“The decrease in other capital expenditures was attributable to the completion of our engine conversion program, a multi-year fleet upgrade initiative that was substantially finished during fiscal year 2025.”10-Q · Aug 7, 2026 ↗
Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.
KGS
Market read
Kodiak Gas Services, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 2 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 4 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 21.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- Growth capital expenditures increased, primarily tied to the April 1, 2026 DPS acquisition, while free-cash-flow margin declined.
- Station construction and customer-requested services grew, while field-service revenue declined because of lower demand for third-party field service work and logistics.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if KGS's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 2 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 4 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 21.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 0.9 percentage points.
- Net income increased 31.6% versus the comparable filing period.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- Growth capital expenditures increased, primarily tied to the April 1, 2026 DPS acquisition, while free-cash-flow margin declined.
- Station construction and customer-requested services grew, while field-service revenue declined because of lower demand for third-party field service work and logistics.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +12.8% year over year.
- Operating margin changed +4.5 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed +1.9 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 7.45x in the latest annual period.
- Input and raw-material costs has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Diluted shares increased 3.9% in the latest annual period.
- Capital investment and capacity has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Pricing and mix has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
- P/E is 61% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 540% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
62.54Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“This increase in interest expense was 32 Table of Contents partially offset by a reduction in interest expense associated with lower outstanding borrowings under the ABL Facility and settlements received from interest rate swaps, which are recognized in the s…”10-Q · Aug 7, 2026 ↗
“This increase was partially offset by decreases in other field services, and freight and crane charges related to the mobilization of units.”10-Q · Aug 7, 2026 ↗
“This was primarily related to a $145.2 million increase in contract compression services as a result of price increases and an increase in average revenue-generating horsepower, including revenue-generating horsepower acquired in the CSI Acquisition in 2024.”10-K · Feb 26, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 4.2× · EV/sales 6.2×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for KGS. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-08-07 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-07.
Capital and cash conversion
Investment load increased
Capital spending consumed more revenue while free-cash-flow margin declined.
- Capital spending YoY
- +98.9%
- Capital spending / revenue
- +43.2%
- Free-cash-flow margin
- -20.1%
- FCF margin change
- -40.2 pts
Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.
What improved
- Revenue increased 21.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 0.9 percentage points.
- Net income increased 31.6% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“The pro forma results include certain adjustments, primarily due to increases in interest expense due to additional borrowings incurred to finance the acquisition and amortization of debt issuance costs and depreciation and amortization expense.”
“This was primarily due to a $3.6 million increase in direct labor expenses as a result of the higher revenue noted above, partially offset by a decrease in cost of parts utilized to support our operations.”
“This increase was mainly driven by higher revenues from station construction services and incremental customer-requested services and materials, partially offset by a decline in field service revenue resulting from lower demand for third-party field service work and logistics.”
Point-in-time filing assessment published from the live pipeline.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind KGS
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.lenderMay 11, 2026 ▾
“Description of Indebtedness ABL Facility On September 5, 2025, Kodiak and Kodiak Services entered into the Fourth Amendment with the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (as amended or restated from time to time, the “A…”
LILIFFiling-linked nameinvesteeFeb 26, 2026 ▾
“During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company's effective tax rate differs from the statutory rate primarily due to state tax expense, a non-deductible loss on the sale of receivables related to the disposition of our Argentina business, and deferred t…”
Depended on by
TTITETRA Technologies, Inc.supplierOct 28, 2025 ▾
“In addition, investment income decreased, including a $3.9 million decrease in unrealized gains and a $0.4 million decrease in dividends from our investment in Kodiak Gas Services Inc.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
KGS is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Natural Gas Compression. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.