Stocks · Energy · Oil & Gas Midstream

Kinetik Holdings Inc. KNTK

$53.08 +1.05% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.87B

Strong trend

Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.76, up 275.4% year over year.
  2. The diluted share count rose 22.9% in a year.
  3. The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 169 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.

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.

Growth72Positive

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 43%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 11%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 22%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 22%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 48%
Quality18Very weak

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

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 29%
  • Gross marginTop 41%
  • Operating marginBottom 43%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 29%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 20%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 30%
  • Interest coverBottom 24%
Value66Positive

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

  • Earnings yieldTop 43%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 47%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 16%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 23%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 15%
Momentum86Strong

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

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 37%
  • 6-month returnTop 18%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 35%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 11%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 7%
Revisions76Positive

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

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 14%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 19%
Stability44Weak

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

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 20%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 47%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 34%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 30%

What changed

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

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)9.2%14.1%↑
EPS growth (YoY)159.2%275.4%↑
Gross margin35.7%40.1%↑
Operating margin11.7%10.5%↓
FCF margin29.6%10.3%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)14.1%9.2%↑Top 43%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)275.4%159.2%↑Top 11%
Gross margin40.1%35.7%↑Top 41%
Operating margin10.5%11.7%↓Bottom 43%
Net margin25.3%11.7%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin10.3%29.6%↓—
Return on invested capital2.7%—Bottom 29%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR13.3%—Top 22%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.34×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-2.3%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
3.4%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+340.3 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
2.71×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
0.9×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
7.42%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
2.68%
Shareholder yield
10.10%
Share count change, 1 year
+22.9%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+14.4%

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 6, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
1
Beats in the last 8 reports
3 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+100.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.1%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$56.56
Target vs current price
+6.6%
Analysts with a rating
16
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
81%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 5, 2026+148.5%-0.7%+5.0%+13.0%—
May 6, 2026-131.8%-4.4%-3.1%-8.8%+0.2%
Feb 25, 2026+692.1%-1.5%+5.0%+5.9%+13.6%
Nov 5, 2025-89.9%-0.3%-6.5%-4.2%+7.2%
Aug 6, 2025+135.7%-1.4%-0.5%-1.6%-10.5%
May 7, 2025-78.3%-0.4%+11.0%+12.7%+5.7%
Feb 26, 2025-97.8%+2.8%-3.5%-6.5%-22.0%
Nov 6, 2024-22.2%+5.0%+12.3%+14.2%+26.7%

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

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 5, 2026$0.64$0.26+148.5%$581.4M
May 6, 2026-$0.07$0.22-131.8%$410.0M
Feb 25, 2026$2.16$0.27+692.1%$430.4M
Nov 5, 2025$0.03$0.30-89.9%$464.0M
Aug 6, 2025$0.33$0.14+135.7%$426.7M
May 7, 2025$0.05$0.23-78.3%$443.3M
Feb 26, 2025$0.01$0.45-97.8%$385.7M
Nov 6, 2024$0.35$0.45-22.2%$396.4M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)19.2×21.4×29thTop 43%
P/E (forward)38.2×———
EV / EBITDA5.3×——Top 16%
EV / Sales4.16×——Bottom 23%
Free-cash-flow yield5.02%——Bottom 47%
Earnings yield5.20%——Top 43%

P/E over the past five years

Range 15.5× – 89.1× since Dec 31, 2021. 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
+34.8%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+275.4%
Change in P/E multiple
-67.6%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

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
1
Days above the 200-day average
169
50-day average slope (20 days)
+2.7%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+4.0%
Distance from 50-day average
+0.9%
Distance from 200-day average
+13.1%
RSI (14)
52.7
Relative volume
0.77×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
27.7%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
19th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.69
Correlation with S&P 500
0.28
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-3.7%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-52.3%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jan 21, 2025Nov 20, 2025-52.3%211 daysNot yet recovered
Oct 18, 2021May 4, 2023-38.5%388 days303 days (Jul 19, 2024)
Jul 22, 2024Aug 5, 2024-14.5%10 days29 days (Sep 16, 2024)
Sep 30, 2020Oct 19, 2020-14.0%13 days13 days (Nov 5, 2020)
Jun 25, 2021Jul 19, 2021-13.8%15 days53 days (Oct 1, 2021)

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

Financial statements

Market cap
$3.87B
P/E (TTM)
19.2
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$2.76
Revenue (TTM)
$1.89B
Dividend yield
6.05%
52-week range
$31.33 – $56.92
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$662.0M$1.21B$1.26B$1.48B$1.76B
Gross profit$184.9M$411.6M$459.7M$538.1M$595.8M
Operating income$53.5M$150.5M$159.3M$179.2M$164.9M
Net income$1.5M$135.5M$386.5M$244.2M$525.9M
EPS (diluted)$0.04$1.48$2.52$1.02$2.63
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$396.4M$385.7M$443.3M$426.7M$464.0M$430.4M$410.0M$581.4M
Net income$83.7M$16.2M$19.3M$74.4M$15.5M$416.7M-$5.1M$49.5M
EPS (diluted)$0.35$0.01$0.05$0.33$0.03$2.16-$0.07$0.64
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$235.6M$613.0M$584.5M$637.3M$604.1M
Capital expenditure-$82.7M-$221.6M-$329.6M-$275.9M-$529.7M
Free cash flow$152.9M$391.4M$254.9M$361.5M$74.4M
Dividends paid-$51.2M-$39.3M-$82.0M-$175.2M-$500.1M
Net share buybacks$14.9M$0-$5.8M$0-$176.0M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$7.8M
Total assets
$7.20B
Total liabilities
$4.29B
Total debt
$3.98B
Net debt
$3.97B
Shareholders’ equity
-$1.19B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Jul 24, 2026$0.81Jul 31, 2026
Apr 24, 2026$0.81May 1, 2026
Feb 6, 2026$0.81Feb 13, 2026
Oct 27, 2025$0.78Oct 31, 2025
Jul 25, 2025$0.78Aug 1, 2025
Apr 25, 2025$0.78May 2, 2025
Feb 3, 2025$0.78Feb 12, 2025
Oct 28, 2024$0.78Nov 7, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
6,040,463
Days to cover
5.93
Change vs previous report
+3.0%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Jun 9, 2022
2-for-1
Jul 1, 2020
1-for-20