Head-To-Head Survey: Kodiak Gas Services (NYSE:KGS) versus Jutal Offshore Oil Services (OTCMKTS:JUTOY)

Kodiak Gas Services (NYSE:KGS) and Jutal Offshore Oil Services (OTCMKTS:JUTOY) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Dividends

Kodiak Gas Services pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Jutal Offshore Oil Services pays an annual dividend of $0.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Kodiak Gas Services pays out 339.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kodiak Gas Services has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Kodiak Gas Services is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Volatility & Risk

Kodiak Gas Services has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jutal Offshore Oil Services has a beta of 0.16, indicating that its stock price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Kodiak Gas Services and Jutal Offshore Oil Services, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kodiak Gas Services	0	1	10	0	2.91
Jutal Offshore Oil Services	0	0	0	0	0.00

Kodiak Gas Services currently has a consensus price target of $40.64, suggesting a potential upside of 25.81%. Given Kodiak Gas Services’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kodiak Gas Services is more favorable than Jutal Offshore Oil Services.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

25.0% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Kodiak Gas Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Kodiak Gas Services and Jutal Offshore Oil Services’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kodiak Gas Services	3.93%	8.49%	2.67%
Jutal Offshore Oil Services	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Kodiak Gas Services and Jutal Offshore Oil Services”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Kodiak Gas Services	$1.16 billion	2.47	$49.90 million	$0.53	60.94
Jutal Offshore Oil Services	$289.21 million	0.70	$25.74 million	N/A	N/A

Kodiak Gas Services has higher revenue and earnings than Jutal Offshore Oil Services.

Summary

Kodiak Gas Services beats Jutal Offshore Oil Services on 14 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 Jutal Offshore Oil Services

Jutal Offshore Oil Services Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the fabrication of facilities and provision of integrated services for oil and gas, new energy, and refining and chemical industries. The company engages in the construction of large-scale modules, such as onshore LNG modules, modular plants, offshore platform upper modules, and FPSO/FLNG modules, as well as shop design, material procurement, structural prefabrication, machining, painting, assembly, machinery and equipment installation, pre-commissioning, load-out and transportation, and other activities; and undertakes projects in oil and gas process modules, petrochemical equipment, and undersea business. It also provides ship construction and repair services, including painting, electrical installation and commissioning, and hull assembly services; construction, renovation, and maintenance services for offshore platforms; natural gas purification and treatment, and oil production water treatment and sludge purification solutions; and hazardous waste collection, storage, utilization, and disposal services. In addition, the company is involved in the new energy equipment construction and other businesses; trades in biofuel products; designs, fabricates, installs, and repairs steel formation structures; and offers technical support services, as well as quayside machineries and chemical engineering facility, and other quayside and warehouse services. It operates in the People's Republic of China, the United States, Switzerland, Norway, Singapore, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and internationally. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People's Republic of China.