Financial Comparison: Mammoth Energy Services (NASDAQ:TUSK) vs. Kinetik (NYSE:KNTK)

Mammoth Energy Services (NASDAQ:TUSK) and Kinetik (NYSE:KNTK) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Mammoth Energy Services and Kinetik, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mammoth Energy Services	1	0	0	0	1.00
Kinetik	1	6	6	0	2.38

Kinetik has a consensus target price of $46.27, suggesting a potential upside of 0.88%. Given Kinetik’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kinetik is more favorable than Mammoth Energy Services.

Volatility and Risk

Mammoth Energy Services has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinetik has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Mammoth Energy Services and Kinetik”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mammoth Energy Services	$44.29 million	2.27	$4.60 million	$0.09	23.11
Kinetik	$1.76 billion	4.22	$525.93 million	$2.57	17.85

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

79.7% of Mammoth Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.1% of Kinetik shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Mammoth Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Kinetik shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Mammoth Energy Services and Kinetik’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mammoth Energy Services	4.46%	-23.73%	-17.20%
Kinetik	29.23%	-32.70%	7.41%

Summary

Kinetik beats Mammoth Energy Services on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mammoth Energy Services

Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. operates as an energy services company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Well Completion Services, Infrastructure Services, Natural Sand Proppant Services, and Drilling Services. The company offers pressure pumping and hydraulic fracturing, sand hauling, and water transfer services; and master services agreements. It also provides a range of services on electric transmission and distribution, and networks and substation facilities, including engineering, design, construction, upgrade, maintenance, and repair of high voltage transmission lines, substations, and lower voltage overhead and underground distribution systems; storm repair and restoration services; and commercial services comprising installation, maintenance, and repair of commercial wiring. In addition, the company mines, processes, and sells natural sand proppant used for hydraulic fracturing; buys processed sand from suppliers on the spot market for resale; and provides logistics solutions to facilitate delivery of frac sand products. Further, it offers contract land and directional drilling services; and rig moving services. Additionally, the company offers aviation services, equipment rental, remote accommodation, and equipment manufacturing services. It serves government-funded, private, public investor-owned, and co-operative utilities; independent oil and natural gas producers; and land-based drilling contractors. The company was formerly known as Mammoth Energy Partners LP and changed its name to Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. in October 2016. Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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.