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Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.

$KGS·$5.8B·Oil & Gas Equipment & Services·Energy
$61.43+3.2%1Y+67.2%
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KGKGS
$KGSKodiak Gas Services, Inc.
$61.43+3.16%4 posts
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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

US oilfield services company providing compression equipment and services to natural gas producers in major US basins.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Oil & Gas Equipment & Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $KGS.

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · Energy

Offshore rig demand and international E&P spending underpin services pricing; deepwater day rates are the leading indicator of cycle durability. North American land activity is softer, so international mix matters for top-line growth.

What this means for $KGS

Neutral — network operator exposure is to subscriber economics and capex cycles, not directly to the industry macro driver.

Top industry ETF

$OIHVanEck Oil Services ETF
+37.1%YTD
+67.6%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
65.5How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
6.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
32.2%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
4.2Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
5.5%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
40.1%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 6, 2026$0.55$0.67-18.4%
Q1 2026May 11, 2026$0.20$0.53-62.5%
Q4 2025Feb 25, 2026$0.40$0.49-18.8%
Q3 2025Nov 4, 2025$0.36$0.50-28.0%
Next earningsTue, Nov 3·consensus EPS $0.64

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$391.1M+21.1%31.8%31.8%$0.54$-100.7M
Q1 FY26$345.8M+4.9%44.6%33.7%$0.20$-47.2M
Q4 FY25$332.9M+7.5%42.0%31.1%$0.31$142.0M
Q3 FY25$322.7M-0.6%43.4%32.2%$-0.17$10.9M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 10 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.5B$1.5B – $1.5B$2.11$1.74 – $2.489
FY27$1.8B$1.7B – $1.8B$3.05$2.22 – $3.869
FY28$2.1B$1.9B – $2.2B$4.09$2.95 – $4.9510
FY29$2.4B$2.3B – $2.5B$5.63$5.34 – $6.025
FY30$2.9B$2.7B – $3.0B$7.14$6.77 – $7.635

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.9×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.60%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-6.8%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+7.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 64.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.825-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 19Mckee Robert MichaelCEO6.0K sh$375KSellAug 11Lenamon William ChadCOO1.0K sh$62KSellJul 13Lenamon William ChadCOO1.0K sh$68KSellJul 8Roclawski Cory AnneEVP & CHRO4.2K sh$285KSellJun 17Pedro R. BuhigasChief Information Officer4.6K sh$313KSellJun 16Hamilton Ewan WilliamEVP & Chief Accounting Officer2.7K sh$187KSellJun 11Lenamon William ChadCOO1.0K sh$68KSellMar 19Pedro R. BuhigasChief Information Officer13.9K sh$777KSellMar 17Hamilton Ewan WilliamEVP & Chief Accounting Officer5.8K sh$326KSellMar 16Roclawski Cory AnneEVP & CHRO10.9K sh$590K
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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Kodiak Gas Services Inc (KGS) Stock Down 4.1% but Still Overvalued -- GF Score: 55/100gurufocus.com·5d agoKodiak Gas Services: Multiple Growth Tailwindsseekingalpha.com·22d agoKodiak Gas Services Q2 Earnings Call Highlightsmarketbeat.com·25d agoKodiak Gas Services, Inc. (KGS) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·26d agoKodiak Gas Services (KGS) Q2 Earnings Miss Estimateszacks.com·27d ago

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