AROC vs KMI vs TRP Stock Comparison

Archrock, Kinder Morgan and Tc Energy Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AROC Archrock, Inc.
$31.66 +4.0% 1M +23.8% 1Y
Market cap
$5.55B
P/E
16.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.50B
Div. yield
2.78%
Oil and Gas Pipelines Energy
5 wins
KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc.
$33.87 +10.2% 1M +29.5% 1Y
Market cap
$75.45B
P/E
20.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.34B
Div. yield
3.50%
Oil and Gas Pipelines Energy
3 wins
TRP Tc Energy Corp
$62.88 +7.0% 1M +24.5% 1Y
Market cap
$65.45B
P/E
26.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.24B
Div. yield
5.55%
Oil and Gas Pipelines Energy
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Archrock leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Archrock 5, Tc Energy 4, Kinder Morgan 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAROCKMITRPLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $5.55B $75.45B $65.45B KMI
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.8x 20.9x 26.6x AROC
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 18.8x 20.8x 24.8x AROC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.5% +11.7% -1.0% KMI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 21.8% 19.6% 21.9% TRP
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 16.5% 6.3% 12.4% AROC
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.0x 4.1x 1.2x TRP
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.78% 3.50% 5.55% TRP
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +23.8% +29.5% +24.5% KMI
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +30.4%/yr +14.3%/yr +2.8%/yr AROC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.7% 21.2% 19.7% TRP
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 82/100 45/100 68/100 AROC

Percentile Scorecard

AROCKMITRP

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAROCKMITRP
Valuation 85 #6 of 35 35 #23 of 35 74 #10 of 35
Growth 94 #3 of 34 67 #12 of 34 33 #23 of 34
Profitability 88 #5 of 34 52 #17 of 34 97 #2 of 34
Financial Health 71 #11 of 35 47 #19 of 35 91 #4 of 35
Shareholder Returns 73 #9 of 31 23 #24 of 31 47 #17 of 31
Overall 82 45 68
  • AROC ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream
  • KMI ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream
  • TRP ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAROCKMITRPSPY
1 month +4.0%+10.2%+7.0% -0.2%
3 months -10.3%+7.1%-7.1% +3.9%
6 months -16.7%+6.5%-0.1% +8.2%
Year to date +21.7%+23.2%+14.3% +12.9%
1 year +23.8%+29.5%+24.5% +12.3%
3 years +153.1%+106.9%+85.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year +36.3%+27.4%+23.0% +23.3%
5 years +276.9%+95.2%+15.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year +30.4%+14.3%+2.8% +10.9%
10 years +171.8%+61.5%+37.1% +261.1%
10 years, per year +10.5%+4.9%+3.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAROCKMITRPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.7%21.2%19.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 34.6%20.5%18.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.52-0.22-0.06 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.731.391.25 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.8%-20.4%-44.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.5%-1.7%-11.3% -1.2%
52-week high $41.95$34.44$70.91 $779.14
52-week low $23.04$25.84$49.79 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAROCKMITRP
P/E now vs peer median 16.8xmedian 20.9x 20.9xmedian 20.9x 26.6xmedian 20.9x
P/S now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 2.7x 4.1xmedian 2.7x 5.8xmedian 2.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.9xmedian 11.0x 13.8xmedian 11.0x 8.6xmedian 11.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.1xmedian 16.5x 24.5xmedian 16.5x 6.8xmedian 16.5x
P/B now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 2.6x 2.3xmedian 2.6x 3.4xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.27median 1.95 1.55median 1.95 0.56median 1.95

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAROCKMITRP
Revenue $1.50B $18.34B $11.24B
Gross profit $1.01B $12.18B $11.08B
Operating income $850.31M $5.31B $6.82B
Net income $328.53M $3.71B $2.94B
Free cash flow $291.33M $3.08B $9.65B
EPS (diluted) $1.88 $1.62 $2.37
Cash & equivalents $2.00M $918.00M $1.46B
Total debt $9.70B $33.07B $11.91B
Shares (diluted) 174.74M 2.23B 1.04B
Enterprise value $5.54B $75.54B $68.37B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAROCKMITRP
P/E 16.8x 20.9x 26.6x
P/FCF 19.1x 24.5x 6.8x
P/Operating cash flow 7.7x 11.2x 10.6x
P/S 3.7x 4.1x 5.8x
P/B 3.6x 2.3x 3.4x
P/Tangible book 3.9x 2.4x 3.4x
EV/EBITDA 6.9x 13.8x 8.6x
EV/EBIT 9.3x 20.2x 11.1x
EV/Revenue 5.2x 5.9x 6.8x
EV/FCF 27.1x 34.9x 7.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 10.9x 16.0x 12.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.27 1.55 0.56

