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LON:KOS

Kosmos Energy - KOS Competitors

GBX 560
+10.00 (+1.82%)
(As of 03/28/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
560
574.70
50-Day Range
520
685
52-Week Range
418
693.25
Volume
145 shs
Average Volume
1,299 shs
Market Capitalization
£2.57 billion
P/E Ratio
1,333.33
Dividend Yield
14.76%
Price Target
GBX 735

KOS vs. ENOG, DEC, DGOC, PCT, VVO, TTE, TGA, YCA, TLW, and EGY

Should you be buying Kosmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kosmos Energy include Energean (ENOG), Diversified Energy (DEC), Diversified Gas & Oil (DGOC), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Vivo Energy (VVO), TotalEnergies (TTE), Thungela Resources (TGA), Yellow Cake (YCA), Tullow Oil (TLW), and VAALCO Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.

Kosmos Energy vs.

Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) and Energean (LON:ENOG) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 10.07% compared to Energean's net margin of 9.24%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 34.40% beat Energean's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kosmos Energy 10.07% 34.40% 11.09%
Energean 9.24% 7.26% 1.62%

Kosmos Energy presently has a consensus price target of GBX 735, indicating a potential upside of 31.25%. Energean has a consensus price target of GBX 1,540, indicating a potential upside of 20.03%. Given Kosmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Energean.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kosmos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Energean
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, Energean had 1 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Energean and 0 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Energean's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Energean is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Kosmos Energy Neutral
Energean Neutral

93.4% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.1% of Energean shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 25.4% of Energean shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Energean received 14 more outperform votes than Kosmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 88.89% of users gave Energean an outperform vote while only 73.87% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kosmos EnergyOutperform Votes
82
73.87%
Underperform Votes
29
26.13%
EnergeanOutperform Votes
96
88.89%
Underperform Votes
12
11.11%

Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.78, suggesting that its stock price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energean has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kosmos Energy£2.25 billion1.14£226.55 million£0.421,333.33
Energean£630.47 million3.62£58.24 million£0.274,751.85

Summary

Kosmos Energy beats Energean on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KOS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KOS vs. The Competition

MetricKosmos EnergyOil & Gas E & P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.57B£847.85M£5.88B£1.46B
Dividend Yield14.76%8.92%10.94%13.01%
P/E Ratio1,333.33128.0064.751,629.68
Price / Sales1.1431,981.867,727.1449,950.14
Price / Cash9.6572.2932.5127.19
Price / Book3.241.537.612.90
Net Income£226.55M£233.13M£1.09B£168.16M
7 Day Performance1.82%0.84%2.37%12.63%
1 Month Performance-18.25%-4.73%-6.08%-5.36%
1 Year Performance9.80%-11.53%-7.19%18.93%

Kosmos Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ENOG
Energean
1.8785 of 5 stars
GBX 1,117
+1.5%
GBX 1,540
+37.9%
+11.6%£1.99B£630.47M4,137.04620
DEC
Diversified Energy
0 of 5 stars
GBX 94.90
+0.2%
N/A-18.8%£921.87M£1.59B-81.811,426Dividend Increase
Gap Up
DGOC
Diversified Gas & Oil
0 of 5 stars
GBX 120.80
+1.0%
N/A+0.0%£854.91M£394.99M-48.321,107
PCT
Polar Capital Technology Trust
0 of 5 stars
GBX 1,976
+1.4%
N/A-13.5%£2.51B£-928,290,000.00-279.492,021
VVO
Vivo Energy
0 of 5 stars
GBX 149.40
-0.8%
N/A+8.7%£1.89B£8.46B1,660.002,700High Trading Volume
TTE
TotalEnergies
0 of 5 stars
GBX 54.43
+0.7%
N/A+11.7%£1.33B£263.31B7.50101,309Dividend Cut
TGA
Thungela Resources
1.816 of 5 stars
GBX 854.50
+0.2%
GBX 1,800
+110.6%
-5.7%£1.14B£42.41B150.97N/ADividend Cut
YCA
Yellow Cake
0 of 5 stars
GBX 371.80
+0.6%
GBX 493.50
+32.7%
-12.5%£736.54M£109.28M701.512
TLW
Tullow Oil
2.0252 of 5 stars
GBX 29.60
+1.2%
GBX 65
+119.6%
-43.4%£426.24M£1.78B1,480.00378
EGY
VAALCO Energy
1.9464 of 5 stars
GBX 350
-5.4%
GBX 615
+75.7%
N/A£377.76M£314.12M380.43117Gap Down
This page (LON:KOS) was last updated on 3/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff