Analyzing ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) and C3is (NASDAQ:CISS)

ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) and C3is (NASDAQ:CISS) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for ONEOK and C3is, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ONEOK	0	12	7	1	2.45
C3is	1	0	0	0	1.00

ONEOK currently has a consensus price target of $96.24, indicating a potential upside of 7.16%. Given ONEOK’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ONEOK is more favorable than C3is.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

69.1% of ONEOK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.5% of C3is shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of ONEOK shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares ONEOK and C3is’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ONEOK	9.29%	16.41%	5.48%
C3is	41.33%	14.94%	13.24%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares ONEOK and C3is”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ONEOK	$39.37 billion	1.44	$3.39 billion	$5.80	15.48
C3is	$50.97 million	0.02	$10.47 million	$4,138.37	0.00

ONEOK has higher revenue and earnings than C3is. C3is is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ONEOK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility and Risk

ONEOK has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, C3is has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ONEOK beats C3is on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ONEOK

ONEOK, Inc. engages in gathering, processing, fractionation, storage, transportation, and marketing of natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) in the United States. It operates through four segments: Natural Gas Gathering and Processing, Natural Gas Liquids, Natural Gas Pipelines, and Refined Products and Crude. The company owns natural gas gathering pipelines and processing plants in the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions; and provides midstream services to producers of NGLs. It also owns NGL gathering and distribution pipelines in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado; terminal and storage facilities in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois; NGL distribution pipelines in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana; transports refined petroleum products, including unleaded gasoline and diesel; and owns and operates truck- and rail-loading, and -unloading facilities connected to NGL fractionation, storage, and pipeline assets. In addition, the company transports and stores natural gas through regulated interstate and intrastate natural gas transmission pipelines, and natural gas storage facilities. Further, it owns and operates a parking garage in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma; and leases excess office space and rail cars. Additionally, the company transports, stores, and distributes refined products, NGLs, and crude oil, as well as conducts commodity-related activities, including liquids blending and marketing activities. It serves integrated and independent exploration and production companies; other NGL and natural gas gathering and processing companies; crude oil and natural gas production companies; utilities; industrial companies; natural gasoline distributors; propane distributors; municipalities; ethanol producers; petrochemical, refining, and marketing companies; and heating fuel users, refineries, and exporters. ONEOK, Inc. was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

About C3is

C3is Inc. offers international seaborne transportation services. It provides its services to dry bulk charterers, including national and private industrial users, commodity producers and traders, oil producers, refineries, and commodities traders and producers. The company owns and operates a fleet of two drybulk carriers, which transport major bulks, such as iron ore, coal and grains, as well as minor bulks comprising bauxite, phosphate, and fertilizers, and one Aframax crude oil tanker that transports crude oil. C3is Inc. was founded in 2021 and is based in Athens, Greece.