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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kosmos Energy Competitors List
