerto (NYSE:CEPU) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Is KNTK or CEPU more profitable?

Central Puerto has a net margin of 12.69% compared to Kinetik's net margin of 10.74%. Central Puerto's return on equity of 8.93% beat Kinetik's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kinetik	10.74%	-8.05%	2.47%
Central Puerto	12.69%	8.93%	6.25%

Which has more risk and volatility, KNTK or CEPU?

Kinetik has a beta of 3.05, indicating that its share price is 205% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Puerto has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KNTK or CEPU a better dividend stock?

Kinetik pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Central Puerto pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Kinetik pays out 328.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Central Puerto pays out 56.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinetik has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Kinetik is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in KNTK or CEPU?

21.1% of Kinetik shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of Central Puerto shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Kinetik shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Central Puerto shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor KNTK or CEPU?

In the previous week, Kinetik had 4 more articles in the media than Central Puerto. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Kinetik and 2 mentions for Central Puerto. Central Puerto's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Kinetik's score of 0.56 indicating that Central Puerto is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Kinetik	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Central Puerto	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, KNTK or CEPU?

Kinetik has higher revenue and earnings than Central Puerto. Central Puerto is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinetik, 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
Kinetik	$1.48B	4.57	$244.23M	$0.95	45.16
Central Puerto	$810.70M	2.19	$54.56M	$0.55	21.34

Do analysts recommend KNTK or CEPU?

Kinetik currently has a consensus target price of $56.56, suggesting a potential upside of 31.83%. Central Puerto has a consensus target price of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.23%. Given Kinetik's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kinetik is more favorable than Central Puerto.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kinetik	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Central Puerto	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KNTK or CEPU?

Central Puerto received 118 more outperform votes than Kinetik when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.54% of users gave Central Puerto an outperform vote while only 42.86% of users gave Kinetik an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kinetik	Outperform Votes 3 42.86%	Underperform Votes 4 57.14%
Central Puerto	Outperform Votes 121 56.54%	Underperform Votes 93 43.46%

Summary

Kinetik beats Central Puerto on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.