KOS vs. HBR, ENOG, ITH, SEPL, SQZ, DEC, TLW, EGY, PTAL, and SAVE
Should you be buying Kosmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kosmos Energy include Harbour Energy (HBR), Energean (ENOG), Ithaca Energy (ITH), Seplat Energy (SEPL), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), Tullow Oil (TLW), VAALCO Energy (EGY), PetroTal (PTAL), and Savannah Energy (SAVE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) and Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Kosmos Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Harbour Energy. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harbour Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kosmos Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Harbour Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kosmos Energy and 0 mentions for Harbour Energy. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Harbour Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
99.5% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of Harbour Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 33.5% of Harbour Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Harbour Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Kosmos Energy pays out 3,888.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Harbour Energy pays out 66,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Kosmos Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 610, suggesting a potential upside of 37.26%. Harbour Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 330, suggesting a potential upside of 3.84%. Given Kosmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Harbour Energy.
Kosmos Energy received 50 more outperform votes than Harbour Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 71.74% of users gave Harbour Energy an outperform vote.
Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 12.85% compared to Harbour Energy's net margin of 0.85%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 22.86% beat Harbour Energy's return on equity.
Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harbour Energy has a beta of -0.29, suggesting that its share price is 129% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats Harbour Energy on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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