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAROCKMITRP
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.5% 11.7% -1.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 18.2% 4.9% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) 19.7% 9.8% -1.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 29.3% 5.7% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 25.9% 18.9% -10.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 34.3% 7.6% –
Net income growth (1Y) 41.9% 30.8% -17.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 69.9% 13.1% 52.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 42.3% 31.9% -19.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 63.1% 13.5% 47.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 56.3% 17.4% 14.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 46.2% 6.5% 4.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 1,641% 11.8% -1.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 74.1% -3.3% -5.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAROCKMITRP
Gross margin 67.3% 66.4% 98.5%
EBITDA margin 76.3% 42.6% 78.8%
Operating margin 56.5% 29.0% 60.7%
Pretax margin 29.0% 25.8% 34.9%
Net margin 21.8% 19.6% 21.9%
FCF margin 19.4% 16.8% 85.9%
Operating cash flow margin 48.2% 36.7% 55.2%
Return on equity 21.5% 11.3% 12.6%
Return on assets 7.5% 5.0% –
Return on invested capital 16.5% 6.3% 12.4%
Return on capital employed 20.4% 7.6% –
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.2x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.2x 1.8x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue 2.4% – 0.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAROCKMITRP
Debt / assets 52.8% 43.9% –
Debt / equity 1.5x 1.0x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.0x 4.1x 1.2x
Debt / FCF 8.1x 10.7x 1.2x
Liabilities / assets 65.1% 56.5% –
Equity / assets 34.9% 43.5% –
Interest coverage 5.2x – 2.8x
Current ratio 1.4x 0.7x –
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.2x –
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.2x –
Altman Z-score 1.46 1.33 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAROCKMITRP
Dividend yield 2.8% 3.5% 5.6%
Net buyback yield 0.8% – -0.1%
Shareholder yield 3.6% 3.5% 5.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 46.4% 71.2% 87.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) 52.3% 85.6% 26.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) 20.6% 1.8% 3.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 18.1% 1.5% -8.5%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAROCKMITRP
Forward P/E 18.8xFY2026 20.8xFY2026 24.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.68FY2026 $1.63FY2026 $2.54FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -8.2%FY2026 +25.4%FY2026 -0.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +26.2% -11.0% +15.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.55BFY2026 $17.89BFY2026 $10.85BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +4.1%FY2026 +5.6%FY2026 -2.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -1.1% +0.4% +4.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAROCKMITRP
Held by institutions 100.0% 69.3% 65.7%
Institutions holding 453 1,811 696
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.3% +3.3% -5.0%
Institutions buying 261 898 328
Institutions selling 126 647 216
Buyers to sellers 2.07 1.39 1.52

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AROCKMITRP
AROC 1.00 0.41 0.39
KMI 0.41 1.00 0.65
TRP 0.39 0.65 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AROC, KMI and TRP?

Kinder Morgan (KMI) is the largest by market capitalisation: Archrock (AROC) $5.55B, Kinder Morgan (KMI) $75.45B, Tc Energy (TRP) $65.45B.

Which stock is cheaper, AROC, KMI and TRP?

Archrock (AROC) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Archrock (AROC) 16.8x, Kinder Morgan (KMI) 20.9x, Tc Energy (TRP) 26.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Archrock (AROC) is cheapest (Archrock (AROC) 18.8x, Kinder Morgan (KMI) 20.8x, Tc Energy (TRP) 24.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Kinder Morgan (KMI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Archrock (AROC) +11.5%, Kinder Morgan (KMI) +11.7%, Tc Energy (TRP) -1.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tc Energy (TRP) has the highest net margin (Archrock (AROC) 21.8%, Kinder Morgan (KMI) 19.6%, Tc Energy (TRP) 21.9%). On return on invested capital, Archrock (AROC) leads (Archrock (AROC) 16.5%, Kinder Morgan (KMI) 6.3%, Tc Energy (TRP) 12.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Kinder Morgan (KMI) returned the most: Archrock (AROC) +23.8%, Kinder Morgan (KMI) +29.5%, Tc Energy (TRP) +24.5%. Over five years, Archrock (AROC) compounded fastest (Archrock (AROC) +30.4%/yr, Kinder Morgan (KMI) +14.3%/yr, Tc Energy (TRP) +2.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Tc Energy (TRP) has the highest dividend yield: Archrock (AROC) 2.78%, Kinder Morgan (KMI) 3.50%, Tc Energy (TRP) 5.55%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Tc Energy (TRP) has been the steadiest (Archrock (AROC) 32.7%, Kinder Morgan (KMI) 21.2%, Tc Energy (TRP) 19.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AROC, KMI and TRP?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Archrock (AROC) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.