| Metric | Value ($ M) | Q1 FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 409.98 | 7.5% |
| Total Income | 409.98 | 7.5% |
| Expenditure | 413.81 | 2.4% |
| PBT | -5.90 | 127.0% |
| Net Profit | -1.67 | 127.2% |
| OPM | -0.94% | 5.29pp |
| NPM | -0.41% | 1.79pp |
| EPS | -0.07 | 240.0% |
Kinetik Reports Record Q1 2026 Financial Results
07 May 2026 · 7 May, 3:37 pm
Summary
Kinetik Holdings Inc. reported a net loss of $5.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was $251.2 million, and Distributable Cash Flow was $180.8 million. The company is affirming its full year 2026 Adjusted EBITDA guidance to be between $950 million and $1,050 million. Kinetik is revising its 2026 processed gas volume growth assumptions to reflect Waha price-related curtailments, but expects its Gulf Coast transportation position to offset this impact.
Key Highlights
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Kinetik delivered record first quarter 2026 financial results, driven by strong execution across the Company.
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Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2026 was $251.2 million.
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The company amended multiple Durango gas gathering and processing agreements, extending contract terms to 2039.
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Kinetik secured additional Gulf Coast pricing for 2028 through 2030, mitigating Waha natural gas exposure.
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The company received approvals to proceed with the acid gas injection and sour conversion project at Kings Landing, expected in-service by year-end 2026.
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Kinetik processed natural gas volumes of 1.81 Bcf/d, a 1% increase year-over-year, despite Waha price-related shut-ins.
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The company is affirming full year 2026 Adjusted EBITDA guidance of $950 million to $1,050 million.
Management Comments
Jamie Welch
Kinetik delivered a strong start to 2026, reflecting the strategic positioning of the business, as well as successful commercial and operational execution. Accounting for the divestiture of our stake in EPIC Crude Holdings LP (“EPIC Crude”), first quarter 2026 Adjusted EBITDA1 of $251 million represents a new quarterly record for the Company. Our financial performance was above internal expectations and reinforces our confidence in our 2026 guidance. While geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have introduced near-term commodity price volatility, Kinetik's fee-based, domestic midstream business model provides meaningful insulation. Elevated crude prices continue to support our oil-weighted customers’ well economics, while gas price-sensitive customers have deferred some 2026 activity in response to negative Waha pricing; so on balance, we have not observed a material impact to producer activity levels for 2026 across our footprint. However, when looking ahead, we have seen and are continuing to see customers pull forward activity to early 2027, setting up for a strong year that coincides with new Permian egress capacity coming online. Year to date through April, the Waha Hub is even more oversupplied and volatile than our original expectations with Waha gas daily averaging negative $2.37 per Mmbtu. We continue to experience price-related volume curtailments from our gas price-sensitive customers. While we are revising our 2026 processed gas volume growth assumptions to reflect these dynamics, our Gulf Coast transportation position more than offsets this impact by capitalizing on wider Permian to Gulf Coast price differentials. The scale and pace of incremental residue gas takeaway capacity from the Permian Basin continues to reshape the long‑term outlook with more than 5 Bcf/d of new capacity expected to be in service by early 2027 and an additional approximately 6 Bcf/d anticipated in 2028 and 2029. Against this backdrop, Kinetik is well positioned to capture the value of this structural Permian gas growth. The Durango amendments executed over the last four months, which extend roughly 75% of legacy volumes into the mid and late 2030s, the new agreements across Texas and New Mexico, and the incremental Gulf Coast natural gas pricing exposure through 2030 demonstrate our commercial strategy translating into multi-year earnings visibility.
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