BKV (BKV) versus Its Competitors Head-To-Head Review

BKV (NYSE:BKV) is one of 1,051 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare BKV to related businesses based on the strength of its earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk and dividends.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of BKV shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

BKV has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BKV’s peers have a beta of -3.76, meaning that their average share price is 476% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares BKV and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BKV	12.87%	6.12%	3.20%
BKV Competitors	-455.84%	19.30%	6.64%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares BKV and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
BKV	$1.16 billion	$179.16 million	9.13
BKV Competitors	$11.35 billion	$5.51 billion	-1.25

BKV’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than BKV. BKV is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for BKV and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BKV	0	2	8	1	2.91
BKV Competitors	5994	27032	40912	2431	2.52

BKV presently has a consensus price target of $33.33, suggesting a potential upside of 73.04%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 27.25%. Given BKV’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe BKV is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

BKV beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About BKV

BKV Corporation is a U.S. energy company focused on natural gas production and related businesses. It operates in the Barnett Shale in Texas and the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania, producing natural gas for sale to customers and markets across the region. The company has expanded beyond production into natural gas gathering and processing, natural gas-fired power generation, and carbon capture and sequestration. These activities connect its gas operations with energy delivery and projects intended to reduce emissions.