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Kosmos Energy (KOS) Competitors

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GBX 130 -2.00 (-1.52%)
As of 05/20/2025 11:44 AM Eastern

KOS vs. BPT, GPOR, DEC, IMO, GTE, STR, D4H, MUR, RLD, and BRY

Should you be buying Kosmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kosmos Energy include Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), Diversified Energy (DEC), IMImobile (IMO), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Stride Gaming (STR), Downing FOUR VCT (D4H), Murgitroyd Group (MUR), Richland Resources Ltd (RLD.L) (RLD), and Brady (BRY). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Kosmos Energy vs.

Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) and Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

98.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.4% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Bridgepoint Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Bridgepoint Group. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bridgepoint Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kosmos Energy£2.32B0.34£283.21M£35.613.65
Bridgepoint Group£272.35M8.32£45.58M£5.5049.85

Bridgepoint Group has a consensus target price of GBX 359.33, indicating a potential upside of 30.95%. Given Bridgepoint Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bridgepoint Group is more favorable than Kosmos Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kosmos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Bridgepoint Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.43, suggesting that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.8%. Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Kosmos Energy pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bridgepoint Group pays out 163.5% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Bridgepoint Group had 2 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Bridgepoint Group and 0 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Bridgepoint Group's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.34 indicating that Bridgepoint Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Kosmos Energy Neutral
Bridgepoint Group Positive

Kosmos Energy received 71 more outperform votes than Bridgepoint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Bridgepoint Group an outperform vote while only 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kosmos EnergyOutperform Votes
83
74.11%
Underperform Votes
29
25.89%
Bridgepoint GroupOutperform Votes
12
80.00%
Underperform Votes
3
20.00%

Bridgepoint Group has a net margin of 16.74% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 12.22%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 19.64% beat Bridgepoint Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kosmos Energy12.22% 19.64% 6.82%
Bridgepoint Group 16.74%6.10%3.47%

Summary

Kosmos Energy and Bridgepoint Group tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KOS vs. The Competition

MetricKosmos EnergyOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£796.44M£1.35B£7.28B£2.66B
Dividend Yield18.49%8.34%10.96%5.05%
P/E Ratio3.65221.0154.50134.04
Price / Sales0.34102,027.2122,987.51215,627.72
Price / Cash9.6591.6135.5028.02
Price / Book0.511.553.533.80
Net Income£283.21M£81.99M£4.30B£5.88B
7 Day Performance-7.14%0.91%-0.73%0.50%
1 Month Performance-2.26%5.98%6.63%21.94%
1 Year Performance-73.14%26.50%174.83%119.00%

Kosmos Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KOS
Kosmos Energy
N/AGBX 130
-1.5%
N/A-74.6%£796.44M£2.32B3.65240Gap Up
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
2.6542 of 5 stars
GBX 294.20
+0.1%
GBX 359.33
+22.1%
+18.1%£2.43B£272.35M53.45391Gap Up
GPOR
Great Portland Estates
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.87B£100.70M124.66210News Coverage
Gap Up
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 1,033
+0.2%
N/A-8.1%£658.76M£945.01M4.271,603Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
IMO
IMImobile
N/AN/AN/AN/A£490.40M£164.04M123.755,300
GTE
Gran Tierra Energy
N/AGBX 370
+1.4%
N/AN/A£168.81M£897.99M3.28340
STR
Stride Gaming
N/AN/AN/AN/A£112.95M£78.21M-25.2510
D4H
Downing FOUR VCT
N/AN/AN/AN/A£75.57MN/A950.004
MUR
Murgitroyd Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£62.37M£47.97M20.30690
RLD
Richland Resources Ltd (RLD.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£29.09M£19,000.00-2.602,730Gap Down
BRY
Brady
N/AN/AN/AN/A£15.17M£22.16M-4.921,370Gap Up
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This page (LON:KOS) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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