Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. KGS

$53.56 -1.42% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $5.48B

Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. The diluted share count rose 7.5% in a year.
  2. Operating margin widened to 32.2% from 26.6% a year earlier.
  3. Revenue over the last four quarters was $1.39B, up 8.2% from a year earlier, accelerating from 4.0% a quarter earlier.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.

Growth48Neutral

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 43%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 42%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 17%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 11%
  • Revenue growth accelerationBottom 48%
Quality75Positive

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 47%
  • Gross marginTop 40%
  • Operating marginTop 22%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 14%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 49%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 16%
  • Interest coverBottom 34%
Value31Weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 36%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 34%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 48%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 26%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 50%
Momentum54Neutral

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 16%
  • 6-month returnBottom 45%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 18%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 28%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 42%
Revisions60Neutral

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 26%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 20%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 7%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 18%
Stability53Neutral

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 31%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 31%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 28%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 16%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)4.0%8.2%↑
EPS growth (YoY)42.6%-4.8%↓
Gross margin40.0%40.1%↑
Operating margin26.6%32.2%↑
FCF margin9.9%0.4%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)8.2%4.0%↑Bottom 43%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-4.8%42.6%↓Bottom 42%
Gross margin40.1%40.0%↑Top 40%
Operating margin32.2%26.6%↑Top 22%
Net margin5.8%6.5%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin0.4%9.9%↓—
Return on invested capital6.3%—Bottom 47%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR22.7%—Top 11%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
3.00×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-7.2%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
1.9%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+10.9 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
-0.09×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.2×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
3.20%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-13.72%
Shareholder yield
-10.52%
Share count change, 1 year
+7.5%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+17.9%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
3 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-31.9%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+2.3%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$82.86
Target vs current price
+54.7%
Analysts with a rating
10
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
90%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 6, 2026-18.4%-1.7%+7.3%+6.2%—
May 11, 2026-62.5%+8.4%+5.5%-2.9%-16.9%
Feb 25, 2026-18.8%+3.2%+12.8%+15.6%+43.5%
Nov 4, 2025-28.0%-1.3%-7.2%-5.9%+14.3%
Aug 6, 2025+6.5%+1.2%+9.8%+12.0%+14.5%
May 7, 2025+7.7%-0.3%+6.4%+5.3%-8.5%
Mar 5, 2025-35.7%+1.8%-11.4%-5.6%-11.0%
Nov 6, 2024+57.7%+7.2%+11.3%+25.3%+44.5%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 6, 2026$0.55$0.67-18.4%$391.1M
May 11, 2026$0.20$0.53-62.5%$345.8M
Feb 25, 2026$0.40$0.49-18.8%$332.9M
Nov 4, 2025$0.36$0.50-28.0%$322.7M
Aug 6, 2025$0.49$0.46+6.5%$322.8M
May 7, 2025$0.42$0.39+7.7%$329.6M
Mar 5, 2025$0.27$0.42-35.7%$309.5M
Nov 6, 2024$0.41$0.26+57.7%$324.6M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)62.3×42.4×67thBottom 36%
P/E (forward)25.9×———
EV / EBITDA9.0×——Top 48%
EV / Sales3.90×——Bottom 26%
Free-cash-flow yield0.09%——Bottom 34%
Earnings yield1.61%——Bottom 36%

P/E over the past five years

Range 13.7× – 117.4× since Dec 31, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+55.1%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-4.8%
Change in P/E multiple
+97.6%

Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-7.2%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+3.8%
Distance from 50-day average
-8.8%
Distance from 200-day average
-7.8%
RSI (14)
39.5
Relative volume
0.93×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
50.3%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
88th percentile · High for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.86
Correlation with S&P 500
0.30
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-29.8%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-39.1%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jan 30, 2025Apr 8, 2025-39.1%47 days209 days (Feb 6, 2026)
Jun 26, 2026Sep 29, 2026-32.1%65 daysNot yet recovered
Aug 14, 2023Nov 8, 2023-14.3%61 days28 days (Dec 19, 2023)
May 19, 2026Jun 5, 2026-14.2%12 days14 days (Jun 26, 2026)
Aug 12, 2024Sep 9, 2024-13.9%19 days8 days (Sep 19, 2024)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$5.48B
P/E (TTM)
62.3
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$0.86
Revenue (TTM)
$1.39B
Dividend yield
3.66%
52-week range
$32.55 – $77.68
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$606.4M$707.9M$850.4M$1.16B$1.31B
Gross profit$236.2M$266.1M$316.6M$440.7M$552.0M
Operating income$189.0M$222.1M$244.1M$249.4M$414.5M
Net income$181.0M$106.3M$20.1M$49.9M$80.5M
EPS (diluted)$2.41$1.42$0.29$0.56$0.89
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$324.6M$309.5M$329.6M$322.8M$322.7M$332.9M$345.8M$391.1M
Net income-$5.6M$19.1M$30.4M$39.5M-$14.0M$24.6M$17.8M$52.0M
EPS (diluted)-$0.07$0.21$0.33$0.43-$0.17$0.30$0.20$0.53
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$250.0M$219.8M$266.3M$328.0M$599.7M
Capital expenditure-$201.9M-$259.3M-$219.8M-$337.0M-$315.5M
Free cash flow$48.0M-$39.5M$46.5M-$9.0M$284.3M
Dividends paid-$1.1M-$838.0M-$72.1M-$133.9M-$159.6M
Net share buybacks$0$0$277.8M-$42.8M-$104.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$137.6M
Total assets
$5.50B
Total liabilities
$3.34B
Total debt
$85.5M
Net debt
-$52.1M
Shareholders’ equity
$2.16B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 17, 2026$0.49Aug 27, 2026
May 18, 2026$0.49May 28, 2026
Feb 13, 2026$0.49Feb 20, 2026
Nov 3, 2025$0.49Nov 13, 2025
Aug 4, 2025$0.45Aug 14, 2025
May 5, 2025$0.45May 15, 2025
Feb 14, 2025$0.41Feb 21, 2025
Nov 1, 2024$0.41Nov 8, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
7,796,361
Days to cover
4.42
Change vs previous report
-5.4%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.