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Kinetik Holdings Inc.

$KNTK·$3.6B·Oil & Gas Midstream·Energy
$51.83+1.1%YTD+35.0%1Y+26.0%
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KNKNTK
$KNTKKinetik Holdings Inc.
$51.83+1.09%12 posts+57%
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AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-11

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Texas Delaware Basin midstream up 35% YTD on Permian production expansion — Nov 4 Q3 print as trajectory test.

Kinetik Holdings is a midstream energy company — Texas Delaware Basin natural-gas gathering, processing, and transportation services. Up 26% over 12 months and 35% YTD on multi-quarter Permian midstream cycle expansion with Nov 4 Q3 earnings ahead.

  • The Texas Delaware Basin midstream franchise is the load-bearing structural asset: with continued multi-year Permian natural-gas production expansion plus multi-year midstream-infrastructure capacity build-out, Kinetik captures durable multi-quarter recurring-fee trajectory — that's the multi-year P&L engine.
  • The valuation is reasonable at 20x trailing P/E: for a business with 25% gross margin plus 6.3% operating margin plus negative debt/equity (net cash), KNTK prices in continued multi-year Permian midstream cycle expansion — that's the setup where Nov 4 Q3 confirms the trajectory.
  • The Permian natural-gas production tailwind is the durable multi-year secular positive: with continued multi-year Permian oil-plus-gas production expansion plus multi-year natural-gas takeaway demand, Kinetik has multi-year revenue-mix expansion optionality — that's the multi-year secular tailwind.
  • The midstream-cycle sensitivity is a durable multi-quarter risk: with continued multi-quarter Permian natural-gas cycle dynamics plus multi-year LNG-export cycle expansion, Kinetik's near-term positioning depends on continued natural-gas cycle-and-price stability.

The trajectory is accelerating on Permian midstream cycle. What sustains the move: continued Permian production plus firm Nov 4 Q3 gathering-plus-processing trajectory. What breaks the setup: a Permian natural-gas cycle contraction or an LNG-export cycle rate reset.

What to watch: Nov 4 Q3 earnings — continued Permian production plus firm gathering-plus-processing trajectory sustains the move; Permian natural-gas cycle contraction or LNG-export cycle rate reset breaks the setup.

On the calendar: 2026-11-04 — Q3 earnings

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What it does

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

Midstream energy company gathering, processing, and transporting natural gas, crude oil, and produced water in the Texas Delaware Basin.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Oil & Gas Midstream sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $KNTK.

Oil & Gas Midstream · Energy

No material change from last week — VG's Louisiana liquefaction export terminals and GLNG's floating LNG vessels unlock stranded gas monetization under long-term supply contracts.

What this means for $KNTK

Neutral — Midstream energy company gathering, processing, and transporting natural gas, crude oil, and produced water in the Texas Delaware Basin; limited read-through from oil & gas midstream macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
19.7How 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
1.4%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
6.3%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
9.5%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
2.2Same 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
-16.4%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
25.1%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
-2.3Total 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 5, 2026$0.64$0.26+148.5%
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$-0.07$0.22-131.8%
Q4 2025Feb 25, 2026$2.16$0.27+692.1%
Q3 2025Nov 5, 2025$0.23$0.230.0%
Next earningsWed, Nov 4·consensus EPS $0.30

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$362.5M-18.2%-2.0%-11.0%$-0.07$91.3M
Q4 FY25$430.4M+11.6%22.2%11.2%$2.24$28.6M
Q3 FY25$464.0M+17.1%34.1%4.3%$0.03$16.3M
Q2 FY25$426.7M+18.7%41.3%18.2%$0.33$210.6M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 5 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.9B$1.7B – $2.2B$0.93$0.86 – $1.005
FY27$2.2B$2.0B – $2.6B$1.63$0.80 – $2.565
FY28$2.4B$2.0B – $3.2B$2.16$1.16 – $2.795
FY29$3.6B$3.2B – $4.1B$2.69$2.35 – $3.222
FY30$3.8B$3.4B – $4.4B$3.31$2.89 – $3.962

