US Capital Advisors Has Positive View of Kinetik Q1 Earnings

Kinetik Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTK) – Equities researchers at US Capital Advisors increased their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Kinetik in a research note issued to investors on Monday, February 3rd. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now expects that the company will earn $0.47 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.44. The consensus estimate for Kinetik’s current full-year earnings is $1.96 per share. US Capital Advisors also issued estimates for Kinetik’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.54 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.61 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.66 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.30 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.94 EPS.

KNTK has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Scotiabank decreased their target price on shares of Kinetik from $64.00 to $62.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Kinetik from $63.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 15th. Mizuho increased their target price on Kinetik from $47.00 to $55.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Citigroup raised their price target on Kinetik from $54.00 to $58.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on Kinetik from $47.00 to $61.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Kinetik presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $59.25.

Kinetik Stock Performance

KNTK stock opened at $64.54 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $10.17 billion, a PE ratio of 23.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 2.89. Kinetik has a one year low of $31.98 and a one year high of $67.60. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $59.94 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $51.88.

Kinetik (NASDAQ:KNTK) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.45 by ($0.10). Kinetik had a negative return on equity of 39.48% and a net margin of 30.25%. The firm had revenue of $396.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $331.21 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.21 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 20.0% compared to the same quarter last year.

Kinetik Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 12th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd will be issued a dividend of $0.78 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 3rd. This represents a $3.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.83%. Kinetik’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 115.13%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its stake in Kinetik by 20.6% during the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 57,777 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,394,000 after acquiring an additional 9,860 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning lifted its holdings in shares of Kinetik by 83.1% during the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 15,340 shares of the company’s stock valued at $636,000 after purchasing an additional 6,961 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its position in shares of Kinetik by 71.9% in the 3rd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 5,678 shares of the company’s stock worth $257,000 after purchasing an additional 2,375 shares in the last quarter. SL Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Kinetik by 5.0% in the 3rd quarter. SL Advisors LLC now owns 21,927 shares of the company’s stock worth $992,000 after purchasing an additional 1,037 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CWM LLC grew its stake in shares of Kinetik by 2,030.9% in the 3rd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 3,793 shares of the company’s stock worth $172,000 after buying an additional 3,615 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 21.11% of the company’s stock.

About Kinetik

Kinetik Holdings Inc operates as a midstream company in the Texas Delaware Basin. The company operates through two segments, Midstream Logistics and Pipeline Transportation. It provides gathering, transportation, compression, processing, stabilization, treating, storage, and transportation services for companies that produce natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil; and water gathering and disposal services.