Why KNTK beats the market
Up 64% in a year while the S&P 500 rose 12%.
- Oil (WTI) went from $60.97 on Oct 28, 2025 to $103.37 a barrel on Oct 27, 2026 (EIA spot price).
KNTK's Quality Score fell 2 points on Mon, Nov 2, to 7.
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Up 64% in a year while the S&P 500 rose 12%.
| The company | Profit up 222% to $196M |
| Latest filing | 10-Q, Aug 6 |
TodayOil and tanker stocks fell together: “Oil Prices Slide And Energy Stocks Follow Lower”
Thu Nov 5: Q3 2026 Earnings Conference CallDate confirmed.
After its last 4 reports it closed +1.1% on average, higher 3 of 4 times.
Averagefor quality, not price, 2 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
KNTK is #7 of 12 by Quality Score among Natural Gas Transmission.
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Share count against a year before: KNTK +22%, AM -0.9%, DTM +0.4%, KGS +8.8%.
Reports Wed Nov 4, after the close (in 2 days). Confirmed.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
The figures are not read from the release yet.
“The increase to our 2026 Adjusted EBITDA 1 guidance reflects not only outperformance in the first half of the year, but also an increase relative to original expectations for the remainder of the year.”
KNTK's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Capital expenditures | about $560M |
“Momentum is building across our system and is expected to be a strong tailwind into 2027.”
From its results filing (SEC filing · Aug 5)
Sales grew 34% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $3.24 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +3.4% | +3.8% | +6.0% |
| May 6, 2026 | -5.0% | +0.6% | +3.2% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | +2.4% | +8.0% | +4.8% |
Sales grew every year from 2020 to 2025, to $1.8B. It made a profit in each of the three years.
3 insiders sold $215M across 45 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
One trade disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: KNTK is under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.
Kinetik Holdings Inc is a midstream operator that provides comprehensive gathering, transportation, compression, processing and treating services. Its activities also include NGL stabilization and transportation, produced water gathering and disposal, and crude oil gathering, stabilization, storage, and transportation. The company operates in two reportable segments: i) The Midstream Logistics segment operates under three service offerings: 1) gas gathering and processing, 2) crude oil gathering, stabilization, and storage services, and 3) produced water gathering and disposal. ii) The Pipeline Transportation segment consists of two EMI Pipelines originating in the Permian Basin with various access points to the U.S. Gulf Coast, Kinetik NGL Pipelines, and Delaware Link Pipeline.
“The business of providing gathering, compression, processing and transmission services for natural gas and NGLs is highly competitive.”
KNTK scores 7 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #7 of 12 in Natural Gas Transmission by Quality Score, with 2 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 64% in a year while the S&P 500 rose 12%. Shares: 21.7% more than a year ago (to Jun 30). Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
KNTK scores 7 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #7 of 12 in Natural Gas Transmission by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind KNTK's 7.
3 insiders sold $215M across 45 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is ISQ Global Fund II GP LLC, 10% owner, who sold $110M on Oct 13. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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