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Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (KGS) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for KGS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Energy in US: −3.0% week · −0.0% month · +15.9% quarter · +13.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLE.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-26
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta −0.01 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How KGS has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year −0.01 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. moved −0.01% on average · correlation 0.00 · higher than 9% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.58 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.90% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.92% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · US · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against KGS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.

KGS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Kodiak Gas Services supplies contract compression equipment that helps oil and gas producers move gas from wellhead to pipeline. It runs two segments: contract services, where it deploys company owned and customer owned compressors alongside gas treating and cooling units, and other services, covering station construction, equipment overhaul, parts sales and freight work. Its customers are US natural gas and oil producers who need midstream infrastructure kept running. The company is based in The Woodlands, Texas, and has traded publicly since 2023.
Where it sits in the stack
Kodiak holds no seat in the diary's Rubin index; it belongs to the oil and gas equipment and services sector, a part of the market the diary does not track as a constraint or customer within the AI build-out stack.
Who it is priced against
The diary's peer group for Kodiak lists no set of names; the market usually places it alongside other contract compression providers such as Archrock.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Kodiak carries no index seat, no Closelooknet score, and appears in no edition or quote list; coverage here rests only on what the diary can confirm from public information.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether Kodiak's compression volumes track growth in US natural gas production, which would point to demand for its equipment beyond its current customer base.

Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (KGS) trades on US exchanges, classified under Energy.

The Closelooknet company score reads 49/100 composite (momentum 25, quality 50, valuation 26) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by RBC Capital, 2026-08-13

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for KGS from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target RBC Capital — target 88 from 84 Target raised to $88 from $84 (+41.8% to spot) 2026-08-13

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.70%, quarterly · buybacks 104 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What KGS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.96 USD per share · a 3.70% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +49.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.31 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.49 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-17
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.80 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.47 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-14
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 160 m USD 119% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 104 m USD 1.9% of today's market value
  • Share count +2.7% in FY2025 25 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 264 m USD · 93% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (KGS)?

Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. trades as KGS on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Energy in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is KGS in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

What is Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.'s Closelooknet composite score?

49 out of 100, with momentum 25, quality 50 and valuation 26 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does KGS trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -11.7% vs the 50-day and -7.1% vs the 200-day average, 31.4% below the 52-week high and +66.5% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. had a beta of −0.01 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 9% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.90% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. do?

Kodiak Gas Services supplies contract compression equipment that helps oil and gas producers move gas from wellhead to pipeline. It runs two segments: contract services, where it deploys company owned and customer owned compressors alongside gas treating and cooling units, and other services, covering station construction, equipment overhaul, parts sales and freight work. Its customers are US natural gas and oil producers who need midstream infrastructure kept running. The diary's peer group for Kodiak lists no set of names; the market usually places it alongside other contract compression providers such as Archrock.

Where does Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. sit in the AI build-out?

Kodiak holds no seat in the diary's Rubin index; it belongs to the oil and gas equipment and services sector, a part of the market the diary does not track as a constraint or customer within the AI build-out stack. Kodiak carries no index seat, no Closelooknet score, and appears in no edition or quote list; coverage here rests only on what the diary can confirm from public information.

Does Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. pay a dividend?

Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. has paid 1.96 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.70% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.49 USD on 2026-08-17. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 160 m USD in dividends and bought back 104 m USD of its own shares, 93% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 2.7% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. recently?

The most recent analyst action on Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by RBC Capital on 2026-08-13 (target 88 from 84). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for KGS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, then Energy. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.