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.1.4×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.94%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.+5.9%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.+17.9%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 49.0M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today2.8% 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.β0.785-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 7Isq Global Fund Ii Gp Llc10% owner26.6K sh$1.3MSellAug 6Isq Global Fund Ii Gp Llc10% owner235.3K sh$11.9MSellAug 3Isq Global Fund Ii Gp Llc10% owner2.2K sh$109KSellApr 30Isq Global Fund Ii Gp Llc10% owner534.6K sh$27.0MSellApr 29Isq Global Fund Ii Gp Llc10% owner183.4K sh$9.1MSellApr 28Isq Global Fund Ii Gp Llc10% owner192.0K sh$9.3MSellApr 27Isq Global Fund Ii Gp Llc10% owner868 sh$42KSellApr 23Isq Global Fund Ii Gp Llc10% owner138.8K sh$6.7MSellApr 22Isq Global Fund Ii Gp Llc10% owner21.4K sh$1.0MSellMar 4Steven StellatoSee Remarks2.9K sh$136K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeJun 258-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Kinetik Holdings appointed Craig Harris as an independent director effective June 23, 2026, expanding the Board from 10 to 11 members. Harris will receive standard cash and equity director compensation prorated through the 2027 Annual Meeting. A Form 3 was simultaneously filed showing Harris holds no KNTK securities as of his appointment date. Routine board governance expansion for the Permian Basin midstream operator — no financial or strategic implication beyond board diversification.

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 253
AI summary

Craig Harris filed a Form 3 as a new director of Kinetik Holdings Inc., with an event date of June 23, 2026. The filing reports no securities beneficially owned — neither direct shares nor derivative instruments. This is a routine Section 16 initial ownership filing required upon joining the board of a public company. Administrative only; confirms Harris held no pre-existing economic position in KNTK at appointment.

8-KShareholder voteMay 208-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Kinetik Holdings (KNTK) held its annual meeting on May 19, 2026, with all ten director nominees elected to one-year terms receiving roughly 118.6M–119.5M votes in favor out of ~126.5M voting shares. Shareholders approved executive compensation on a say-on-pay advisory vote (119.1M for, 328K against) and ratified KPMG LLP as independent auditor for fiscal 2026 (126.4M for, 87K against). Routine governance event with no contested proposals and no material surprises.

SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMay 4SC 13D/A
AI summary

SC 13D/A (Amendment No. 14) filed May 4, 2026 by the I Squared Capital group (ISQ Global Fund II GP LLC and related entities) regarding Kinetik Holdings (KNTK), triggered by April 30, 2026 events. The group beneficially owns 19,098,785 shares (~21.9% of Class A) comprising 17,069,492 Common Units redeemable 1:1 into Class A shares plus ~1.6M Class A shares under the Contribution Allocation Agreement. Routine amendment documenting an established 21.9% financial investor stake; ISQ is Kinetik's largest outside institutional holder.

8-KMaterial agreementApr 38-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.03: Material debt obligation
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentMar 2SC 13D/A
+ 12 other (3 earnings 8-Ks · 2 10-Qs · 2 13Gs · 2 proxys) in window

Recent news

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

Insider Selling: Kinetik (NYSE:KNTK) Major Shareholder Sells $11,889,831.48 in Stockdefenseworld.net·2d agoInsider Selling: Kinetik (NYSE:KNTK) Major Shareholder Sells $1,333,872.00 in Stockdefenseworld.net·2d agoKinetik Q2 Earnings Call Highlightsmarketbeat.com·3d agoEmpowered Funds LLC Takes $1.43 Million Position in Kinetik Holdings Inc. $KNTKdefenseworld.net·4d agoKinetik Holdings: Monetizing The Permian's Constraints From Wellhead To Gulf Coastseekingalpha.com·4d ago

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