World Kinect (NYSE:WKC – Get Free Report) and OMV (OTCMKTS:OMVKY – Get Free Report) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
Risk and Volatility
World Kinect has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OMV has a beta of -0.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares World Kinect and OMV”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| World Kinect | $41.70 billion | 0.04 | -$614.40 million | ($3.21) | -11.32 |
| OMV | $28.41 billion | 0.96 | $1.22 billion | $9.45 | 2.20 |
OMV has lower revenue, but higher earnings than World Kinect. World Kinect is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OMV, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dividends
World Kinect pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. OMV pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. World Kinect pays out -28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. OMV pays out 6.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. World Kinect has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
Profitability
This table compares World Kinect and OMV’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| World Kinect | -0.43% | 11.24% | 2.40% |
| OMV | 9.92% | 10.95% | 5.42% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
97.1% of World Kinect shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of World Kinect shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for World Kinect and OMV, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| World Kinect | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 |
| OMV | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.86 |
World Kinect presently has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential downside of 17.46%. Given World Kinect’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe World Kinect is more favorable than OMV.
Summary
OMV beats World Kinect on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About World Kinect
World Kinect Corporation operates as an energy management company in the United States, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. This segment also offers fuel management, price risk management, ground handling, dispatch services, and trip planning services, such as flight planning and scheduling, weather reports and overflight permits; payment and processing services; and operates a web-based marketplace platform. The Land segment offers fuel, lubricants, heating oil, and related products and services to retail petroleum operators, as well as industrial, commercial, residential and government customers. This segment also provides sustainability solutions, such as renewable fuel products, carbon management, and renewable energy solutions; distributes fuel under long-term contracts to branded and unbranded distributors, convenience stores, and retail fuel outlets operated by third parties; distributes heating oil and unbranded fuel; and transportation logistics. The Marine segment markets fuel, lubricants, and related products and services to international container, dry bulk and tanker fleets, commercial cruise lines, yachts and time charter operators, offshore rig owners and operators, the U.S. and foreign governments, and other fuel suppliers. This segment also offers marine fuel-related services include management services to procurement of fuel, price risk management, cost control, quality control, and claims management services; and engages in the fueling of vessels, and transportation and delivery of fuel and fuel-related products. The company was formerly known as World Fuel Services Corporation and changed its name to World Kinect Corporation in June 2023. World Kinect Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
About OMV
OMV Aktiengesellschaft operates as an energy and chemicals company in Austria, Germany, Romania, Norway, Belgium, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, the rest of Central and Eastern Europe, the rest of Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Chemicals & Materials, Fuels & Feedstock, and Energy. The company engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas in the regions of Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the North Sea, and the Asia Pacific; and refining and marketing of fuels and feedstock, as well as supply, marketing, trading, and logistics of gas in Romania and Turkey. In addition, the company provides advanced and circular polyolefin solutions, and base chemicals, as well as engages in the recycling of plastics. It has refineries in Europe, Schwechat, and Burghausen; filling stations in eight European countries; and gas storage facilities in Austria and Germany, as well as a gas-fired power plant in Romania. The company was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
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