AleAnna (NASDAQ:ANNA – Get Free Report) and Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current recommendations for AleAnna and Kinder Morgan, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| AleAnna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Kinder Morgan | 0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 2.52 |
Kinder Morgan has a consensus target price of $37.15, suggesting a potential upside of 12.93%. Given Kinder Morgan’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kinder Morgan is more favorable than AleAnna.
Volatility and Risk
AleAnna has a beta of -1.58, indicating that its stock price is 258% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares AleAnna and Kinder Morgan’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| AleAnna | 19.76% | 12.95% | 7.70% |
| Kinder Morgan | 19.64% | 10.84% | 4.80% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
38.1% of AleAnna shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of Kinder Morgan shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.5% of AleAnna shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of Kinder Morgan shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares AleAnna and Kinder Morgan”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| AleAnna | $25.04 million | 6.23 | $1.80 million | $0.19 | 12.32 |
| Kinder Morgan | $16.94 billion | 4.33 | $3.06 billion | $1.62 | 20.31 |
Kinder Morgan has higher revenue and earnings than AleAnna. AleAnna is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinder Morgan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kinder Morgan beats AleAnna on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About AleAnna
AleAnna, Inc. engages in oil and gas exploration and production activities. It focuses on Italy’s natural gas reserves and developing renewable energy solutions. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.
About Kinder Morgan
Kinder Morgan, Inc. operates as an energy infrastructure company primarily in North America. The company operates through Natural Gas Pipelines, Products Pipelines, Terminals, and CO2 segments. The Natural Gas Pipelines segment owns and operates interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline, and storage systems; natural gas gathering systems and natural gas processing and treating facilities; natural gas liquids fractionation facilities and transportation systems; and liquefied natural gas gasification, liquefaction, and storage facilities. The Products Pipelines segment owns and operates refined petroleum products, and crude oil and condensate pipelines; and associated product terminals and petroleum pipeline transmix facilities. The Terminals segment owns and/or operates liquids and bulk terminals that stores and handles various commodities, including gasoline, diesel fuel, renewable fuel and feedstocks, chemicals, ethanol, metals, and petroleum coke; and owns tankers. The CO2 segment produces, transports, and markets CO2 to recovery and production crude oil from mature oil fields; owns interests in/or operates oil fields and gasoline processing plants; and operates a crude oil pipeline system in West Texas, as well as owns and operates RNG and LNG facilities. It owns and operates approximately 82,000 miles of pipelines and 139 terminals. The company was formerly known as Kinder Morgan Holdco LLC and changed its name to Kinder Morgan, Inc. in February 2011. Kinder Morgan, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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