KOS vs. BPT, GTE, RLD, BRY, MXC, SUN, WRES, CRC, NBL, and TXO
Should you be buying Kosmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kosmos Energy include Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Richland Resources Ltd (RLD.L) (RLD), Brady (BRY), Argent BioPharma (MXC), Surgical Innovations Group (SUN), W Resources (WRES), Circle Property (CRC), 18564 (NBL.L) (NBL), and 282082 (TXO.L) (TXO). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) and Bridgepoint Group (LON:BPT) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Kosmos Energy received 73 more outperform votes than Bridgepoint Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.92% of users gave Bridgepoint Group an outperform vote while only 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kosmos Energy and Kosmos Energy both had 2 articles in the media. Bridgepoint Group's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Kosmos Energy's score of -0.14 indicating that Bridgepoint Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
99.5% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.5% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.2% of Bridgepoint Group shares are held 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 presently has a consensus target price of GBX 610, suggesting a potential upside of 45.58%. Bridgepoint Group has a consensus target price of GBX 269.67, suggesting a potential downside of 0.27%. Given Kosmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Bridgepoint Group.
Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Bridgepoint Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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. Bridgepoint Group pays out 10,000.0% 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.
Bridgepoint Group has a net margin of 21.98% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 12.85%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 22.86% beat Bridgepoint Group's return on equity.
Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.37, indicating that its share price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bridgepoint Group has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats Bridgepoint Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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