** Shares of Kodiak Gas Services KGS.N down 1.3% premarket to $33.70 after secondary offering announced
** Oil and gas compression services provider says Swedish private equity firm EQT AB EQTAB.ST to part ways with 10 mln shares
** KGS also intends to purchase 1 mln of offering shares from sole underwriter Goldman Sachs
** Sale would cut EQT's holdings to ~9.8 mln shares, reducing its stake from 22.8% to 11.4%, per the prospectus
** The Woodlands, Texas-based KGS has ~86.68 mln shares outstanding
** Through Tues close, KGS shares down ~16% YTD
** 11 of 12 analysts rate KGS "strong buy" or "buy", 1 rates "hold" and median PT is $44, per LSEG data
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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